Letters to myself.

SPECIAL DELIVERY:: A PERSONAL CORRESPONDENCE
A workshop with photographers Raechel Running and David Edwards.
Henley School 7th Graders Charlottesville,VA March 2006

I photographed the students in the classroom using polaroids and a digital camera. We then xeroxed their images which they collaged and created their artwork.

Writing prompts: 

In 30 years what do you want to remember?  

Who do you think you'd grow up to be? 

What are your dreams? 

List 5 things:

Q. What do are you afraid of ?

A. Brocolli and meatloaf.War.Communism.Flu.Darkness...

Q.What do you hope for?

A. Peaceful negotiations. Life on Mars. MBA for UVA.good health. 

Q.Who do you admire? and why? 

A. Earl Boynkins he overcame his height:Vick Vitale he's amazing baby. My mom and dad they care for me so much. Martin Luther King, he perserved through discrimination."

Student artwork:

Henley School 7th Graders Charlottesville,VA March 2006

RETABLOS OF HOPE

RETABLOS OF HOPE at Mountain Charter School. Flagstaff, AZ 86001

A fotoarts workshop with 2nd and 3rd graders, last fall and presented

at Photography On the Square and The Museum of Northern Arizona

this year.

Art Saves Lives.

Art Saves Lives. This is a place I wanted to share with the community about the importance of art and literacy. I have begun teaching artjournal workshops for kids and adults, as well as working within the schools as an artist in Residence through various grants. I teach photography, journaling, and writing as a way for people to learn about themselves and also as a way to validate their feelings while exploring their beliefs and cultures.

It is my hope that people can come here to learn more, and find inspiration to further their exploration and enrichen their learning and teaching experiences.

This has been a very exciting new development in my work as an artist, and it has been a wonderful way to share my passion for creative expression.

The work, RETABLOS OF HOPE, is from a workshop sponsered through the Border Book Festival and the ENLASA mentoring program in Las Cruces, NM thorugh the ENLASA mentoring program, bringing visiting artist and writers into the public schools in 2004.