Once the award recipients were selected, I got to work on my speech for the award ceremony. My speech needed to be relevant to both the students and their families. I wanted to address the creative process and provide sound career advice in an engaging format. I found my voice but could I keep my public speaking nerves in check to effectively deliver the speech?
Read MoreTeaching Art in the Classroom at Taylor Elementary school is probably one of my favorite and most challenging volunteer commitments. Despite my deep discomfort with public speaking, watching a child awed by a painting, connect to a story about an artist, and activate their creativity through a hands-on art project makes all the butterflies I have speaking in front of over a hundred kids, teachers, and parent volunteers worth it.
Read MoreOn May 5, 2018 Country Day School (CDS) held its first Children’s Art Walk Auction in conjunction with the school’s annual Spring Fair. We hoped that the auction would be a fun and creative way to bring the community together and raise enough funds to offset the expensive of hosting Spring Fair. I worked in collaboration with CDS staff and parents to help classes produce artwork that was both created by the children and something parents would want to hang on their walls.
Read MoreArtomatic Takes Flight brought together visitors traveling through Reagan National Airport and Artomatic art festival artists. Just like the festival, this show was not curated in the traditional sense; artists were selected on a first-come, first-served basis, from a pool of artists who had previously participated in an Artomatic.
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