2012: Artist in Residence, The Philadelphia Museum of Art: Delphi Art Partners Fellowship: William Cramp Elementary School

Sponsored by the Delphi Foundation, this program has a thirty hour hands on classroom component, two, two guided tours of the Philadelphia Museum of Art, and ends with a student exhibition at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. I developed the curriculum and project based on the PMA collection, specifically the early Twentieth century German Expressionist woodblock prints. I based my project on the street art aesthetic of these early prints, and how that correlates with contemporary wheat- pasting and portraiture-based street art. Their final project was done in installation format, using collaged block prints that the students made throughout the residency. 

2012: Lead Teaching Artist: Artist in Residence, A2O: Artists and Outdoors: The City of Philadelphia's Mural Arts Program in Collaboration with the Parks and Recreation Department: Mander Recreation Center Ages 10-14

In collaboration with my public art contract as Lead Artist, I led a nine week class, with students at a free after-school program, in North Philadelphia. In this class, I created projects based on my mural, engaging students the design process, application and research that goes into creating a site-specific piece of public art. I led two community workshops, that engaged the neighborhood in both the process, and student involvement. Specifically, the students used mediums such as; stencil cutting and application, vinyl collaging, silkscreening, painting, and drawing.They learned about various types of birds indigenous to the area.

2012: Lead Teaching Artist, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, DE

The Wild World of Art: Ages 8-10

This series of four two hour classes used found objects to create a large scale installation. Inspired by maps and aerial photography, they projected a satellite map of the greater Wilmington area onto two large platforms. We then charted and sectioned out areas based on green spaces, industrial areas, roads, rivers and high density living. In each of these sections, students collaged found objects such as artificial hair, reflective tape, sand, peat moss, glitter, hand made felt, stones, astroturf among many other elements. Upon completion, battery powered lights were drilled though the back of the platforms to bring attention to areas of interest. The process of making this was documented by video and photography by the students.  

2012- Lead Teaching Artist, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, DE

Textual: Ages 13 and up

Inspired by contemporary forms of communication and language based art, this workshop used printmaking to create a collaborative installation. Students used painting, printmaking and photography to create artwork inspired by popular abbreviations and pop culture slang.

2012: Lead Teaching Artist, Pegasus Artworks: Teen Mural Workshop

I worked with a group of teens to professionally design and create mural. This mural was painted and installed permanently at the Claymont Boys and Girls Club. Students worked together to create drawings inspired by patterns in nature, which they stylized and collaged together using photoshop. This was then scaled and enlarged onto the wall using the grid format, and painted in by hand, and sealed. They were taught the skills needed to learn the process of mural making from design to completion.

2012: Visiting Artist: Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

In three eight hour workshops, I worked with students aged 5-12 to create paintings based on different biomes and eco-regions. Once the paintings were completed, they were cut apart and collaged together, to create a comprehensive landscape format corner installation. After installing in the gallery, younger students created small crafted elements of flora and fauna that were further collaged to create a general sense of unity.

2012: Lead Teaching Artist, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, DE Tech Attack: Where Technology and Art Collide (Ages 10-12)

Students worked with small LED lights to puncture through large format corrugated board. They worked in small groups to illustrate in acrylic paint different modes of contemporary technology.

2012: Lead Teaching Artist, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, DE Tech Attack: Where Technology and Art Collide (Ages 10-12)

Students created two large scale panels, using pointillism with paint markers on a black primed board. We then drilled through the boards to create attachments for small motors, on which students placed hand painted and patterned disks. 

2012: LOL: Communicating through Art, The Delaware Center For The Contemporary Arts, Ages 10-12

Discussed how people use art as a tool for communication including examples of sign painting, text based art, and the Philadelphia Love Murals. Had students create large hand painted signs that were strung up and hung vertically across a garage door. Students also created painted silhouettes filled with text, using body language as a tool for communication. In addition Students painted a large scale text mural (182" x , that was installed over a three dimensional surface.

 

     

2012: Lead Teaching Artist, The Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, My Disguise, a Week of Wearable Art (Ages 4-6)

Had students create wearable paper sculptures out of cardstock, paint, feathers, artificial hair and collaged tissue paper; incorporating masks, headdresses, full body costumes, hands and feet. As the final presentation of their work, the students put on a choreographed fashion show for museum patrons, staff, family and friends. Managed two assistants, and off premise excursions.

2012: The Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Philadelphia PA

   

2012: Bright Lights, Big Art: The Delaware Center For The Contemporary Arts, all ages

Family Program, where museum classroom was open free to the public. I created a city planning project, where there was a large scale printed map of Wilmington, DE in the classroom. Visitors worked with me, and several assistants, to create collaged paper art, that was then placed on the map.

 

2012: Urban Mural and Street Arts (Spring), Pegasus Artworks, all ages

Wildcats Mural:  Claymont Boys and Girls Club