The people of the world are increasingly at odds...prayers for our neighbors near and far.
Monday
Artist Teacher Show
Artist Teacher reception is this Saturday night at the Workhouse! I have two pieces in the show! Both fully functioning pinhole cameras (see below)!
Pinhole camera made from a trash can, aptly named Trash Cam.
The other pinhole camera is ceramic hand built slab cam, named Moxie!
I am delighted to be included in this wonderful opportunity! It is so cool to show with your peers and the people you work with every day! Kudos to Adam Hatchl for having his photograph selected for the postcard!
October...
October just blew by... so many wonderful happenings! Field trip adventures both for school and personal, Beautiful, football games, art shows, #inktober and house renovations...that is where the time goes!
Bitter sweet to see it go so quickly...
Sunday
Numer 21...off and running!
Fire off the cannon! We are knee deep into another year, that is #21 for me. 2015-2016 looks to be a wonderful year! Already the students and staff at OHS are embracing the loads of possibilities this year has to offer!
Leadership students spruced up the campus even before school started.
Three days and loads of elbow grease yielded incredible results!
Our school spirit is in tact and exudes positivity!
Monday
U.S. Botanical Garden
The current exhibition goes deep...
I am pretty convinced that the flowers & plants were observing us as much as we were
observing them...
The textures and colors were a feast for the eyes!
Thank you to my fellow photophreaks for a fruitful, foliaged and fabulous photo summertime field trip!
Thursday
Ahhhh Summertime!
Fun in the Sun!
Sand in your hands...
Traveling toes...
Delightfully wet and joyous laughter,
Sweet recollections of Summer~
Sunday
Artscape...getting back to Baltimore
Today was the final day of ARTSCAPE 2015. Artscape is an expansive free art festival that brings the city of Baltimore to life! So today, I made it my business to cruise up the beltway to participate in all the fun the festival has to offer! I grabbed some of my wonderful lady friends and of course my camera and we were off!
It was a super humid and hot day, but thankfully that did not deter the artists or patrons!
A treasure trove of visual stimulation!
Today was a delightful day spent seeing Baltimore as it should be seen an outstanding art scene with an eclectic audience of festival goers in a safe and beautiful city!
Thursday
Reflecting on the Practice
Last week I had the opportunity to teach a one week summer camp, aptly titled: Picture This!
The camp was open to youth ages 12 to 14 years old. There were 8 participants.
I must confess here, I have never in my 20 years of teaching worked at a summer camp, much less designed a sequence for a camp. So, needless to say, I was a little nervous, but ready for the challenge.
It was incredible. I put together a sequence of experiences in all things photo! The kids built pinhole cameras and took selfies, made photograms, developed film, learned camera settings, LOVED the light painting...and at the end of the week they were asking for another week!
The young artists navigated the darkroom, the studio and the light painting stage with the confidence of old pros by the end of the week. It was delightful and inspiring to see their ideas take off and the experimentation and problem solving ensue! Their energy and engagement was uncontainable.
It is so satisfying to facilitate and observe the creative process! It is a craft in itself, teaching. It is the best kind of performance art out there. It is the experience of making that informs the final product and encapsulated in that is the memory of the action that created the work.
Tonight is the reception at Greater Reston Arts Center for the Art Educator's show. I am looking forward to seeing the artwork. I have tremendous respect for educators that actively make their own work as well as inspire other artists with what they know and are so skillfully able to teach.
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