"Creating meaningful assignments allows me to get to know my students while they learn to be culturally responsive, stay focused, and find success in and outside of school." -Teaching Philosophy
Student samples
Frida Kahlo portrait, age 14, oil pastel
Papier mache with found objects, age 10
Sketchbooks with hand dyed paper, ages 8-11
Glue and pastel on black paper - age 8
Keith Haring inspired - printmaking, cut paper, and ink. Age 9
Woven wall hanging, age 11, yarn and cardboard
Animals based on Fauvism, age 9
Graphite self portrait - age 15
Students viewing a section of the Paint, Discover, Wonder summer camp show at Triangle Day School
Louise Nevelson inspired assemblage, age 14, mixed media
Entomology and Art collaboration, ages 8-11
Relief printmaking using water soluble inks - age 13
Wolf collage with torn paper - age 13
Excerpt of student show at Oconee Cultural Arts Foundation. (Set up by instructors)
In progress Personal Story Boxes, student teaching. 5th grade
Collage postcards to students in Ireland, student teaching. 7th grade
Camp Mataponi entries in surrounding camps art show. Age 6
Watercolor weaving, Age 10
Age 13
Italian/American Foods "Mash up". Italy, middle school
Celebrating the unification of Italy. 1st grade (with co-teacher)
Age 6, self portrait and Etruscan vase. Italian student