Update – community art and ukuleles!
Okay, no more hesitating – I need to blog! Sometimes I get intimidated and feel the need to impress when I publish something that anyone can read on the wwweb. I also don’t always feel grateful for...
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Carlos smiling big! This was the first time he’d played with plasticine since he was a little boy and he loved it! What I loved the most was the looks on people’s faces when they realized that blind...
View ArticleThe Beginnings of Something Great
It’s happening! All at once creativity and life are flowing again, and all feels very right in my world! For once my lack of blog updates is due to busy-ness, and not out of feeling low-lying...
View ArticleIntro to Art Therapy
I just started a class called “Introduction to Art Therapy.” It is AMAZING because after one class I have already learning so much. We are making art in class as well as doing incredibly informative...
View ArticleDaring to Dream of a Free Art Space!
Today I put together an initial proposal for an art program at my neighbourhood soup kitchen, inspired by the one at The Ark in London, Ontario, called The New School of Colour. Though this one...
View ArticleBest Birthday Gift
Woke up this morning and painted this image for The New School of Colour. I will be sending it to them today as being involved with them was the best gift I received in 2011. The best birthday gift...
View ArticleInspiring Documentary
From March, 2011 until I moved to Montreal at the end of December, 2011, I was a facilitator at The New School of Colour. The New School of Colour is a free art studio in the Old East Village...
View ArticleUP with Art!
A blog post worth sharing: “Confrontation” gets in2 “Up with Art”. This blog post is very well-written, again, by my friend Pauline, who is going through a very tough struggle with an abusive past,...
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