As most of you know by now, nothing makes my heart sing more than seeing kids understand the power of their imagination. In my class yesterday I introduced abstraction to my class by using some simple shapes that I had made. Okay I'll admit I took the shape making a little far and really had fun with it, but it was worth it in the end. I had some old watercolor experiments and drawings that I upcycled for the purpose of this class and then I made some new ones as well. I used

It's been grey and gloomy where I am these past few days. There have been tough things happening in the news (as there always is) and things are feeling a little heavy. Sometimes when things are gloomy, whether internally or externally it helps to find a spark of inspiration to remind us of what is possible for us as humans. I always find inspiration when I hear stories of how art can change our lives, how it has the ability to lift us out of the weight of our circumstances a

What does art have to do with magic you might ask? To me, art has everything to do with magic, and in some ways it IS magic. First, let's define what "Magic" means in this context. It's not stage magic, the kind you see magicians doing; like pulling a bunny out of a hat. Instead this kind of magic is really another name for possibility. With magic the edge of what we have been told to be true starts to become blurred. Magic is believing that anything is possible, even ideas o