Lineage Drawing

The act of drawing takes many forms and shapes. It is the most versatile of all traditional art media because … More

Artfully Learning Into the Future

Like 2020 and 2021, 2022 was a tough year. Personal struggles with mental health have continued to impact my daily … More

You would be forgiven for thinking the soft-sculpture above was a modern or contemporary piece of art. In fact, it … More

In a prior post titled Artfully Ancient Learning, I analyzed an early 2022 archeological discovery of pottery fragments from Ptolemaic-era … More

Parody is a time honored artistic strategy that has potential to prompt critical thinking, stir emotions and even inspire cultural … More

The architectural mantra, “form follows function,” is a theory that has shaped the course of how human beings design spaces … More

In 1933, John Andrew Rice founded a private liberal arts school in the small town of Black Mountain, North Carolina, … More

In 1961, conceptual artist Joseph Beuys was appointed professor of “monumental sculpture” at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany, where he … More

In her 1907 essay, “Utilization of Women in City Government”, renowned social reformer and influential public administrator Jane Addams wrote, … More

In kindergarten was when I (and probably many others) first heard the saying “one person’s trash becomes another’s treasure.” This … More