What’s in a book?

A children’s book reaches iconic proportions when it maintains a lasting intergenerational admiration. Several well read children’s books have been…

Made in America

As diverse as the United States of America is, our recording and presenting of its history is not nearly as…

A popular saying is that the best laid-plans often go awry. Despite how carefully we plan for something, there are…

“Art makes us smart.” That phrase has become a personal mantra, which I picked up as I developed greater understandings…

In 1939, Frida Kahlo divorced her husband Diego Rivera. As Mexico’s leading painters, they had been modern art’s power couple…

Pablo Picasso is attributed to have said “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist…

Utilizing students’ pop culture interests within a larger social and cultural context is a great way to prompt them to…

An exquisite corpse (also known as picture consequences) is a visual and literary game, initially developed by the Surrealists (Yves…

I remember the first time I saw Tina Piña Trachtenburg (aka Mother Pigeon) and her soft-sculptures of pigeons. I was…

Every so often, it’s nice to break up the more pragmatic content with some offbeat and downright silly material (see:…