Art Rocks!

I found myself outside, by the dumpsters at Bear Tavern today spray painting frames for our upcoming exhibition. How terrible- spray paintin...

Every year, there's always a particular day where your classes never seem to meet normally. As always, this year, it's Monday.  Betw...

Last week began my first Teen Studio class.... it was a perfect mix of art making, laughter, candy, good conversation and reminiscing. W...

I'm so tickled that the amazing Patty Palmer from Deep Space Sparkle featured my Cezanne lesson plan on her page this week! Wit...

As I reflect on my blessings, being an art teacher is high up on my list. I feel so fortunate to be a part of a wonderful school community t...

Just had to say, "Aww, how sweet!" I just saw the cover of this years BT school directory and it's Oxie on the cover! What a n...

Great news for our school community today. We get to keep our Ox! The 5th grade committees from 2014 and 2015 worked together to fund the ge...

My 5th graders are doing half portraits right now that are coming out pretty neat. They are doing a great job mixing skin colors using 2 or ...

Happy September and Welcome Back! So, it's 90 degrees here in New Jersey but the heat couldn't slow down the awesome start to the ...

Book of van Gogh's letters in hand with acrylics and brushes, I spent a few hours each morning this past weekend sitting at the kitchen...

This morning was off to a bumpy start with traffic and accidents on 295. Honestly, I wish that I could have my very own lane on the highway....

It's that time of year when kids miss school due to illnesses. When they come back to school, they most always have catch-up work to com...

When I arrived home today, there was a box waiting from The Art of Ed! I opened the box as quickly as I would if it came from Anthropologie...

Despite having three wonderful, separate sink areas in the art room, my students and I all gravitate to the low sink at the right of the ro...

Happy New Year!  I hope that this year is a wonderful one for all of you. Thank you for checking in to read Art Rocks! and being my audienc...

Today (and yesterday as well) we celebrated the completion of our ceramic lamps in Art Enrichment. It was a huge accomplishment for my stude...

A friend of mine recently started teaching art for the first time and I am so excited for her. When you have the chance to love what you do...

I have to say, this summer was one of the shortest on record. Naturally, I enjoyed spending extra time with my family and friends but as an ...