Category archives: General
“Less Lecturing, More Collaging” Session at Teaching and Learning Symposium, Centennial College (February 25, 2020)
Facilitating this art session on the theme of “What is Education?” was a pleasure and a privilege. I loved seeing the resulting collages and hearing the participants’ insightful and inspiring comments about their work.
Sparkly Yorkville
Two Meditative Autumn Walks in Scarborough
Early Winter, Montréal
Stories and Collages by Jessie’s Level Two ELL Class
I enjoyed providing collage facilitation and supplies to support Jessie’s lesson on storytelling a couple of weeks ago, and I hope viewers enjoy the illustrated narratives that emerged.
Inspiring College Students Describe Their Collages
Near the end of this fall semester, international and domestic students in two sections of a communications course made personal collages and then wrote about them. To celebrate the multifaceted creativity expressed in the students’ work, I have documented it here. I hope viewers find the following images and words as inspiring, charming, and uplifting …
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Autumn in Montreal
Fish Pond Reflections Three
Day Trip to Whitby on the GO Train
ESL Students’ Collages to Supplement a Textbook Chapter on Art for All!
Scarborough Bluffs Beach
Summer Images
Guild Park, Beach, and Wetlands Boardwalk
Haiku for the Caution Tape at Birchmount and Gatineau Trail
Caution requested at sober pavement’s edge. wind resists, dances.
Ohio Road Trip
Port Union Waterfront Park
Ink Drip Patchwork Collage
To create this effect, I repeatedly placed an ink-loaded paintbrush at various points at the top of the canvas. Then I tilted the canvas upright to allow the rivulets of ink to create their own pathways on the way down. After the vertical lines dried, I turned the canvas and repeated the process in order …