by zwackart | May 24, 2011 | In the Classroom
This is the second year in a row that I have had the privilege of working with students at the Elmira Alternative High School on an arts in education project where they read a book and use it as a point of departure for their own poetry and visual art. This year the...
by zwackart | Apr 15, 2011 | In the Classroom
This past Wednesday, I met with four classes of third graders at Van Etten elementary school in Van Etten, New York. We talked about the fact that both scientists and artists need to use their skills of observation in their work. We used pencil, colored pencil, and...
by zwackart | Mar 3, 2011 | In the Classroom
As you may have noticed on the calendar, I’ve been teaching a drawing class at the local Middle School after school. I was inspired by the snowy landscape here in rural central New York state. Sometimes the skies are much darker than the earth all covered in...
by zwackart | Feb 8, 2011 | In the Classroom
This is the third year in a row that I have had the privilege of being the artist in residence for the Chemung River School Project. Each year, naturalists and a poet visit with fourth graders. They get to go to the Arnot Art Museum, the History Center, and the...
by zwackart | Dec 29, 2010 | In the Classroom
Fairy Hut Building at the Natural Phenomena Conference in Whangerei, NZ was fantastic! The whole conference took place outdoors and was dedicated to nature education for early childhood in New Zealand. I led a workshop with about 20 participants, most of whom were...
by zwackart | Oct 22, 2010 | In the Classroom
Ben Franklin Elementary School, in Binghamton, NY, decided to make up a fable about how the skunk got it’s stripe. They called on renown storyteller Regi Carpenter to help Ms. Culligan’s class of second graders develop their tale. They called me in to help...
