by zwackart | Sep 18, 2012 | In the Classroom, Recent Projects
Watershed Wall made by community sculpting in clay healthy food for all! This Saturday in Ithaca the Food Justice Summit is happening and I will be there at the Watershed Wall to talk to folks as they do a Walkathon that winds it’s way through downtown. I will...
by zwackart | Aug 24, 2012 | Inspiration
I want to share these images of the American Visionary Art Museum which is a beautiful inspiration to me. It was new at the time that I was graduating from art school in Baltimore (at MICA) and I got to see its inaugural shows. I love this place! And if ever I am in...
by zwackart | May 11, 2012 | Recent Projects
Thank you “Ithaca is Community” volunteers! A city wide day of volunteering was inaugurated this year by Ithaca’s new mayor, Svante Myrick, on a rainy Earth Day. On the Commons, in Ithaca, a fantastic team of volunteers gathered and helped me grout...
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 | May 8, 2011 | Recent Projects
This year I won a Crossroads grant to create a tile mosaic and work with Robert Salvato, a skilled wood working artist to create a bench for a public park in Erin, NY. Below are some images from my process of making it. It is now complete and about to be installed....