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The Creativity Department Podcast
Creativity reminds us we are all connected. I was recently invited to do a podcast with my wonderful friends Laura and Matt Grundler from The Creativity Department. Art educator and artist Raine Valentine joins the Creativity Department on this episode. Raine talks about her Chippewa heritage and how it inspires her. Hear how indigenous philosophies…
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Sacred Retreat
Retreat: from Latin retrahere ‘pull back’, to withdraw to a quiet, or secluded place. Withdrawing from the world around us, into a sacred space.
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The Rising of the Phoenix
Summer Solstice 2020 at Burns Valley Herbals and Retreat was an amazing growing experience. Bringing up the story of the Phoenix. A powerful fire ceremony, balance through the water, and rising above the ashes. The weekend started off with lots of rain, which canceled the awesome set The Wild Hymns were going to play! Instead…
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Art is Prayer
“How breathtaking it is to start out on a journey into the unknown. To start off in new directions takes courage, and faith. Faith that even when there are no external signs to indicate where or how we should proceed, we are not lost.” These paintings are dreams and visions from within, brought to…
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Facilitating Creativity
A lot has happened in the past month, so much I haven’t had time to keep up with writing about it all! I taught two faculty paint nights as team building workshops! Both went extremely well and everyone left feeling like an artist! First we painted a lighthouse, because Ridgely is a Baltimore County Lighthouse School,…
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Finding The Story
A few Fridays ago I was given the opportunity to take my GT art students to Hampton National Historic Site to see plays that were being put on by students at The Baltimore School for the Arts. Sophomores at the school are asked to develop a project that shows history through drama. These students used the…
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Painting with Paul session 1
A few teachers attended the first ever teacher workshop at Hampton National Historic Site. At this workshop, teachers were given a tour of the mansion and grounds, an adaptable lesson plan, as well as a presentation from our first ever artist in residence, Paul Moscatt. After the workshop we decided as an extra bonus, teachers would…
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Maryland Education Play Date
Recently I was able to attend an amazing full day workshop designed to allow teachers time to play with digital technology! It was a time to “PLAY” with tools and ideas that we’ve learned about but have not had time to explore! I met other educators who have experience using tools/apps/programs in the classroom and gain knowledge from their…
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Reflect and Create again
2015 was a year of progress, it felt as though I sprinted to the end! Everything moved forward and fast. I like to write down all of the amazing things I’ve done in an ending year as a reminder to be grateful for what I have and to be excited for what’s to come in the…
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Poinsettias
A poinsettia is more than just a beautiful red petaled Christmas plant! Did you know that it is indigenous to Mexico and Central America! The Aztecs used the petals to produce a red dye and the white sap from the steam is an antipyretic medication… which means its a FEVER reducer! The Aztecs call the plant…
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