There are jokes online on how a goldfish has an attention span of 9 seconds. (Credit: Pixabay)

Cultivating Empathy in Children through Cultural Education     Recently, I found myself getting extremely disturbed by two pieces of news related to children and adolescents. Generally, we feel bad...

Capsicums are not just for cooking

Our teens’ Studio Art class produced some incredible drawings and paintings in the – of the humble capsicum. Michelle Zuccolo presents the class with different materials each week, including still...

Creativity and hope

Where we were born, how we were raised, and the experiences of our early lives all inform the narrative we maintain and develop about ourselves. Hopefully, the narrative of our...

Children and art

The assimilation of new techniques into children’s art work. I have returned to teaching a children’s class after two years focused upon developing the adults’ classes. I came into this...

Children and art

The following is an excerpt from an e-mail I sent earlier today which may be of help in understanding what I am trying to do in the Young Artist Program....