I’m teaching two courses that are new to me this term — Curriculum Design and Artist Teacher Studio. Both are taught to advanced students who are student-teaching or interning in Community Centers. They’re exhausted. They’re also fantastic artists who’ve just … Continue reading →

I’m just reading the document the NEA commissioned on assessment: Improving the Assessment of Student Learning in the Arts – State of the Field and Recommendations. It’s by Sharon A Herpin, Adrienne Washington, and Jian Li at WestEd — for … Continue reading →

Apologies for the radio silence this past week. I was afraid I’d be a bad blogger — unreliable, I mean. And it seems that’s the case. But let me try to give you an overview, and then I can try … Continue reading →

  Today I dived on an Andaman Island coral reef. John wasn’t feeling well and stayed back at the camp, but our host, Arzu Mistry (photo center) and her colleague, Padmini Nagaraj (photo left), joined me for Padi’s and my … Continue reading →

I can hardly believe I’ll be able to tell everything that’s happened since I wrote last. But if my memory serves… My blogging and need for a “bucket bath” meant we left late to go to the museum. Sarita (ANET … Continue reading →

    I arrived in Venice in the rain late last night. The vaporetto (water taxi) dropped me at the Giglio stop, and I wandered up the narrow alleyway toward what I hoped would be my hotel. It appeared. After … Continue reading →