PRINTS OF MY ART IN MONTESSORI CLASSROOMS
It is always a welcome pleasure to see these prints displayed in Montessori classrooms around the world where I am observing and consulting. Here are some examples:
The following picture was sent to me by a Montessori teacher who displays this “Apron” print on a shelf above the classroom aprons. Brilliant!
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PRINTS, LARGE AND SMALL, FRAMED OR UNFRAMED
These art prints are printed and shipped from within many countries of the world, and I receive a tiny percentage for the right to use my art. Available here: CLICK: ART PRINTS
AMI TEACHER TRAINING “ART” DAY
In 2018 I was guest lecturer for the first AMI primary course in Morocco. In order to help the teachers understand how the children feel when they have long periods of choice of activity and deep concentration, we created art for a full morning. AND THIS TURNED INTO A FULL DAY. You can read about it here: CLICK: ART ON TEACHER TRAINING COURSE
ART AND OTHER CULTURE LECTURES IN A BOOK
Details of this day of art, and other culture lectures on this course can be found in this book. CLICK: 3-6 CULTURE LESSONS BOOK
Book Review:
What I like about this book is the possibility that it will give to teachers who have not learned in their training this way of presenting the various cultural areas — art, music, geography, biology and physics — to young children. That is, how to offer it in such a way that the child freely chooses to absorb the material. However, I don’t think this is a book to cozy up with and read straight through. Its value is in the excellent information about how adults can prepare themselves to inspire children in the first place. Secondly the information on how to pass on the inspiration gives a valuable pattern to follow within that section. I think it is a book to take section by section according to one’s interest. Although it is scattered throughout the book, there is information on approaching various ages of children, not just young ones. The book will require the adult to put in some effort, but the author enthusiastically proclaims that it is well worth the effort for both the adult and for the child.
—Rita Zener, PhD, AMI primary teacher trainer, Washington DC
Art is a natural as any other language. I was fortunate to grow up with an artist mother, but this beginning, and other art experience just gives me more tools to share the joy of creating this way to others, adults and children. Here is a bit about my art experience
FORMAL ART STUDIES: Denison University, Indiana University, San Francisco State University, private classes for 10 years studying with Michael Hayes, Eureka, California.
MUSEUM STUDIES: Museums where I have learned from great art include The Musee du Louvre, Paris, France: Vatican Museums, Rome, Italy; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Musee d’Orsay, Paris; Uffizi Gallery, Florence, Italy; Art Institute of Chicago; Tate Modern, London; National Gallery of Art, Washington DC; The National Gallery, London; The British Museum, London; National Palace Museum, Taipei; State Hermitage Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia; The National Art Center, Tokyo; National Museum of Scotland; Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam; Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; Pergamon Museum, Berlin, Germany; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes de La Habana, Havana, Cuba; Museo National de Arte, Mexico City; National Museum of Bhutan; The Kubota Itchiku Art Museum, Yamanashi, Japan; the Hakone Open Air museum, Japan, the National Library of Mongolia in Ulaanbaatar, and many others. I attributes the skills of composition, color, subject, and other elements of painting to these studies and years of work.
Today I paints to manage emotions stirred up when dealing with a complex world. The paintings are sometimes created from sketches following a dream. I am honored to have my paintings and prints in homes, schools, offices, around the world, including the AMI headquarters in Amsterdam. I paint . . “To make the world a more beautiful place, at least as much as I can do here in my studio.”
The link to this site, with some paintings archived: CLICK: paintings
(Self-portrait in the style of Gustav Klimt, a favorite artist)