Making: Interesting new job this month: color commentator for the Wroclaw Panthers, an American football team. It was a fun experience and not as easy as it sounds. I believe it was the first time a Liga Futbolu Amerykańskiego game was broadcast in English. Teaching: A contact who is working at the Capitol Theater randomly […]
Category Archives: Research
February in review
Art Making: My Shakespeare Clubs are making two plays: Romeo and Juliet and Hamlet. We’ve gone from comedy to tragedy. We have fake swords. Kids seem to love it. In our versions there will not be any blood or kissing! Teaching: I’m teaching guitar to a group of teachers over at the Young Leaders Academy. […]
January in review
Northern Exposure
Part of the activities of Aardvark Arts is to develop international cooperation, work towards building a cultural facility in Wroclaw, and to conduct research in the fields of social sciences and humanities. Managing Director, Dorota Dobkowska, and I recently traveled to Lithuania and Estonia to visit cultural spaces, meet with people and start some conversations […]
Fun Family Festival
Our first year of Creative Summer arts program is wrapping up. It has been so much fun for me to watch it come to life. I feel so lucky to have this amazing team delivering daily classes and inspiration to our children. It is an honor to have so many families trust me in providing […]
Support for Creative Summer
We have some partners to thank for Creative Summer | Kreatywne Lato! “Here is an opportunity to express the creativity and individualism unique in every person.” -Priscilla Dewey Houghton, founder of Charles River Creative Arts Program, 1970 Thank you to the Polish Ministry of Culture and National Heritage, American Embassy, American Councils for International Education, […]
Creative Summer is coming
This is very exciting for me to share and announce with everyone. I’ve started a summer camp for arts here in Wrocław Poland. It’s happening! Kids are signed up. Talented teachers from around the world are coming to inspire us. In this post I’m going to share “why” I’ve put so much energy into this. […]
Five Bullets Shakespeare edition
Friday is the premiere of Midsummer Night’s Dream with Shakespeare Club. Ever since visiting Shakespeare’s birthplace with these 8-10 year old kids I have been inspired. Here are five resources that help feed my curiosity. Shakespeare Unlimited podcast produced by the Folger Library. This is an amazing podcast! I never heard of it before this […]