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Look who came to MakerFaire 2014
It's not every day that you get to paint with an internationally renowned artist. But that was just one of…
A Modern Village School: Christmas 1944
Wonderful pictures of what looks like a creative classroom in a pre-Plowden primary school. Look at the desk arrangements. From…
Everyone is cranky
A school in May is like a two year old deprived of a nap. That's how my colleague Liz describes…
The Extra Mile
The Art History class took off for Italy last week. It's well over 4,000 miles from Poughkeepsie to Zurich and…
Music and Arts lag. Can poetry be far behind?
This week in the NYTimes – news of a rather discouraging report about music and arts education across the US.…
The Lower School chooses Joan Miro
If you're going to MoMA for the Van Gogh and the Colors of the Night - good luck. It's a…
Human capital, stars aligned and the wise owls
On the way home tonight I heard Robert Reich on NPR’s Marketplace. The topic was Human Capital. The one sentence…
Iconic Images
Student art work: Iconic images from Kenyon House. Click the pic for a bigger view.
Kids Know Things
Solar panels, wind turbines, solid waste fuel, electronic generators and all manner of imaginative and greener ways to power cars,…
How To Be Creative: Look Sideways
Some attributes of creativity: Challenge assumptions Be receptive to new ideas Recognize similarities or differences Make unlikely connections Take risks…
Multiple Perspectives
Still Life with Fruit Basket - Paul Cezanne Think globally with awareness and understanding of complexity and multiple perspectives Predators…
Color
Seeing red, going green, in a purple haze , once in a blue moon. Pictures from the first and second…
The pH rises … Science Symposium 08
The pH rises and the bubbles stream out; pop, From the misty stream. The water running and the fish swimming…
Accident or design
There's a great new exhibit of student work on the walls. It emphasizes the role of accident in design. It…