The TinkerLab studio will be open for hands-on making on Saturday, November 13, 2021, 1-5 pm. As you may know, I’m an artist in residence in the city of Palo Alto’s Cubberley Artist Studio Program, and our group is hosting…
The other day we had the most amazing weather, so we set up a garden art studio… When I was in college I always loved those teachers who took their classes outside on a nice day. So why not recreate…
Over the course of a week, our art table gets worked pretty hard. Yours too? My kids begin almost every morning with some kind of making that may involve markers, colored pencils, tape, glue, or paint. And then there’s the…
“The drive to master our environment is a basic human characteristic from the beginning — from birth.” –-Jack P. Shonkoff, Harvard University (From Mind in the Making, Ellen Galinsky. New York: Harper Collins, 2010). Do you have self-serve spaces in…
Putting our closets/bills/holiday cards in order is enough of a thankless job without even beginning to consider corralling toys and art supplies. I have a short fuse for all of the things that get dumped all over the house (today it…
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