Wesleyan Collage Workshop

 The Wesleyan College Leadership Lab has started a series Called Level Up, where community members can take part in Learning Experiences with poet Laureates and experts on AI. The first in the series was a collage workshop presented by none other than Dennis Applebee, the Art Department Chair, and my hubby. He walked participants through the history of collage and his process before turning us lose with books, art paper, X-Acto knives, and archival glue sticks.  The number one problem students make? Not putting enough glue and having the edges curl up. He uses a piece of copy paper to cover the freshly glued collage piece and rubs it pretty hard in every direction with a flat tool to make sure the glue goes into the fibers of both pieces of paper, with rubbing the image or snagging the surfaces. A lot of people left with some really nice pieces. 

Dennis had his art show hanging at the Leadership Lab throughout the month of August, so it was nice to have lots of examples of finished projects. How lucky am I to be married to such a talented guy?

My Drawing Students at Work

I am wrapping up my Art Education and Beginning Drawing classes at Wesleyan College.  I have really loved my students this semester! Wesleyan is a women’s college and the classes are small so I’ve had a chance to get to know and work with each student. They’ve come so far that it’s hard to believe that these are beginning art students. Here are some of their super large drawings.

My husband Dennis, set up a highly reflective still life for his class, and so my class used it too. I love that he teaches mornings and I teach afternoons in the same room.