This document provides links to examples of the author's collaborative community art projects, her aquatic bodywork practice blog, and her Etsy shop selling vinyl car decals. It also shares links to resources about education reform efforts, research on seating choices to support students with ADHD, and examples of arts-based learning environments inspired by the Reggio Emilia approach.

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This is my online teaching portfolio. Check out the Artcar Derby, the Artist Collaborative &
the Power of Play Mural for a few examples of collaborative, community-based art projects.
Hyperlinks are indicated with italics!
The Healing Power of Water is a blog about my Aquatic Bodywork practice. I practice in a
dome-enclosed warm water therapy pool. My interest in movement and healing practices
includes teaching, working as a massage therapist and my current interest in re-patterning
developmental movements with young children to support them in moving through learning
challenges.
I sell vinyl car decals on Etsy.com. My not-so New Beetle is covered bumper to bumper with
daisies and yes!, peace signs. My vision to transform car culture through the joy of car art has
been well received {but has not yet captured market attention}. This provides one more
creative outlet for me to apply my graphic design skills.

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Sir Ken Robinson and RSA Animate do a good job of painting a picture of the state of
education today.
These IDEO Boston animations, A Little Bit Dimmer and A Little Bit Brighter, walk character
Petunia through two very different, but parallel versions of the future of education. Well done!

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The Right Brain Initiative is a partnership of schools, local government, private donors, and
the cultural community of the Portland tri-county region. It’s manifesto and mission: “No
right brain left behind” is fun, graphically inspired and holds good intent. My concern is that
it may be a facelift for an old model of arts education programming that has been unsuccessful
in fully delivering creativity to our schools.
Here are links to a research study about the educational merits of balls vs. chairs as a seating
choice for students with ADHD, and an article by Gaiam Life: Your Guide to Better Living,
which relays the content of the research in consumer-friendly language. It’s possible that a
redesign of the metal desk and chair could be a first step towards creating a movement-
friendly learning environment.

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The Second Skin Project is an action research pilot project informed the work of Reggio
Emilia, a leading arts-based school movement that credits the learning environment for being
emergent curriculum.
one of the student’s primary teachers. The teacher/artist collaboration is at the center of the
rechild is a Reggio Emilia newsletter. This particular edition describes a modular, flexible,
dialoguing exhibition. An interactive visual, kinesthetic dialogue is inherently designed to
engage children. I love the full-bodied way that kids engage in their learning process and I
appreciate the way natural light is brought into the exploration of what we see!