At Children's Discovery Museum, I co-created 50+ unique Meet the Artist events with visual artists and field experts for the visiting public. I work with each artist to co-develop an art program inspired by their creative practice and materials. Artist residencies ranged anywhere from day to month-long programs, reaching up to 500 visitors daily.
Through my development of strong relationships with our visiting artists, we were able to create long-lasting relationships between those who visited the museum and a community of artists.
Laura Arminda Kingsley, based in Switzerland, provided an incredible virtual lesson and artist interview for the Museum. As a previous visiting artist, while in the States, she was able to translate her previous experience at the museum into a virtual program that was engaging and dynamic.
I have worked with Tiffany Lin to co-develop programs exploring identity through the entry point of food and self-portraits.
I worked with artist Julia Goodman in a series of visiting artist programs. Her first program at the Museum was "Rethink the Beet" where she introduced our visitors to many varieties of beets and the ways that she utilizes them as a creative material. Her most recent workshop (featured in video) was utilizing recycled paper pulp to create paper butterflies and to talk with visitors about the connections between people and butterflies in migration.
Dia de los Muertos conceptual altar installation by Cristina Velasquez.
Artist Donald Ryker and I co-created a program using helmets with paintbrushes attached, to work in the same way that he does to create his paintings. His artwork was installed in the Art Gallery to correspond with his visiting artist program.
Rangoli art at entrance of Museum in celebration of Diwali.
I worked with Jin Feng to develop Chinese calligraphy workshops during our Museum's Lunar New Year celebration.
In addition to Chinese calligraphy, we also hosted Vietnamese calligraphy artists for Lunar New Year.
I co-created a program with Jordan Maliksi inspired by his animal paintings.
I worked with Jonathan Pappas and his family for a three-year-long partnership to bring interactive maze-making experiences to the Museum's visiting public. During his last residency, we installed his artwork in the Museum's Art Gallery and he debuted an animation in our theatre. During Covid, Jonathan provided pro bono maze-making lessons via Facebook and YouTube and designed and installed an outdoor hay maze.
