At Children's Discovery Museum I have co-created 50+ unique Meet the Artist events with visual artists and field experts for visiting public. I work with each artist to co-develop an art program inspired by their creative practice and materials. Artist residencies range anywhere from day to month long programs, reaching up to 500 visitors daily. The studio space was closed due to Covid, but we continued to bring artists to our audiences through social media.
Over the years, I have developed strong relationships with our visiting artists and as their practices evolve, we are able to offer new experiences to our visitors as well and co-create programs.
Laura Arminda Kingsley, though she lives in Switzerland, provided an incredible virtual lesson and artist interview for the Museum. As a previous visiting artist, while she resided in the states, she and I were able to co-develop an engaging virtual program.
I have worked with Tiffany Lin to co-develop programs exploring identity through the entry point of food and self-portraits.
I have worked with artist Julia Goodman throughout the years. 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 have worked with Jin Feng to develop a Chinese calligraphy workshops during our Museum's Lunar New Year celebration.
Every year we invite calligraphy artists for our Lunar New Year celebration. In addition to Chinese calligraphy, we also host a Vietnamese calligraphy artist.
I co-created a program with Jordan Maliksi inspired by his great body of animal paintings.
I have worked with Jonathan Pappas and his family for the past three years to bring interactive and evolving maze making experiences for our 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 provided pro bono maze making lessons via Facebook and YouTube and designed and installed our outdoor hay maze.
