In our society, young people are increasingly disconnected from nature, harming their physical and emotional well-being and reducing environmental consciousness. My events with children and teens are part of a growing movement to reconnect young people with nature. Many young people also have limited opportunities for creative expression and collaborative action. My events seek to validate the creative impulse in all of us, and to provide vivid examples of the power of group work.
Below are images of and links to selected events for children and teens -- my resume lists all my events. I also lead events for groups of mixed ages.
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You can also hire me to lead an event.
Constructing with Nature at the Bay Area Discovery Museum. The Bay Area Discovery Museum invited me to lead this art-making event, as well as to train their staff to facilitate a six-week drop-in studio project, "Exploring Art With Nature." More....
Art to Action on Codornices Creek with Children of the Ursula Sherman Village . Funded by The Open Circle Foundation, and in partnership with Building Opportunities for Self Sufficiency (BOSS), and Friends of Five Creeks. Through education, exploration, and art making, we connected these homeless children to the natural environment close to their temporary housing in the Ursula Sherman Village. Berkeley, CA, 2008-2009. More....
Art to Action on Harwood Creek with Ms. Ryba's Third-Grade Class from John Muir School. With the support of ALICE: Arts and Literacy in Children's Education, John Muir Elementary School third-grade teacher Mahalia Ryba invited me to lead a series of group art-with-nature events on the banks of Harwood Creek, where it flows past the school. Berkeley, CA, Spring, 2008. More....
Nature Sculpture at the beach with third-graders from John Muir Elementary School in San Francisco. EcoModels invited me to lead this event on San Francisco's Ocean Beach as part of United Nations World Environment Day 2005. More....
Students of Escuela Popular Connect With Nature. I led this group of urban-dwelling high school students in an art-with-nature event in partnership with Wild Zones and Hooked on Nature. More....
From Art to Action on Berkeley Creeks . In partnership with Friends of Five Creeks and River of Words, I led a series of art-in-nature events to educate and inspire our community to appreciate, enjoy, value, preserve, and restore watersheds. In Berkeley's Live Oak Park, I led a group of children being homeschooled. At another event, Berkeley High School Environmental Science students made sculpture with me at the headwaters of Codornices Creek, using found trash and natural treasures in a spring-fed swale high in the Berkeley hills. More....
Balanced Rock Sculpture Workshop. After giving this group of 50 Athenian School eighth-graders a brief introduction to the physics and aesthetics of balancing rocks, I worked with them to create art in this rocky environment at the Berkeley Marina. More....