Diversion Audit Guide

These posts chronicle my work as an artist in residence at a local middle school. Each project involved 1-6 weeks of working with a class (or multiple classes) of students for an hour or more (per class) each day. Each project was integrated with a science or social studies unit the students were studying outside of the art time, and the art was used to enrich and expand on those themes.

 • 8 Years • 16 Projects • 24 Classes •

Epic Art (2010)

1. Explanation of the Project
2. The Frames and the Four Factors
3. Starting the Batik Process
4. Color Planning Gets More Complex
5. It's Time to Die! ...ahem... I mean Dye.
6. These Incredible Artists

Culture and Conflict (2011)[6th Grade Project]

1. New Year, New Rules
2. The Screening Begins
3. The Messy Part
4. More Designs Emerge
5. What Does it All Mean?
6. Silk Screen Stencil Tutorial
7. Fundraiser!
8. On Display
9. Setting the Art Free

Culture and Conflict (2011) [7th Grade Project]

1. New Year, New Rules
2. The Pawns are Watching
3. Hammer Time
4. Roadworthy Roadie
5. Arranging the Squares
6. The Tile Pieces Find Homes
7. Epic Double Chess Table, Done!
8. Does This Look Even?
9. Future Battles of Kings and Pawns
10. Painting with Precision
11. Know Hope
12. Only Color and Light
13. Follow the Rules
14. The Research is Due

Shadows (2012)

1. Converging on Power
2. The Hunger Games
3. The Process
4. Supplies!
5. The Finished Boxes

Mural Dilemma (2013)

1. What's the Point?
2. The Tissue Issue
3. Gridding the Gorge
4. Mixing Colors
5. Qualities of Color
6. One Dot at a Time
7. The Masterpiece

I Object (2013)

1. Where You Stand

Transformation (2014)

1. Inspiration
2. The Blueprint
3. Spring
4. Summer
5. Fall
6. Winter
7. The Finished Mural

Blocked (2014)

1. Getting Inky
2. The Gallery
3. All the Designs

Map Overlap (2014)

1. Painting the Outlines
2. Ripping the Bits
3. Filling the Objects
4. Finished!

The Beaning of Life (2015)

1. Animals on Walls
2. Proportional Grids
3. Soup's On!
4. Just Another Bean on the Wall

Around the Block (2015)

1. Again

This I Believe (2015)

1. Filling the Faces
2. Gallery of Values

Consider This (2016)

1. Pollock and Fractals
2. Fractals in Nature
3. Feeling Etchy
4. Catching the Light
5. Essential Redundance

We Will Block You (2016)

1. Refining the Process

Looking Closely (2017)

1. Practice the Look
2. Collecting Nature
3. The Final Shots
4. Haikus on the Wall

Block Value (2017)

1. Get Real