• Connections

    Connections

    “When we seek for connection, we restore the world to wholeness. Our seemingly separate lives become meaningful as we discover how truly necessary we are to each other.” (Margaret Wheatley) Creating community and making connection, that’s why I teach. The students are amazingly earnest and hard-working, finding their way through the art process and their…

  • community + connection

    community + connection

    Finding Community + Connection. My recent travels to Civita offered me earnest students and a special place that I realized was nested deep within my heart. My sketchbook offered me a place to mark the those connections and now back in studio I have ‘new eyes’, those seeing differently. I will be posting those insights…

  • Community.

    com·mu·ni·ty /kəˈmyo͞onədē/ a feeling of fellowship with others, as a result of sharing common attitudes, interests, and goals. 2019 in Civita was  memorable and wonderful. It was all about ‘community’: the Civitoni, Laura, Tony, visiting fellows returning to the Civita Institute, amazing chefs at the restaurants, shop owners, tractor drivers and of course, my adventurous…