8th Grade Mentorship Artist Residency: Mural Project

I just began a several month long mentorship with Toms River Intermediate East where I’ll be teaching, inspiring and mentoring the 8th graders as we design and paint a huge mural together in the school. On my first day, I was honored and surprised by this beautiful artistic welcome display that they made for me.(above) I have been loving the time with them and their incredible art teachers and can’t wait to show you progress shots of what we create together. The few sessions we’ve had so far remind me of the good (and awkward) memories of me being a 13 year old. I was that super dorky, short, shy and weird art kid who doodled on my notebooks all day and somehow I’ve stuck to my dreams and made it happen. I hope that some of them are inspired and motivated from our time together.