Monday Thoughts: Noise
The other day I was staring at the word “unwire,” and I began to fantasize about what that meant. The notion of rest and relaxation seems so different today and with my Dick Tracy device in my palm all the time, I literally feel like there is a wire plugged…
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Monday Thoughts: Winter
Are you done with it yet? No matter what happens, every year at this time I start to take a deep breath and prepare myself for the final push through February’s doldrums. But, this year I have some new tools that are helping me deal with these gray, cold days.…
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Entrepreneurship = Art-Making?
We have become enamored with entrepreneurship in America in a way in which I have not seen in my lifetime. Twenty-somethings and baby boomers are sharing the same spirit… the will and motivation to create something unique and to turn it into a profit generating entity. Last night, I was reading the Rhode…
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Art Effect
One of the most special aspects of One River School is the fact that we really focus on teaching art AND making it fun to learn here. As part of that philosophy, we are just as excited about the students who want to come here once a week for a…
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The Final Rush
I always think of this time of year as the final rush to get some real accomplishments nailed down before the end of the year. Sometimes these accomplishments may mean simply preparing my plan for next year. Either way, the finality of a year that is winding down causes me…
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Best Place and Best People
Without a doubt, one of the key elements of our mission is to be the “best place to work in the arts”. Having said that, it goes without saying that the promise comes full circle when we find the best people. Today, I am happy to announce that we are…
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What a Special Exhibition
Every once in a while, I am moved by something that my team and our students are able to accomplish. During the month of October, we gave our teen students in New Jersey a really cool assignment and ten days ago we installed over 100 paintings in the Garden State…
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Kusama and Kaws
Two weeks ago I was visiting galleries in Chelsea when I turned onto 11th Ave. and ran into a group of 2,000 people waiting in line for something. Follow me- this is Chelsea…galleries, quiet, older folks…NEVER throngs of fans. Then it hit me- Kusama had an exhibition opening that night…
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Celebrating Artists and Education with Shara Hughes
One of the driving themes of One River is to celebrate living artists. When we’re able to connect artists who we personally know with our curriculum, it brings everything full circle for me. This Friday we are mounting a two-school exhibition at the Garden State Plaza with work that is inspired by Shara…
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