Every year between Christmas and New Years Eve, my son Jason and I spend a couple of days in NYC. We pack in two days of seeing as much as we can and this year we hit the Rubin Museum.Besides really enjoying their unique presentation on Asian Art and culture,…

  Most of the time when people think about digital art, they simply think about photography or perhaps video. But, there is a whole new world of digital art that is being created by some of the brightest people in the world. They are pushing the digital boundaries in ways…

  Music and art are linked…bound in my heart & soul.  When David Bowie died, it triggered some reflection for me as a fan, a consumer of art and as an educator. I wrote about David a few weeks ago but this weekend I had a chance to revisit some…

I remember when I was 8 years old, there were no living former US Presidents. When LBJ left office in 73 and died shortly thereafter, we returned to this state and I think it contributed greatly to my pure reverence for the role of President of the United States of…

Every Monday I start my work-week with a series of new goals and tasks as if I am playing a new game each week. Lets face it, no matter how much we want to change our lives, creating better outcomes requires creating new strategies to deal with the matters at…

I love when this happens. Saturday morning I opened the NY Times and there it was, another article about how important it is for us to raise creative kids.  For someone who has spent the last ten years in creative education this is music to my ears. As we hurl…

Yesterday Peyton Manning became the oldest starting quarterback to lead his team to the Super Bowl. He will be 40 in March…wouldn’t it be amazing if Peyton Manning wins it! Lets face it, we love to see our matinee stars ride off into the sunset and there could be no…

David Bowie was an artist. It is that simple. Like most amazing artists, he was ahead of his time and not always well understood. He pushed the boundaries in all aspects: musically, visually, socially and of course through performance.  When I was growing up, I remember Rebel Rebel and Suffragette…

Talk to any songwriter and they can’t always tell you why one of their songs is better than the others. The same thing goes for painting or visual arts. You make a lot of objects and once in awhile you have a breakthrough.  Andrea Williams has been taking our adult…

There seems to be more and more interest in art collecting today and I am thrilled about it. For one, we are embarking on our most ambitious year of exhibitions beginning next week with our first opening of the year featuring work from Ryan Schneider. Ryan is one of a…