Many years ago, we decided that every April we would create an art project in each of our schools to close the gap on a specific challenge. The challenge that I’m speaking of is how we engage people with Autism and the goal was to create awareness and more understanding / appreciation for the unique…

One of my strengths is that I’m constantly thinking about my goals and measuring how I’m doing relative to my plan. I love the term “pivot” because it is empowering and allows me the control to flip the switch and move in another direction at my discretion. Whether you are trying to get your kids…

With all the things we have on our to-do list, maybe the most important one is this: how are you spending your time to facilitate growth? Most of the people who read my Monday Thoughts are adults with a keen interest in creative growth for their kids and themselves, but here’s the question. How are…

People often ask me what I’m most proud of about One River School and quite often I respond with the fact that we built the most compelling creative camps in the country! I feel strongly about it because we created our weekly camps from the ground up and have developed over 50 different types of camps for…

As time ticks by and we think about all the challenges we face, I have a question that I want you to reflect on for a minute: what is your growth plan? Over my career, I’ve spent my time developing talent, leading teams, and building businesses in the media and education space. And over the last few…

This past Saturday, I popped into our school in Englewood, NJ to participate in a first-time event for us: we participated in a virtual presentation from an artist based in California to over 40 students and it was amazing. Liv Aanrud, whose work is on display right now in the Englewood location, walked our students…

One of the most important goals of One River School is to be “the voice of contemporary art in our communities”. We do this by writing lesson plans that teach “through the lens of living artists” and by producing exhibitions from contemporary artists. All of our schools have recently opened a new exhibition or are…

There’s no doubt that I am part of a minority in America: those who frequently attend museums 😀! In fact, a survey from 2023 tells us that only 28% of Americans attended a museum in the previous year. Said differently, almost 75% did not attend a museum in 2023! I’m not sure why museum attendance…

Now that we are in February and all the “end of year” / “new year” stuff is behind us, I think of this window of time as one where we are “back in the flow”. The period between now and the beginning of summer is the time where we get stuff done and it shouldn’t…

Forgive me for a minute if you think I’m going off script, but I have to point out something that I saw this weekend that was purely artistic. Watching Patrick Mahomes lead the Kansas City Chiefs was like watching a great actor, ballet dancer, musician or visual artist in the studio doing their thing. Sports…