Author Archives: januarysteph

This is a simple project I did to start the year at my new school. Since I did not know the kids’ level of experience with tools, media and terminology, this was a leap of faith in a sense. I was pleased with the end result, but this is not for the faint of heartContinue reading “warm/cool bird paintings”

  For my final project for ART5930C: Experiments in Installation, I completed this sculpture, entitled Open Door.   Here is my artist statement: Our property in Choccolocco, Alabama has been a labor of love since 2016, when we moved to this rural area. Differing from the community in many ways, our farm, Hippie Hollow, and theContinue reading “Open Door”

Another blog post describes my thought process over the past few weeks, in tackling this small-scale installation. The original intent was more complicated, including sound and other technologies. However, as I created the frame and woven structures, it became the final product. I felt that to add any additional sound or visual components would beContinue reading “Sikuli- installations midterm”

We have a lot of extra rocks at our farm. Over the past year, we’ve hired a great guy, Steve, who has early onset Alzheimer’s. In creating this installation, I thought I might get footage of Steve working, talking, telling stories and include that video footage with the video of the process of building theContinue reading “Sketches/thought process for installations final”

I keep thinking about a projection on this white wall. I did my little piece against the wall and like the idea of using again while it is part of my temporary home, in the camper. Since I’ve always liked making/teaching Ojos de Dios (God’s Eyes), I thought about making tiny ones out of needlesContinue reading “Brainstorming for Installations Midterm”

Our world has come to a halt due to the pandemic. Amid working on my master’s degree in art education through the University of Florida, I’m finding it a little overwhelming thinking about my students and not being able to reach out to them. Since I know many of them come from low-income households andContinue reading “COVID-19 Pandemic”

We studied Picasso’s Blue Period in February and painted the whole school blue…basically! Luckily, our custodian is super awesome and said “I’m just glad the kids are enjoying it!” You know how it is, specks of blue end up in the darnedest places! We looked at Picasso’s work across the years and what led himContinue reading “The Blue Period”