Round Inkblots and Birmingham Pen Co. Ink

After teaching my inkblot class at the Creative Center’s Creative Aging Conference http://www.thecreativecenter.org/tcc/training_institute/training_institute/ on November 13, 2020, I was so inspired by what the participants brought to the inkblot table that I spent the whole next day making inkblots. I … Continue reading

Creative Aging Conference 2020: Remote!

The Creative Center at University Settlement hosts a conference on Creative Aging every year for artists who work or want to work with our honored elders, as well as administrators, artistic directors, and programming directors of various institutions. To read … Continue reading

Word Up Community Bookshop Kid Lit Festival 2019

Word Up Community Bookshop had a “Mini-Festival” of children’s literature this weekend and it was so fun. I was there with many of my uptown illustrator and writer colleagues, from Dr. Ruth Westheimer (Roller Coaster Grandma) and Chris Raschka (Yo! … Continue reading

Creative Aging Conference 2019!

This week is the wonderful Creative Aging Conference, organized and hosted by The Creative Center at University Settlement. I taught my Inkblot workshop, with some new variations, on Tuesday, and we all had such a good time. I was talking … Continue reading

INKBLOTS! Creative Aging Conference 2018

Once again, the redoubtable Robin Glazer invited me to be a presenter at the Creative Center’s Creative Aging Conference. I had such a fantastic, inspiring group to work with, all arts professionals working with different populations–elders, people with various stages … Continue reading

CREATIVE AGING 2017 CONFERENCE with The Creative Center

Last week I was honored to be a workshop leader again at the CREATIVE AGING TRAINING conference under the auspices of The Creative Center http://www.thecreativecenter.org/tcc/training_institute/training_institute/, and with help from NEA funding and the NYC Department of Cultural Affairs. The training … Continue reading

Creative Aging Conference 2016 at The Creative Center at University Settlement

Robin Glazer invited me to participate in the 2016 Creative Aging conference at The Creative Center again this year, presenting the INKBLOT: DRIP, SPLAT AND SQUISH YOUR WAY TO CREATIVITY workshop, and we had such a good time. Inkblots are … Continue reading