Author: Jeff Leake
Silence and Sagebrush @ Montello
Nogginfest Art Auction
Nogginfest Art Auction! Want to own stunning original art? We have that and more this year at our Nogginfest art auction! We’re very excited to have work from these local artists featured in our auction. BID HERE: NogginFest 2021 Art Auction (through 3/20/21)! LEARN MORE: JOIN US @ NOGGINFEST! Sienna…
Memory & Learning with Noggin @ PAM
NW Noggin joined the Right Brain Initiative for the Right Brain Initiative Summer Symposium at the Portland Art Museum this last Thursday. Jeff Leake, along with artist Kindra Crick and PSU undergraduate Jordan Ray talked to educators from around Oregon about the integration of science in art education. Jeff also ran…
Why Art? Noggins go to Washington
Why art? We often hear this question when we go to conferences, talk with school and university administrators, and even while presenting in Congress. For the students we work with in the classroom however, and for many other teachers who work directly with kids, this approach seems very natural. This…
Bill wins the 2017 John Eliot Outstanding Teaching Award
Byrom Brains!
NW Noggin visited Edward Byrom Elementary School out in Tualatin this week. We came with an enthusiastic group of volunteer educators, including Sulema Rodriguez, Jessica Patching-Bunch, Aliese Poole, and Andrea Anaya from Psychology at Portland State University, and Kim Engeln, Christina Williams and Dr. Dale Fortin from Neuroscience at OHSU!…
Art & Science @ SfN 2016
Visual “Gnosis” at the Andy Warhol Museum
While in Pittsburgh for the inspiring White House Frontiers conference, we made a stop at the Warhol Museum. Boasting the largest collection of Andy Warhol’s work, the artist’s hometown museum tracks his artistic career from his formative youth until his death in 1987. Gnosis means “knowledge” in Greek (γνῶσις), and visual…
Visual Culture & Cannabis With the WSPA
On Saturday Bill Griesar, Ram Kandasamy, and Jeff Leake joined the Washington State Psychological Association to talk about the science, history, and art of cannabis use. Artists have depicted (and used) cannabis for thousands of years. Examining this visual history both ancient and contemporary can tell us a great deal…