In addition to outreach I’m also a practicing artist. Over the past few years one of the things that has become increasingly vital to my practice are artist residencies. This last September I was invited to spend two weeks out in the Nevada desert making art in a cabin that…
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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? 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…
If you have ever met a more enthusiastic teacher than Bill I might have a hard time believing it! I have had the pleasure of teaching with Bill for the past five years, and I can honestly say that he is the best teacher I have witnessed in my academic…
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!…
Our trip to the annual Society For Neuroscience conference in San Diego this year was really about the need for science outreach in public schools, and the effectiveness of arts integration as a vehicle for learning. We were fortunate this year to be offered a booth in the Art of…
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…
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…
This Friday 26 exuberant Skyview High School students made the trek from Vancouver to Portland to join us at the Portland Art Museum for an afternoon of art and science. We began by discussing how all of our students were already equipped with the knowledge necessary to address any artwork they…