It’s art residency season. Working in classrooms adds another layer to my artist practice: ideas spark when I share my ideas, techniques and suggestions. Curious minds ask provocative questions. Busy hands show me how my own practice transforms in a shared creative process. Ideas go places I never would have imagined. Exhibition and celebration brings new ideas to move forward.There’s always much to show for these joyful moments in the classroom, and I long for studio time so I can go forward with new ideas and new work.
Recently, I presented a lumen prints workshop at the ArtStarts Gallery in celebration of BC Arts and Culture Week in conjunction with Botanimalogy—Expressions of Nature, an exhibition of lumen prints made during my residency at Kitsilano Secondary School. This exhibition of both analogue and digital lumen prints is on show through August at the ArtStarts Gallery at 808 Richards Street, open Tuesday through Saturday.
Lumen Prints from Kitisilano Secondary School Residency
Starting with fruit, vegetables, salt and string
Workshop samples
Demonstrating the process
Student compositions
Processing
Drying prints
Surveying delightful results
Sassalog 
I had the pleasure of observing the lumen print workshop with a humming mass of curious and excited students. The result of their labours was impressive.
Seeing all the work produced by the students was very exciting, it was a very inspiring workshop.