Creative Writing and Illustration Summer Camp 2014 - Johns Creek Art Center

This past summer, I took a "mini" break from my day job as a digital marketing and website manager for First Choice Industrial.  And I  refocused my energies on my artwork and writing, taught a Creative Writing & Illustration camp for the Johns Creek Art Center, in Johns Creek, GA ... and created this blog!

The camp spanned two separate weeks, with a diverse group of 20 children, aged 7-14. They wore me out, but the feeling was mutual, as I challenged them to create several very ambitious  projects combining their original stories and poems with their own illuminations/illustrations.

But creative exhaustion is a good thing, for both the students and the teacher :-)  And I came away with a passion to create art that matches the interest and energy I had while I was pursuing my BFA at the Art Institute in Chicago.

The photo below is a photo collage of my students. And in the coming months, and years, I will post a combination of some of my past artwork, as well as new things I create.