Welcome to Snippity-Doo-Dah!
My new blog about making and teaching Mixed Media Art.
I am a teaching artist in New York City. Check out my website!
Both art-making and teaching are new endeavors for me. I returned to art-making about 6 years ago, after shunning it for 20 years (College drop-out. . . bad art teachers. . . more later. . .) and working in more minimum wage jobs that I care to remember.
I eventually ended up as a fashion writer and stylist, but even though that work was way better that teaching exercise to rich ladies (squeeze your rear!) or selling dresses to short ones (petite department sales associate) or helping Hip-Hop artist sell singles and sneakers, I felt unhappy because I wasn't being honest with myself about wanting to make art.
After my daughter was born, my husband encouraged me to return to school and get my Bachelor's degree. I met some horrible and ineffective art teachers along the way, but I also found some amazing and compassionate ones. I began working in mixed media at that time and realized that I wanted to do something more meaningful with my life and be like the amazing teachers who helped me find my artistic voice again.
I graduated with my Masters in Art Education just as Bloomberg instituted his hiring freeze on new teachers. With the crap-tastic economy in full swing for over 3 years now, I have been working in schools, libraries and senior centers and piecing together a career.
As an artist I value every scrap of material I can find, because I know it can become useful and meaningful if put within the right context. With this blog, I am seeking to do the same thing with my teaching experiences; make them more useful and meaningful. So Snippitty-Doo-Dah is my way of reporting about, reflecting on and reframing my mixed media experiences.
I hope you'll visit often.
Above is a banner I made for the holidays out of fabric paper. I got the instructions from Squidoo: http://www.squidoo.com/FannieFabricPaper
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