Friday I teach the first of several encaustic workshops at the Jordan Schnitzer Museum of Art. The first two are part of a very cool art history program for high school students in Springfield. Due to budget cuts the unfortuante teachers are furloughed on 10 fridays during the school year. Therefore the students don’t have school. Lucky for them, in stepped Kim Hanson, who arranged for the students to go to the museum and have some on-site art and art history classes. I remember tagging along behind the art history classes from the UofM Summer Program in Florence, Italy, when I was a teenager. It was great, although I was jaded in college and found that art history classes usually meant looking at a lot of slides instead of seeing the real thing. While Eugene isn’t exactly Florence, it is a great opportunity.

NOTE: I will be teaching a workshop for adults on Encaustic Painting for the Schnitzer Museum on Sunday February 28th. This will be open to the public so sign up if you’re interested.