​workshops, grants, & collaborative art​

printmaking with ​state park guests

As part of our residency at Catoctin Forest / Catoctin Mountain Park, Melissa ran a printmaking workshop for children. Children made designs with pencils onto foam printing plates, then used block printing ink to print their designs on construction paper.  Children used the park as inspiration for their art, and walked away with a lovely memento of their time at Catoctin!

Ben hosted a photography walk for guests of the park. ​

interactive outdoor hundreds chart


This outdoor interactive hundreds chart has 100 tiles with coiled numbers shaped and applied by the first grade students at Eldridge Park Elementary School. Students are able to flip the tiles around to form visual patterns to better understand math concepts. Melissa was awarded a grant from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation to fund this project.

character building "falcon frieze"

 The falcon, Eldridge Park's mascot, is the main image. Each feather was made by a third grade student in the current school year and includes their name, favorite school subject, and best or most improved character trait. When they graduate 3rd grade, they will receive their feather back and keep it as a memento of their time and growth at Eldridge Park. The outside border made of small squares have the initials of each of the 3rd graders from the inaugural class. Melissa was awarded a grant from the Lawrence Township Education Foundation to fund this project.​

"someplace special"
​3-color self-portrait prints

Ben led 3rd graders from Camden Community Charter School in creating this work, thanks to Rutgers- Camden Center for the Arts. Students used a subtractive process to create a 3-color self-portrait print using foam printing plates. 

student portraits using the inkjet transfer process

Ben was an artist-in-residence in a Camden school. The goal was to create a collaborative, mixed media artwork that highlighted the students' dreams for their future. Ben took portraits of the students, which students then transferred to quilt squares using the inkjet transfer process. Students embellished their portraits with their interests and dreams using permanent marker before the quilt was assembled.