ALR on Tour: Skulls at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts

I was recently asked to present a talk and workshop as part of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts' annual Teen Symposium. The program features several guest artists who present to 100+ students and art teachers from across Virginia. I talked about my Skull-A-Day project and then led the participants in a mini-project in which they picked an image and then made as many versions of it they could in a short period of time using a variety of materials. The results were really terrific, especially when people realized they could move beyond fixed, traditional forms. More images can be seen on my Flickr stream HERE.

ALR on Tour: Syracuse, NY

Thanks to Chris McCray for bringing me up to Syracuse University earlier this week to talk with his students about my work as a socially conscious designer and the genesis of the Skull-A-Day project. His new COLAB program is an amazing collaborative design environment that is sure to be a big draw for the school. Sadly I didn't have a ton of time to explore Syracuse (though I did have some amazing food at Alto Cinco), but there seems to be a lot of great things going on and I hope to get back up there again before too long.