This weekend the National Museum of African American History opens. Here is a great article with the Architect of the museum.
David Adjaye on Designing a Museum That Speaks a Different Language

This interactive article gives a great guide to the museum and it's contents

http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/09/15/arts/design/national-museum-of-african-american-history-and-culture.html

Are you a high school or undergraduate student thinking about a career in architecture, interior design, or landscape design? If so, explore the possibilities at the BSA Architecture/Design College Fair.
Representatives from colleges and universities will be on hand at the BSA's Architecture/Design College Fair to answer questions about portfolios, admissions, scholarships, curricula, and more. Learn what it takes to succeed—attend free workshops.
In addition to this College Marketplace, you'll find workshops for design-focused students. Hear the inside story from our keynote speaker who will describe "the life of an architect" and what it's really like to be in architecture school. You can also get tips on portfolio requirements, and choosing the right school.
Student registration is now live!
Schools looking to register, learn more here.
Over 200 students and parents from across the country attended the 2015 Architecture/Design College Fair to learn about careers in architecture, interior design, and landscape design. Read the story here.

INTERNATIONAL DOT DAY is September 15 
Check out the website for more details and ideas to celebrate the day. Create a dot and see where it takes you!

Check out what artist Yayoi Kusama creates with dots......
here is a video of her installation Fireflies On the Water

Check out what artist Wassily Kandinsky created with circles and dots...

What will you create?

This year is about GROWTH. Think about what way you want to grow as an artist and student. What is important to you to learn? Art isn't just about making a pretty work of art but solving a problem in a new and exciting way, discovering a new process, learning a new tool and then mastering it. 

I am eager to learn about you and what you want to learn this year! Let's have a great year of discovery, art making, creativity and learning!

I had the pleasure of teaching two workshops during our BPSCon 2016.

Here are the links to the presentations: Intro to Web Design for Educators

Doodling in the Classroom

Skip over to my ARTIST BLOG to read about my amazing trip to Vermont and see work that I created while there!

I'm blessed with a career with this amazing gift of summertime! It is a time when students can recharge (my own two children are loving every second of unstructured time!) and educators have time to recharge and renew! As a plein aire painter it is great to get outside and paint and have studio time.




I have been busy working on my own art and website christinachangart.com and instagram account christinachang_art.

Check out my work. I would love to hear your thoughts!

Painting by Avis McCloy

For the second year my district supported the FREE (well except for the $30 supply fee) course titled " Studio Art for Educators". We had teachers join us from Burlington as well as surrounding schools. It was four FUN filled days of educators having the gift of 22 hours of ART MAKING! 

Here is what the educators said about the course:

"I am relaxed and ready to spend the rest of the summer making art"
"This was such a gift to myself to experiment with art...so enjoyable and relaxing"
"It's good to be a student!"
"Mistakes" are my friend"
"Relax-Create- it's all good"
"Take a risk"

​"Great to be a student and experience the range of feelings and thoughts they must also experience."

Check out these wonderful works of art created in a broad range of mediums and materials!

Special thanks to Patrick Larkin, Burlington Public Schools Assistant Superintendent for Learning and George Ratkevich, Visual Arts Program Coordinator for supporting the funding for this course and giving and the gift of time to be creative to educators!

​Be on the look out for more courses running next summer!