On Becoming a Mentor

In the 1940s, Columbus native Laura Ziegler won a scholarship to the Columbus Art School (now Columbus College of Art and Design), graduated from Ohio State where sculptor Irwin Frey was her mentor, and studied at Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. She received a Fulbright Fellowship in 1949 to…

Recently I had an experience that left my head swimming. It was the last session of the Teaching for Creativity Institute , and we were closing out the year with a…

Research tells us that creativity in this country is declining, most severely in children ages 6-12. One essential component of creativity is critical thinking. Critical thinking skills are the focus of a nearly 50-year partnership with Columbus City Schools (CCS), the largest district in the state of Ohio. As part…

If Honoré Sharrer is an artist you’ve never heard of I’m not surprised. Sometimes the artists who have the most impact are not the artists dominating the headlines. This is especially true for women artists. Columbus Museum of Art has an international reputation for presenting exhibitions on underrecognized American artists…