Bringing my research interests into the classroom
I use creative visualization exercises to encourage students to approach imagination as an active process that supports the development of a personal language. Selected student work was featured in a peer-reviewed presentation in July 2026 at the national ICON13 Illustration Conference. Images © the artists.
Home Is: Illustrating Objects of Memory, 2024/25/26
A cumulative exhibit of more than 50 student illustrations exploring the question ‘What is home?’ through layers of meaning embedded in a single “memory object.” Students practice storytelling within a nonlinear compositional structure. A collaboration with the Queens College Linguistics Department. On long-term public display in Queens Hall. Images © the artists.
Portrait: Person and Place, 2024
Nineteen portraits exploring identity through connections to place, created by undergraduate illustration students. This project asks students to construct a narrative through organized compositional arrangement. Scheduled for long-term public display in Queens Hall. Images © the individual artists.