by Robin Brooks | Feb 21, 2023 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
Lunch with an artist at Spindleworks, 2014 A long and colorful relationship My relationship with Spindleworkshttps://spindleworks.independenceassociation.org/, the people and place, is a long and colorful one. I enjoy shopping at their holiday...
by Robin Brooks | Oct 17, 2022 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
Robin and Cast, End of Scene 2 “Our Town” final dress rehearsal Doing the Impossible Thing–Preparing for “Our Town” When director Nat Warren-White invited me to play the role of Julia Gibbs in Thornton Wilder’s “Our...
by Robin Brooks | Jun 8, 2022 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
Smiling into Summer– “In-Person” Tai Chi at Head of Tide Park Beginning at 9 AM on June 9th, I will launch a series of summer tai chi classes at Head of Tide Park in Topsham. I will be offering a gentle hour of tai chi and qigong practice. Both new...
by Robin Brooks | May 18, 2022 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
A child’s paper bag puppet-in-process, Pittston School Artist Residency with Robin Brooks, May 2022 Puppets and Stories is an artist residency I designed for the elementary school children in Pittston, Maine. This past winter, art teacher Karol Carlsen reached...
by Robin Brooks | Oct 18, 2021 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
Art from Teabags–An Inspiring Collaboration I have been enjoying meeting the artist members of SLMM, the Society for Layerists in Multi-Media at our weekly Zoom calls. Our collaborations have led me to explore new materials and ideas. Nancy Nikkal, a member of...
by Robin Brooks | Mar 22, 2020 | Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
Trouble At Sea by Dylan I was reading a friend’s Poem of the Day blog on Blogger and rediscovered a blog I began during my time at Lincoln School. Now that we are all working from home, children and teachers alike, we need to figure out ways to stay connected....