by Robin Brooks | Nov 13, 2025 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
How creative ideas are born Where do our best, most creative ideas come from? I want to be clear that I’m not just speaking about ideas for art-making but also how we solve other problems confronting us. Creativity is a fundamental tool in the human toolbox that...
by Robin Brooks | Oct 23, 2025 | News and Events, Stories of Our Foremothers, Teaching and Learning
Robin Brooks, how we feel sometimes, mixed media collage, on canvas, 24 x 24″, 2026, $800.00 available Stories for Indigenous People’s Day: remembering, reflecting, and wondering what it means to be an American in this moment? Here are some stories for...
by Robin Brooks | Sep 24, 2025 | News and Events, Tai Chi with Robin, Teaching and Learning
A Fan Dance for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival I was invited by Kim Chen, who teaches Chinese Dance, to learn the Fan Dance for the Mid-Autumn Moon Festival celebration in Portland. This celebration of Mid-Autumn is one of two important celebrations in the Chinese...
by Robin Brooks | May 29, 2025 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
Robin Brooks at the opening of Whimsy with her mixed media painting entitled “Uplift”, photo credit: Bob Bond Collage: The Sum of the Parts I was invited by my artist friend Debra Arter to talk about collage as part of a panel discussion to be held at the...
by Robin Brooks | Apr 29, 2025 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
“flowers grow out of the dark moments.” corita kent Musings on dark moments and the artist’s role As artists, when we focus on beauty in a time of darkness, it may seem as if we are turning away from reality. Yet, through our vision, we plant seeds...
by Robin Brooks | Dec 18, 2024 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
The challenge of children and collage In my years of teaching, I’ve noticed that children often choose to draw or paint rather than make a collage. On choice-based art teaching forums I’ve often heard art teachers talk about the challenge of inspiring...
