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...
by Robin Brooks | Nov 11, 2024 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning, Uncategorized
My Reggio Study Group Convenes On Tuesday evening, October 12, 2010, my Reggio Study Group gathered in Portland to start another year together. We had been calling ourselves the Portland Area Reggio Collaborative, or PARC for a couple of years already. A collection...
by Robin Brooks | Oct 1, 2024 | News and Events, Teaching and Learning
My Non-Traditional Portraits I was asked to write about my coats and purses for an issue on Portraits. You can find my Portraits article here: “Purple Coats, Purses, and People: My Non-Traditional Portraits.” The entire “Portraits and Beyond”...
