A Legacy Of Love
Inspired By
Friedl Dicker-Brandeis: Love as an Act of Resistance
In my visual exploration of Friedl Dicker-Brandeis who taught art to children while interred in the Nazi camp of Terezin outside of Prague during World War II, I found love. Brandeis had a love for art and a love for teaching, and she had a love for children that enabled her to defy the confines of the camp.
When I walked where she walked, stood where she stood and taught, and viewed the artwork the children made under those circumstances, it was obvious to me that love was in the room with them. These paintings are the result of my creative exploration of the extraordinary love she gave to this work.
If teaching art with love and passion could do that then, it certainly can do that now.
Being With Frederika "Friedl" Dicker-Brandeis: Love as an Act of Resistance
Teaching & Research
Teaching
As an Associate Teaching Professor at the University of Missouri, I guide students through studio practice, art education methods, and arts-based research.
- Studio Foundations
- Art Education Methods
- Arts-Based Research Seminar
- Therapeutic Arts Practice
Research
My scholarship lives at the intersection of visual art, critical theory, and embodied inquiry.
- Trauma-informed pedagogy
- Arts-based inquiry methodologies
- Creative expression as a human right
- Community art-making
Publications
Written work that weaves together studio insight, critical pedagogy, and lived experience.
- Journal articles on arts-based research
- Book chapters on therapeutic arts
- Conference presentations
- Curriculum development guides
Workshop & Community
Hands-on workshops where art becomes a shared practice — a way to reflect, connect, and make meaning together.
- Encaustic technique workshops
- Community art collaborations
- Educator professional development
- Arts and wellness programming