All weekend Hope could hardly contain her excitement as she counted down the beginning of the school year. Last night she was sure to remind me that there’d be just a few more hours until she started second grade and that next year she’d be in third grade. I reminded her not to rush growing […]
Monthly Archives: August 2009
I received the phone call I’ve been waiting all month for this past Friday and by Saturday I received the official written confirmation that I’ve been accepted into the masters program at Savannah College of Art & Design. The first part of the letter was just the reassurance I needed as I begin another degree: […]
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Second grade, that is. Yes, my baby girl will start the second grade this week. As we went to meet the teacher this past Friday I was reminded how quickly time has flown since she began school. Here she is visiting her second grade class for the first time Friday. She was very excited to […]
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Earlier this year I discovered I’d have the opportunity to display some work in Valencia’s faculty graphics art exhibition. The theme for this year’s art exhibition just happened to be “self portraits squared”. I spent a lot of time this year brainstorming ideas and came to the conclusion that creating a mindmap would be a […]
by Amanda Kern
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Sweet. This is delicious. Kudos to your efforts, mapping and collaborator.
[...] I have to admit it was one of the many questions I had the night of the exhibit. “How did you do that?” Well, if you’re interested, I’ve shared my entire process on my personal blog as I explained my approach to “The map to mind mind” project. [...]
[...] the original post, “Map to My Mind,” on Amanda Kern’s Blog. http://www.amandakern.com/blog/2009/08/the-map-to-my-mind/ // 0 [...]
For the second year in a row I signed Hope up for art classes at Crealde. She just finished up her 6 week pint size picasso class last weekend so I thought I’d take a moment to share some of her artwork. My favorite piece from this summer was her self portrait. For this class […]
by Amanda Kern
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Amanda: This was absolutely lovely! Your children are adorable and the walk through Hope’s summer in pix and prose was priceless. Thank you for inviting me in! Geraldine
I love the story and photos! It’s amazing to see how big they are!
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