Teaching

I don't believe plants are merely subjects to be studied or materials to be used. They are collaborators in learning. Whether students leave with a print, a bar of soap, a botanical skincare formula, or a garden harvest, my hope is that they also leave having learned a new way of seeing.

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I teach the way I make art: beginning with plants, color, and material as entry points into larger questions. Whether I'm leading a botanical workshop, teaching elementary art, or designing a college course, I return to the same inquiry: how do relationships with plants, place, image, and ritual shape human healing, identity, and memory? Whether we're drawing, gardening, or mixing color, the goal is the same: to cultivate curiosity through sustained attention.

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Workshops

I teach botanical printmaking, cold- and hot-process soapmaking, and botanical skincare through CraftStudies and at AVA Gallery in Lebanon, New Hampshire. Participants learn practical skills while working directly with plants as pigments, fibers, fragrance, and medicine. Technique matters, but observation matters more, my workshops invite participants to slow down, notice, and build relationships with the plants and materials they encounter every day.

 

Schools & Colleges

I've taught across public, private, and Waldorf schools for more than a decade, working with students from early childhood through high school. I currently teach art and life skills to Pre-K through 5th grade students at White River School. As a Class Teacher at Sunrise School of Miami, I led a Waldorf multi-disciplinary curriculum and served as the school's Gardening and Farming Teacher, building a no-till garden integrated with tropical permaculture, interplanting yucca, plantain, banana, and other fruit, and turning what we grew into a student-run mini farmers market. At the Community College of Vermont, I developed and taught Introduction to Photography, guiding beginning photographers through technical foundations alongside visual storytelling, observation, and the development of personal voice.

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Professional Learning

I'm developing workshops for therapists, educators, and community practitioners that integrate botanical knowledge, expressive arts, and nature-based approaches to psychological growth, education, and community care, drawing on my graduate work in Clinical Mental Health Counseling with an Art Therapy specialization at Antioch University New England. These offerings extend a long-standing teaching practice into clinical and community settings.