Sara enjoys tailoring an art program to the specific needs of a school or class. The following art activities are some possibilities.
Collaborative Murals: She leads students through a series of creative activities which culminate in the collaborative development and painting of an original mural based on the children's art work. This process-orientated activity develops co-operation between students and is a great tool for exploring classroom curriculum in more depth. In the course of the project, students learn drawing and painting, creative brainstorming, two-dimensional composition and discussion of visual narrative.
Artist Techniques and Skills: These lessons teach the students new techniques (ie- 3-D illusion, linear perspective drawing, abstraction, facial proportions). Many curricular links to science and history.
Art History and Art Practice:
She structures these art activities around an historical artist's work, simultaneously teaching art history, interpretation and technique.
Examples :
Vincent Van Gogh -- Theory and Emotion of Colour
Claude Monet -- Impressionists and Pointillism
Chuck Close -- Photorealism and Large-scale Image Transfer

Sara has worked with Rockmount N.S., Scoil Mhuire Secondary School in Ennistymon and Christian Brothers Secondary School in Ennistymon.
She has also worked extensively in schools in San Francisco, California for six years prior to this as a specialist art teacher and muralist.
Rockmount N.S. 2004
Miltown Malbay
Ennistymon N.S.
Rockmount N.S.