Sorensen Magnet School residency

I recently returned from a great residency at Sorensen Elementary, an arts

and humanities "magnet" school in Coeur

d'Alene, Idaho. I was able to visit the school a week ahead and do a preparatory workshop just for the teachers, and what a difference that made. They were able to try out the processes themselves, create sample projects...

And then they spent time during the following week preparing their classes for the residency through designing, researching and thinking about how beads are used in different cultures around the world...

All 350 or so of the kids created a swell project in beads and most were left wanting more!