Palette-shaped Patio and Preschool!

The palette-shaped patio is progressing-- albeit slowly, now that I've gotten a job teaching preschool at Ramah Elementary.

I'm very excited to work with the youngest learners in a very rural town with most of our student population coming from the nearby Navajo and Zuni communities. New Mexico was recently ranked 50th in the states-- yes, last place-- for education and for childhood well-being. School started on Monday, August 5th, and it’s hard for me to believe that we’ve been in school a month already. I am enjoying my eleven, three-year old students, and they are certainly keeping me on my toes!

I've still been working in my studio/gallery on the weekends, and business has picked up in recent weeks. I plan to be open on most weekends through the fall. I painted some of the patio stones to represent the ‘paint colors’ on the palette, as you can see in the photos.

‘Paint Colors’ for the Palette

Painted stones in place

A,B,C Bulletin Board for the start of the school year.