I Ride Trains: Working In the Classroom

My mission as an artist is to seek, document and share experiences.  Earlier this year, I was an Artist in Residence at Burley Middle School in Albemarle County, Virginia.  I presented photographs from the Empire Builder route of my I Ride Trains project. First, students described 14 different photographs from the train route through a sensory exercise. Next, they were asked to write a journal entry, newspaper article, letter or essay based on the imagery.  On the third day, we captured photographs traveling by bus throughout Charlottesville, Virginia. It was such a fulfilling experience to watch over 70 middle school students engage with their environment through photography.