Dan Inspires in Ecuador

Posted by on Feb 12, 2014 in Dan Eldon Legacy, Inspired by Dan
Dan Inspires in Ecuador

Students at Academia Cotopaxi International School in Quito, Ecuador transformed their personal experiences into visual autobiographies. The pages of Dan’s Journals served as inspiration for the students’ work. The high school artists featured here, Juliana Passos and Sofia Sandoval, were both enthralled by the life and work of Dan, particularly his unrelenting need to put […]

Connecting Continents in the Classroom

Posted by on Dec 6, 2013 in On the Road
Connecting Continents in the Classroom

There are 8,000 miles that separate the state of Michigan and the East African country, Tanzania, but two high school teachers didn’t let the distance keep them from connecting their classrooms. Debbi Bovio, a Rochester Community Schools art teacher, met Nora Graham, a teacher at the International School of Tanganyika through Bovio’s Student Artist Trading Cards website. They decided […]