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ArtWorks Poetry Anthology 2014-2015

Soft, but Bold

FriendsAnonymousCharmay AllredKatharine AtterburyBill and Marcia BermanRachel Belash and Robert BurmanPam CableAndy CameronRobert CarsonPeter and Honey ChapinDavid and Katherin ChaseRobert CofflandGreg DePrince and Debra AyersJane EganLynn ElwellFrank Gibbons III and Nancy WilsonRobert Glick and Jacquelyn HelinDonald and Barbara MeyerJane Oakes and Joa DattiloKaty PowerSabrina Pratt and David CarrBernard and Ann RubensteinRamona SakiestewaJoel SandersLaurel SavinoLorraine SchechterSteven SchwartzJames and Georgia SneadGail SpringerElizabeth F. TrujilloGeorge WatsonJane WetzelLaurie E. Wilhite

The ArtWorks Poetry Project is funded in part by an award from New Mexico Arts.

Foundations, Businesses and Public Agencies

Bettina Baruch FoundationSusan K. Black FoundationBrindle Fund, Santa Fe Community FoundationWitter Bynner Foundation for PoetryCity of Santa Fe Arts CommissionDobkin Family FoundationFeldman Family Charitable Fund,

Santa Fe Community FoundationLa Luz FoundationLa Tienda at EldoradoNorma Green FoundationMelville Hankins Family FoundationMittler Family FoundationNew Mexico ArtsAlbert I. Pierce FoundationSanta Fe Community FoundationSanta Fe ConcorsoSanta Fe Downtown

Kiwanis FoundationSanta Fe Public SchoolsSanta Fe University of Art and DesignSherpa StoneTarget FoundationTaurus Food Products, Inc.Turn and Return Fund, Santa Fe Community Foundation

ArtWorks thanks the following individuals and organizations for supporting the 2014-2015 ArtWorks Poetry Project.

Cover: Untitled by Flynn Ericson, Acequia Madre Elementary, 6th grade

The ArtWorks Poetry Anthology is a publication by ArtWorks, an arts education program of the Partners in Education Foundation for the Santa Fe Public Schools.

Partners in Education Foundation Board

John Odell, ChairTory Bloodworth, TreasurerFrancie Miles, SecretaryJohn AllenDr. Joel BoydSusan CurtisSusan Duncan

StaffRuthanne Greeley, Executive DirectorKristin Watson, ArtWorks Program DirectorStella Gonzales, Field Trip Coordinator and

Office ManagerPhyllis Roybal, Teacher Warehouse Manager

Arts Education Committee of the Santa Fe Arts Commission

The Santa Fe Arts Commission, an agency within the City of Santa Fe, provides leadership by and for city government in supporting the arts and cultural affairs. The Arts Commission also recommends programs and policies that develop, sustain and promote artistic excellence in the community. Marcia BermanPeter ChapinEllyn FeldmanJenniphr GoodmanJoan LoggheYann LussiezJohn OdellSabrina PrattRamona SakiestewaGail Springer

The ArtWorks Poetry Project Each year, ArtWorks stages poetry readings for elementary school students as part of the annual ArtWorks Poetry Project. This year eleven classes got to hear the poems of Luci Tapahonso.

Luci worked with ArtWorks three years ago and was great with the students. This year she read poems and told stories to two groups at the New Mexico History Museum Auditorium and at La Tienda in Eldorado. The students were soothed by her voice, deeply felt her stories, and wrote in response. A third grader from El Dorado said, “When she read her poems I felt really calm and focused on her. I felt like I was inside the poem.” Luci Tapahonso brought her role as first Poet Laureate of the Navajo Nation to our students with grace and music. A sixth grader from E.J. Martinez said she is a “legit Poet Laureate,” a high compliment indeed. I doubt they will forget this experience of poetry.

Several of the teachers again mentioned the phenomenon that poetry breaks open a creative joy, shows a surprising side of a student. In one class students asked if after they finished math, could they write another poem. It is yet another example of how the arts tune us into our best selves, and literacy can’t help but be a result. The teachers were heartened and encouraged their children with writing ideas of their own. The collaboration between teaching artist and teacher is such a rarity and the key to ArtWorks.

This book includes just a sample of the many fine poems written by participating Santa Fe Public School students. Thanks also to the other students whose work we couldn’t fit in these pages, for the poetry that will hopefully sing in all of our hearts.

Joan Logghe, ArtWorks teaching artistSanta Fe Poet Laureate 2010-2012

Joan Logghe by Jamey Stillings (C) 2010

The Blank Page is the SnowFor teachers Deborah Hawthorne and Eric Druva

By Joan Logghe, poet and ArtWorks teaching artist

The twelve childrenstill in school on a day of raging snowknow the words simile, alliteration, onomatopoeia.Accumulates is my favorite verb. Their teacherwears suspenders and a tie. His hair slick as black ice. It’s Black and White day at school.Meanwhile incessant, flashing veils of snow,

out the window. Each child knows something they didn’t know they knew. The silenceof writing is like snow. Both are rare in school.The art teacher falls in love with the moment.The morning is long as empty playground hours.The boy says his grandmother is a clock. The snowis old, it is Navajo snow, Sangre de Cristos are gone

in snow. The loudspeaker breaks in. Early dismissal.No basketball, no cheerleaders, no this, no that.Pretty soon everyone is speaking in poetry. They draw in black on white, like a magpie on chain link. The art teacher finds a magpie online, dressed formally.I pilfer language, gather bits and specks, as it accumulates from our brilliant snow-blown minds.

January 30, 2015

Snow Walk

By Brayan Arras

As I walk along the snow I canHear my boots making crunching noisesAnd the empty sound of snow fallingTo the floor makes me feel enlightenedBeing hit by the snowy blizzard asCold as can be.

Along my walk I can feel snowTurning to water as it hits my faceAnd then fade, my walk in the

snow isImperishable.

E. J. Martinez Elementary SchoolTeachers: Eric Druva and Deborah

Hawthorne, 6th grade

The Present Gift

By Bishop Elisoff

Staying still, I wait for the papersto come. So I can write a poem.The papers fall with a slightwhoosh sound. I think of what to write. As I look everyone’s atwork. Writing memories. I decide that what we need is a newidea. I decide to write about mewriting a poem. Writing aboutsomething that happened secondsago. I feel the warmth of the wordswiggling out of my pencil.I ask my friend what he’s writing about, thinking about mydecision.



Mysterious Future

By Iian Longsoldier

I sit here thinking of what the future holds. It still remains a mystery.What will happen that hasn’t already

happened?I hear the wind and hope to hear

what it says.Will it tell the future or the past?I sit here thinking more to find out

what’s in store.I listen and listen, more and more, I

want to find out.I want to know so I listen.I find that the future is now.So I don’t have to listen. I don’t

need to know.I already know and always will. Yet

isn’t thatjust the beginning?



Snowy Day

By Grace Elizabeth Northway

I looked out this morningI saw the snow fallingThe snow was clean and white It was very cold, colder than the airThe wind blew through the trees –

whooshAs the snow fell slowlyDancing through the morning airThe snow glistened in the light.

Prints from the animals that roamThe snow piles upI listen, I hear nothingThe snow falls quietlyIt doesn’t make a sound.I see the snow-capped mountainsI was dancing with joy at the sight.

E.J. Martinez Elementary SchoolTeachers: Delbert Saavedra and

Deborah Hawthorne, 6th grade

Yes, it Was My Dad

By Marley Scanlon

Nava Elementary SchoolTeacher: Bill Rodriguez, 4th grade

Yes, it was my dad, who taught me how to cook.

Boiling water, bubble, pop, bubble, pop.

Salting pasta water, shake, shake, shake.

Serving soup, serving salad Finally sitting down to delightful dishes. Yes it was my dad, Patrick, who taught me how to cook.

Setting silverware at each plate. Food is served on each plate.

ArtWorksArtWorks was started in 2001 by the City of Santa Fe Arts Commission when parents and educators approached the Arts Commission for help in providing quality arts programming to public elementary school children. Since 2001, ArtWorks has grown to serve 70 teachers and 2,000 students annually.

In 2010, ArtWorks became a program of the Partners in Education Foundation, a non-profit organization capable of guiding ArtWorks into its second decade and beyond. ArtWorks’ mission remains unchanged: to make the arts personally meaningful to public school students and teachers through an integrated program of arts-making, viewing live performances and exhibits and achieving understanding through inquiry and reflection.

Through ArtWorks, students enjoy special artist-led tours of museum exhibits and performances by Santa Fe’s world-class performing arts organizations. Classroom workshops led by Teaching Artists prepare students for these artistic field trips and provide students with opportunities to make their own art inspired by what they saw, heard or felt.

Through the generous support of donors, ArtWorks is now engaged in a strategic planning process to guide the growth of the program within the Santa Fe Public Schools for the coming years.

Detail from work by Amed Lombardo, Acequia Madre Elementary, 6th grade

Soft, but Bold

By Harshini Vallabhaneni

Soft, but boldOh it is snowFresh, not oldAnd very cold.

Falling fast down belowShimmering shine So divine.



Blueberry Muffins

By Joshua Pringle

As the white fox runs across the yard

my dad yells come on sontime to go to the schoolhouse. As I slide out of the rusty pickup, Itrudge toward the wooden doors

withquaint woodpecker holes in the

cedar. Squash, I slap sluggishly at a bug on my face.

I smellfresh muffins coming from the coal

stove in the classroom. Chunk, the teacher

throws another logon the fire. Oh, a snowy day.



Memories

By Yasmine Sanchez

As I awoke this morning, I got up and looked out the window. I saw a white soft blanket of snow. It was cold and I was shivering. But it made me remember the snowy days in Española when the trees were covered with a white blanket and the roads and mountains were quiet and peaceful. When my sister and I ran across the white soft blanket of snow and all you could smell was the freshness of snow.

E.J. Martinez Elementary SchoolTeachers: Delbert Saavedra and Deborah Hawthorne, 6th grade

Grandma Rosa

By Vivian Ruiz

My grandma Rosa loves to cook.My grandma Rosa makes tamales,tortillas, and menudo.My mom and grandma love cooking together.

We love how my grandma cooks.Every holiday my grandma Rosa makes a dinner for the family.My grandma enjoys cooking everything.


Marino Murray, Acequia Madre Elementary, 6th grade

ArtWorks and the Common Core StandardsIn 2012 when Santa Fe Public Schools adopted the Common Core State Standards, we knew that ArtWorks could help with their implementation. Common Core asks teachers to design learning activities that allow for a deeper understanding of concepts and the development of higher thinking skills—that’s exactly what Artworks does. In this new school climate, ArtWorks Teaching Artists and teachers are working even more effectively than in the past to design lesson plans that stimulate curiosity and imagination, and build the rich vocabularies and extended thinking skills required by the Common Core and today’s complex workplace environment.

Yes it Was My Friend

By Katelynn Rainey

Yes, it was my friend who taught me how to fish. We throw our lines in the water and make a wish.

We wait for wandering fish to swim by.

We wait with great patience by the rocky lake shore.


Full of fish free ferocious predators. There’s a sudden tap on the line, which means a fish is near by.

I grab the pole and start to sigh. My friend is patient, and tells me to reel in the line until the fish is out high.

I Remember

By Zachariah Cordova

I remember when my uncle made cookies for Christmas. The cookies were chocolate chip and chewy, which is my favorite. I wish he made theseevery day for me to share with my family. They smelled great and had rich flavor that felt everlasting.Everyone liked them. They were gone, quick, in less than one hour.


Southern Family Food

By Brady Petty

My grandma is like a gymnast in the kitchen. She’s always swinging around the kitchen. One minute she is stirring, and another she is sifting through the spices. ‘Down in the South’ spices are the key to every meal. She gets the stove burning and plops the mixture in a pot. There’s steam everywhere. It’s like a construction site. Then she chops at the chicken and sausage. Everything is in the pot. As it cooks the whole family licks their lips. She announces the food is ready. We rush to the kitchenfor our steaming hot gumbo. It’s spicy and it has lots of love. After we all eat, it’s time for pecan pie.


Getting to Arizona

By Marley Scanlon

All I want is to get to Arizona quicker

Sunny or rainyPassing the border

Sleeping not so silentSnore, snore, snore

Watching magic moviesListening to music

Sitting in the carTemperature 100 degrees

Hawks huntingHorses playing

Finally reaching our stopStanding in front of the AC

All I want is to get to Arizona quicker

Nava Elementary SchoolTeacher: Laura Mayo Rodriguez,6th grade

Family Tradition

By Joseline Rivera

We will always make a special bread.

The bread is light brown with a smooth crust.

My dad makes the bread.

There is always a plastic baby in the bread.

In Spanish the bread is calledLa rosca.

If you get the doll youGet good luck like leprechaunfor the year.

You have to make tamales for the family.


Screwdriver

By Veronica Serrano

A screwdriver, tape measure, and pliers

Are the objects my dad,The construction worker, usesHugolinoUses the screwdriver to tighten

the nailsHe measures where he puts

the windowsWhen he builds housesAt his work he speaks SpanishWith his co-workersI am lucky to have a loving fatherThat works hard.


Tape Measure and a Pencil

By Gabriella Ynez Garcia

My mom was the oneWith tape measure and a pencilThe tiny pencilTo draw beautiful treesTape measureTo create straight linesIt’s in my culture to be an artist like

my momI am more a singerBut I am an artist in that wayMy mom would draw trees,

flowers andThe planet Earth too!!

Whenever I miss my momI hold tape measure and a pencilTo remember what my mom

would do


It Was My Grandpa

By Ada Sexton-Dieset

Yes, it was my grandpa Who taught me how to fish,And showed me songs from the piano

He lived in Oslo, NorwayHe had white hair,Light brown pants with belts,He slept in a t-shirt in winter

I would sleep with him in tents.I call him something else.

Carlos Gilbert Elementary SchoolTeacher: Erica Wheeler, 4th grade

The First Day

By Julia Maurice

The first day I came,So frightened, and scared,Wanting to stay with my mother,The first day of school was scaryAt first.

But once you enterYou see your old childhood friends,Your teacher says “hi” in a sweet

warm voice,You never want to leave.

You turn around and push your mother out the door

You say, “Go away, it’s time for me to play.”

Your mother smiles and says, “Okay.”

The classroom has a kitchen area A block areaA nap areaAnd tables to sit atBut when it’s time to goYou don’t want to goYou say, “No.”

Carlos Gilbert Elementary SchoolTeacher: Erica Wheeler, 4th grade

Yes, it Was My Mother

By Jayden Howley


Yes, it was my mother who taught me how to read. Mom sitting, and asking, “D-O-G? Dog.”

Walking and reading road signs, when we see a rusty, metal sign that says “Construction Ahead”. Then Mom asks what C-O-N-S-T-R-U-C-T-I-O-N spelled.

Confused, concentrating, challenging choice of question.

I thought for a moment, then said “Con-struck-teon.”

I shook my head, and thought how I pronounced the word sounded false and odd.

I thought some more, then shouted out “Construction”!!!

Later seeing a wooden sign that said “ice cream” proud mother taking daughter out for ice cream after teaching life lesson.

ArtWorks At NavaIn 2011 Nava Elementary School invited ArtWorks to launch its first school-wide, implementation. For years we have been collecting information from teachers that demonstrates how powerful the program is, but we hadn’t had the opportunity to work with the same students in consecutive years to prove the long-term impact.

Fortunately, funders understood the value of a school-wide program and provided the necessary support for program evaluation that would provide statistical information on whether or not ArtWorks helped students succeed in school. Partners contracted with the University of New Mexico to design and conduct just such an in-depth evaluation. The UNM results indicate what teachers have been reporting for years—ArtWorks makes school more interesting and helps students succeed academically.The ArtWorks methodology allows students to discover personal connections to their school work, and it is these personal connections that draw students into the lessons and inspire creativity, curiosity, and a life-long interest in learning.

Helen Harrison, Acequia Madre Elementary, 6th grade

Clouds Cover

By Bella Faulkner

This morning Clouds coverGray and denseFog crept in the neighborhoodFrozen on the cars,Ice on the groundCrackling as I walk.

Now at schoolSitting at my deskLooking out the window,Skies so clearLight blue and faded cloudsThe mountains glimmering.

Carlos Gilbert Elementary SchoolTeacher: Erin Cherry, 6th grade

Why

By Sheyenne Marie Hoskisson

All I want is to stayStay with themStay in my hometownWhere I was born.

All I want is to wake up,Smell the salt of Salt Lake.I stayed there only two yearsTwo is when I moved.

But why?Why did we go away?Away from our familyIdaho, Utah, Hoskisson central?

Once a year I see themFor only a weekHouse to houseWe have only summerWe need more time!

Why do I have to waitA whole 12 monthsOnly to have it end?Why, why did we move?


The Deer Dance

By Nixolai E. Frenier

There are many traditions but mine is dancing.You have to practice for days before Christmas.

When it comes time, officers sayWe must dance all day.The wind blowing snow as I wear my helmet With evergreensWith deer antlersWith my bundle.

Boom the gun goes My heart poundedLadies chase usI escape and soon am caught.


Fog

By Dawnica Bella Padilla

I remember this morningWhen the fog swallowed the roadI went to take out the trashI could see my breath

When I ran back inside my mom yelled at me to get my heavy jacketI yelled back and said “Okay.”

I ran to my room and got my heavy jacket and left.When I got to school the sun was out It didn’t look cold anymoreSo I don’t think I will need my heavy jacket today.


Time to Ride

By Nicolas Lujan

Time to ride after a long Cold winter, new wildlifeComing out of hibernation.

Dusting off the board And oiling the bearingsFor a smooth ride.

One hard push and I amStreet surfing with noAdult supervision.

One push after anotherAnd moving quick The wheels in motionBut me motionless.

That time to ride is the best feelingWind blowing in my faceWith my friend CherShe is my skating buddy.


Homework

By Olivia Abeyta

I come home knowingThat homework must be done.Common core and mathI wish there was none.

I come home and see,The desk waiting for me.I sit and smell the new woodAnd feel the smooth surface.

I come home and write,Restating questions,Or fill in the blanks.Giving answers that are certain Or some that aren’t.

After assignments I’m done.I check over work.Then go to readAnd prepare for tomorrowWith the same routine.


Learning Basketball

by Gael Sanchez Quiroz


Sí fue mi papá que me enseño a jugar basketball. Primero me ponía a pararme derecho.

Después siempre me ponía a hacer 3 vueltas cuando no quería me ponía a hacer 6.

Después de acabar las vueltas tomaba agua en una refrescante sombra.

Acabando de tomar agua y de estar en una refrescante sombra mi papá me puso a hacer 10 lagartijas.

Cuando acabé las lagartijas, mi papá me puso a tirar, pof, pof, las eché.

Mi papá me va a cubrir para que yo no pueda echar una canasta.

Todos los sábados hacemos lo mismo.

Warm Sink Water

By Emma Singleton

I always brush my teeth,Morning and night.The smell of mint goes through my teeth,As if my gums are growing ice crystals.It starts up Then down Over again.I try not to get the soapy paste on my lip.And when it’s over,I wash my mouth with warmSink water.


Clothes Tossing

By Aviannah Avila

As I push up the top of the washing machineI start to pick up clothesOne by one I throw them into the dryerFinally I close the top and set the timeThe smell of laundry soap stays on my fingersAs I walk I can hear the crinkling of the dryer Tossing my clothes back and forth


Grandma

By Chase Keelin

The scent of original Chapstick is oneMy grandma always has.She taught me to always speak what’s On your mind and never be afraid,Even if sometimes it can be tough.She always dresses in black caprisAnd a one-color shirt with embroidery.She doesn’t like the stove or the steamer.She hates to cook.My grandma can always encourage anyone.I’m one of thirteen grandchildren andI feel she loves us all the same.


Learning to Read

By Everest Gessler

Yes, it was my mother who Taught me how to readAnd it was only improved byThe teachers throughout all gradesFrom Pre-K to 4th grade and much fartherFrom the words “it” and “at”And now today I know ones much more complexAnd soon they’ll grow even more yet.

The all that came and the all to comeHave helped me grow from a little seed Until today a saplingAnd then soon one dayI will be a great tree.

El Dorado Community SchoolTeacher: Erin Nadon, 4th grade

Pinecone

By Evan Eadie

There are things Many things Spiky things, sharp things, soft

things, shiny thingsMy favorite is . . . A pinecone!

My mother collects themThese spiky, sappy thingsThey come from pinesAndMy mother Collects them.As she walks, she talksAnd spots them on the trailShe thinks pinecones areSo preciousSo lovelySo frail


My Grandpa

By Tyler Ballentyne Krell

I remember my grandpaHe could never catch a fishEvery time he would come to a lakeHe would stop the carHe would run to the lakeHe would get out a fishing rodAnd he would try to catch a fish

I remember my grandpaHe could never catch a fishNever, everIn his entire lifeCould he catch a fish

The 74 yearsHe has livedHe could never, ever Catch a fishBut guess who didHis DOG


Training TeachersThe public school teachers trained in the ArtWorks experiential teaching methodology not only use it when partnering with ArtWorks’ Teaching Artists, but also in their daily lesson planning. The ArtWorks methodology is adapted from Lincoln Center Institute in New York City. It uses inquiry—open-ended questioning similar to that used in scientific investigation; reflection—an activity that allows for a deeper, nuanced understanding of ideas; and art-making—drawing, writing, dancing, acting, singing, composing or a combination of activities that allow a child’s imagination and curiosity to awaken.

ArtWorks’ teacher trainings are intensive, week-long summer institutes and professional development workshops held during the school year. Teacher trainings are augmented by the support of colleagues who are veteran ArtWorks teachers and who act as mentors to teachers new to ArtWorks’ methodology.

Rowan Jansens, Acequia Madre Elementary, 6th grade

My Math

by Joseline Rivera


Yes, it was my mom who taught me my magical math.

First put the numbers in columns. You add the numbers in the columns.

Get the magic answer. Try multiplication.

Multiply each number. Me and my sis like magical math.

We Are Making Guacamole

By Callan Cox

My mom walks inWith a great big bowlGrab avocadoesLemon juiceLime JuiceSalsa and pepper“Why?” I ask puzzledWe are making guacamole

She puts the Delicious light green insidesInside the great big bowlShe starts stirring I watch the spoonIt spins round and roundLike the music train at Cliff’sShe adds pepperLemon And lime juice As she stirs We are making guacamole

She moves so fastI hardly can believeThat we are related Because whenever I try It gets all up my sleeve


Ashley

By Stella Fried

Yes, it was my motherWho drove the red and yellow train From Santa Fe to Lamy With her hair pulled tight In a messy bun.

She works the engine 9 to 5 Seven days a week With her co-workersKim and Adam.

She will come home With the smell of exhaust and sweatSleepily she will make dinner at

7:00.


Cooking

By Shinar Elyse Adkins

My grandma always cooksWhen she does I read a bookShe mixes batter, makes some soupSometimes I help her Throw away carrot goopShe uses the metal mixing cupShe always has lots of luck.

I smell the bacon in the panSoftly sizzling again and againI smell the cookies

beautifully bakingRapidly rising and waking“Put the pot on the stove!” she yellsAnd toward the pot I runWhen I’m with herIt’s always fun.

El Dorado Community SchoolTeacher: Carol Luttrell, 4th grade

Mr. Handy Man, My Dad

By Ryland Wenk

I look at this pair of pliersI think of my dadMr. Handy ManFixing everythingSmelling like oilLooking like a rag With his long hairAnd Santa beardAlways saying “Gosh darn it”Yeah, that is my dad.


Artistic Advisor and Teaching ArtistOliver Prezant is the Music Director and Conductor of the Santa Fe Community Orchestra, a lecturer and educator for the Santa Fe Opera, and a faculty member in the Contemporary Music Program at Santa Fe University of Art and Design. He has presented lectures and education programs for the Santa Fe Chamber Music Festival, the San Francisco Opera Guild, and others. He has presented programs on the relationship of music and visual art for The Georgia O’Keeffe Museum and The Albuquerque Museum of Art. Oliver studied conducting at The Pierre Monteux School, and is a graduate of The Mannes College of Music in New York City.

Teaching ArtistsJennifer Alexander is a mixed media artist, videographer, and licensed NM K-12 educator with a specialty in art education. Jen studied Cultural Anthropology and Art at Kenyon College and has worked with museums on curriculum design and educational videos. In the classroom, Jen encourages self-confidence and creativity through an in-depth exploration of the visual arts.

ArtWorks Teaching Artist Faculty

ArtWorks’ greatest asset is its faculty of Teaching Artists. Led by Artistic Advisor Oliver Prezant, ArtWorks Teaching Artists include actors, dancers, poets, musicians and visual artists. All have been trained in ArtWorks’ experiential teaching methodology and all have extensive experience working with elementary school children.

As working artists, the Teaching Artists bring fresh energy and enthusiasm to classrooms. Students are excited to work with ‘real’ artists, and teachers enjoy the role reversal as they participate in TA-led workshops as if they were students. Observing the class from this perspective gives teachers new insights into how to reach and inspire their students, especially those they may have struggled to connect with earlier in the year.

Wendy Chapin has taught acting to ages 7 - 70 for over 30 years. Recently she directed two plays, Good People by David Lindsay Abaire and Gideon’s Knot by Johnna Adams. Wendy is the recipient of a National Endowment for the Arts Directing Fellowship.

Charles Gamble is an actor and teacher who trained at the Ecole Lecoq in France and also leads residencies for elementary students for the Santa Fe Opera ALTO program and teaches high school actors at the New Mexico School for the Arts.

Gregory Gutin is a musician, artist, educator and art therapist, working primarily with children and adolescents. He is a graduate of the Tisch School of the Arts at New York University and in 2010 he received his Masters in Art Therapy from Southwestern College. Gregory is deeply committed to helping youth find healthy passage into adulthood through creativity and hope.

Joan Logghe served as Santa Fe Poet Laureate from 2010 to 2012. She has brought poetry into schools from kindergarten to university, from Chimayó to Zagreb, Croatia. She is the author of eight books of poetry and recipient

of a National Endowment for the Arts Fellowship in poetry. Photo by Jamey Stillings.

Ann Pelaez is an award-winning choreographer and dance instructor who has taught all dance styles for over 20 years. Ann is bilingual English/Spanish and her background also includes visual art, costume design, writing, and a Master’s Degree in English Literature. Ann is most at home helping children make creative connections in the classroom.

Spoons

By Walter Bastien

These spoons remind me of my grandma

While I look at the spoonsI think of my grandma

I can smell her baking I can see the berriesSometimes she says “Get the spoons” or“Get the flour” or“Get the berries”It looks like lots of berriesAre used in the PIE!


My Stunning Grandma

By Kira Hook

Yes, it was my stunning grandmaI remember your armsAiming to hold meYour voice in my earsSinging softly, soothinglyI was yet very youngYearning for warmthYou were so prettyYour kind face and soft hairPale, pleasing, gentle faceThat comes into my mind

many timesI still remember youLike I remember the mountains

El Dorado Community SchoolTeacher: Angela Schelton, 4th grade

My Grandfather

By Nicholas Stadick

Yes, it is my grandfatherWho is my role modelHe has taught me that savingIs better than spendingNot to throw away anythingThat is ripped or brokenHe says this with his white ripped shirtAnd his dull pantsHe saves his best clothes for when it mattersHe tells meHow not to let that ugly cat Get into his flower garden and digHe shares wise wisdom with meMy grandfather is my role model.


My Grandmother

By Gina Como-MosconiLet me tell you about my grandmotherWho loves to sew sweetly singing songsShe would knitShe would cook sometimesWearing black and red, like a ladybugSo picky about her hair My grandmother is my role model


Patti Annello

By Loulee Wilson

Yes, it is my neighbor, Patti,Who always offers to baby-sit meWhen I am home aloneI like the way she attempted To dye some of her hair purpleHer grey curly hairWhen she knew the purple would

not stay.

I also like the way she always Wears her pretty, purple jacket,And how she always smells likeHer wacky work, and catsPatti Annello is my role model.

El Dorado Community SchoolTeacher: Angela Schelton,

4th grade

Reading

By Amelia Clark

I love reading I’d read for hoursIf my mom would let meBut no, she says: Amelia, come set the table! Amelia, go clean your room! Amelia, go take your shower!Amelia, go play your piano!Why do I have to do those things?Why can’t I do what I want? I just want to relax and read On the couch with a blanket on

top of me Without my mom coming and

interrupting me That’s how I like it

El Dorado Community SchoolTeacher: Kathleen Nakamura,

3rd grade

Board Game

By Terra Blue Donahue

I remember that time when my mom and IWere playing that board gameI was winningMy mom wishing that she could catch up

It was raining, washing those windowClear and cleanOh, that board gameOh, that smell of rainOh, that day!

El Dorado Community SchoolTeacher: Kathleen Nakamura, 3rd grade

Rain

By Hannah Clinton

I was running swiftly through the rainHeading to shelter under a canopy of treesSasha my dog running by my sideThen going into my fortI would pretend I was on an adventureThrough the Rain ForestThe mud is mushy and slippery under my feetI head out into the rain and climb treesTrying to find more shelterI climbed downSasha shook her furDroplets of water got on my skinI was soaked to the boneI went back insideAnd sat next to a warm crackling fire


Yes, It Was My Father

By Nathan Kingston

Yes, it was my fatherWho teaches students all day longAnd he is sometimes tiredAfter a long day of teaching

Coming home to sweet tortilla soup Turns his mood from exhausted to calm Being with his family makes him happy And he forgets about his work life

He handles clueless studentsAnd helps them understandHe faces fierce obstaclesAnd always wins the fight

Yes, it is my father Who teaches at St. John’s College Who inspires students to love learning Yes, it is my father


My Teacher

By Ruby Taussig

Yes! It was my teacherShe taught me to be the bestShe made me learn multiplicationI learned to write a storyShe let me spread my wingsAnd take off for the first time of learningShe made me learn fractions on a number lineAnd other math problemsI see the adding on of the classI hear them cheering me on I persevere with every step I takeI really learn a lotShe made me a scholar


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