KerrieJames

My husband and I recently moved from Boston, MA to Detroit, MI. We both currently teach in inner-city schools. I am an art teacher and teach grades K-8. I love my job, but always make sure that I have enough time to create my own art after school and on the weekends. I've always loved looking at and creating small pieces of art..so I've recently become interested in ATCs. Even thought I'm new to ATCs and swapping, I'm not new to art! I've been painting, drawing and printmaking for many years.

Soli Deo Gloria

Sara Groves, Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova, Waterdeep, Debussy, Caedmons Call, Bela Fleck, Mozart's flute concertos, early Chris Rice, Alison Krauss, Brian James, The Voice

Romans, The Great Divorce, My Name is Asher Lev, Life Together, Hawthorne's short stories, C.S. Lewis, Kilmeny of the Orchard, The Freedom Writers

Etre et avoir (To Be and To Have), Rivers and Tides, Manufactured Landscapes, Sweet Land, Mostly Martha, Our Town, The Boys of Baraka, The Children of Ibdaa, Shine

Don't own a TV...I find more time to read and create art this way. :) I listen to a lot of NPR... ;)

Art history, modern art, painting, museums, long walks, my husband, flute-ing, my students, documentaries, word games, teapots, pedagogy, creative projects, polish pottery, art therapy, decorating/rearranging, exploring Detroit ...

Drawings, paintings, paper and fabric collage, black and white photography.....

I like classic images such as nature, still life, abstract, portrait..also multicultural images (i.e. Mendhi, cloth from India, Thai teapots etc.)

Anything "gaudy" (or with too much glitz), anything to "cutsie", pop culture images, stickers, cartoons, neon colors