1. SHARON
DVORA:
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This is my online teaching portfolio. Check out the Artcar Derby, the Artist Collaborative &
the Power of Play Mural for a few examples of collaborative, community-based art projects.
Hyperlinks are indicated with italics!
The Healing Power of Water is a blog about my Aquatic Bodywork practice. I practice in a
dome-enclosed warm water therapy pool. My interest in movement and healing practices
includes teaching, working as a massage therapist and my current interest in re-patterning
developmental movements with young children to support them in moving through learning
challenges.
I sell vinyl car decals on Etsy.com. My not-so New Beetle is covered bumper to bumper with
daisies and yes!, peace signs. My vision to transform car culture through the joy of car art has
been well received {but has not yet captured market attention}. This provides one more
creative outlet for me to apply my graphic design skills.

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Sir Ken Robinson and RSA Animate do a good job of painting a picture of the state of
education today.
These IDEO Boston animations, A Little Bit Dimmer and A Little Bit Brighter, walk character
Petunia through two very different, but parallel versions of the future of education. Well done!

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The Right Brain Initiative is a partnership of schools, local government, private donors, and
the cultural community of the Portland tri-county region. It’s manifesto and mission: “No
right brain left behind” is fun, graphically inspired and holds good intent. My concern is that
it may be a facelift for an old model of arts education programming that has been unsuccessful
in fully delivering creativity to our schools.
Here are links to a research study about the educational merits of balls vs. chairs as a seating
choice for students with ADHD, and an article by Gaiam Life: Your Guide to Better Living,
which relays the content of the research in consumer-friendly language. It’s possible that a
redesign of the metal desk and chair could be a first step towards creating a movement-
friendly learning environment.

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The Second Skin Project is an action research pilot project informed the work of Reggio
Emilia, a leading arts-based school movement that credits the learning environment for being
emergent curriculum.
one of the student’s primary teachers. The teacher/artist collaboration is at the center of the
rechild is a Reggio Emilia newsletter. This particular edition describes a modular, flexible,
dialoguing exhibition. An interactive visual, kinesthetic dialogue is inherently designed to
engage children. I love the full-bodied way that kids engage in their learning process and I
appreciate the way natural light is brought into the exploration of what we see!