Part of John Froschauer Photographs
Students present their final project during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
Students present their final project during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
Students present their final project during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
Students present their final project during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
PLU student Cindy McCausland stands next to projects created during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
PLU student Cindy McCausland stands next to projects created during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
PLU student Cindy McCausland stands next to projects created during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
PLU student Cindy McCausland stands next to projects created during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
Becky Frehse. Frehse earned an MFA in drawing and painting from Central Washington University. As a Peace Corps Volunteer in Tunisia she helped organize a school for disabled children. She has traveled widely and studied traditional Chinese painting and calligraphy while living in China. Frehse was an Artist-In-Residence at Pacific Lutheran University for many years and also taught Middle School and High School Art at Charles Wright Academy in Tacoma. She is currently an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Puget Sound. In addition, Frehse has been a Teaching-Artist-Mentor with the Arts Impact Program of the Puget Sound ESD. She maintains a full-time studio in Tacoma, where she is a member of Impromptu Gallery and also exhibits her work regionally and nationally. When asked about her approach as a Teaching Artist, Ms. Frehse wrote this: As a teaching artist I provide a model for a creative person who uses knowledge from the fields of math, history, and language arts, to express myself and to communicate ideas through art. I enjoy the challenge of introducing students to new vocabulary, telling them stories and showing how an artist can incorporate history or math into art work. Students I work with are excited to have an intensive opportunity to work with art materials and teachers are delighted to know that I can reinforce the classroom curriculum. I am able to find the art concepts that are present in almost any academic subject. My efforts to inspire kids to use their imaginations and critical thinking skills increase exponentially when the classroom teacher participates in my projects. Students tell me IÕm funny and teachers tell me IÕm fun. IÕm empathetic to both students and teachers because I understand school culture - routines that must be adhered to classroom management and having fun without driving the custodian crazy."
Part of John Froschauer Photographs
Students present their final project during The Ramayanna Shadow Puppet Show