Ballou is pushing literacy this year. In addition to making art, our students are also writing a research paper on the life and work of an influential artist. While most students chose historically significant artists, a few in my class chose DC artist Tim Conlon as a subject. The students emailed him a list of interesting questions asking about everything from his childhood to his goals for the future. The students were thrilled when they received responses directly from him and he seemed excited as well stating:"These are actually great questions and better than some I've gotten from reporters doing interviews in DC!" The painting at the top of the post is an example of Conlon's work. This particular artwork was exhibited at the National Portrait Gallery in 2008, at that time, I worked there as a gallery educator.
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