Stories I’ve written for the National Gallery of Art
- Seven Artists Inspired by Jazz
- How I Made This: Megan O’Cain’s “Mound of Butter” Fever Dream Ruffle Dress
- The Feminine Enigma of Cecilia Beaux’s Sita and Sarita
- Create with Us: How Drawing Can Teach You to See Your Belongings in a New Light
- Who is Emily Kam Kngwarray?
- How Herb and Dorothy Vogel Built One of the Greatest Modern Art Collections—and Then Gave It All Away
- Four Paintings Speak to Each Other Across Space and Time
- Who is Elizabeth Catlett?
- From Old Car Tires, Chakaia Booker Reveals Beauty and Devastation
- Judith Leyster, the Leading Star of Her Time
- 1874: The Birth of Impressionism
- What Is Impressionism? 4 Things to Know
- Centering Asian Artists in the American Story
- Picturing the Eclipse
- A Moment of Distance
- Out of the Shadows, A Black Painter Finds Her Place in the Sun
- 5 Ways to Be More Creative This Year
A moment of grace
When I first saw JMW Turner’s Wreckers—Coast of Northumberland at the Yale Center for British Art, I took it for a classic Turner seascape: churning waves bathed in the characteristic golden glow, a dark storm looming in the distance. But on closer inspection, I was moved by what I saw on the human scale: a moment of grace.…
Laziness is a myth: how to equip students to navigate the hidden curriculum
Social psychologist Devon Price’s article Laziness Does Not Exist is the article I read this year that I haven’t been able to stop revisiting, again and again. Price, who teaches psychology at the Loyola University of Chicago, observes that when a student doesn’t complete assignments on time, teachers may infer that the student is lazy, unintelligent, or…
About Me
Hi, I’m Annie. I’m a storyteller, artist, and animal enthusiast. In my free time, my partner and I spend time cooking, trying new foods, and walking in DC’s parks with our dog Olive.
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