Poetry is even more fun than rugby! -Student, Age 12, Nelson Waldorf School
The best things about the blackout poetry was that I didn't have to be a good speller to be a good poet. I love the accordian book I created and all my poems and artwork in it. Please come teach this project again!-Student, Age 10, Hume Elementary School
Rayya has the students spellbound from start to finish. She is a very experienced teacher and her passion for writing is contagious. I think it was transformative for the students to see what they were capable of writing and feeling. These projects are the kind all schools need to inspire students to enjoy literacy on a whole other level.
-D. Switzer, Principal, Nelson Waldorf School
2021 Shadow Puppet Stories, Wildflower School, Nelson B.C. Artist in the Classroom Grant from ArtStarts in Schools with funding from BC Arts Council and the Government of B.C.’s Creative Futures Program
2020 Transforming Landscape (eco-art and poetry), Salmo Secondary School, Salmo, B.C. Artist in the Classroom Grant from ArtStarts in Schools with funding from BC Arts Council and the Government of B.C.’s Creative Futures Program
2019 Zoom in to Wonder Project, Wildflower School, Nelson B.C. Artist in the Classroom Grant from ArtStarts in Schools with funding from BC Arts Council and the Government of B.C.’s Creative Futures Program
2018 Poetry Through a Lens at The Nelson Waldorf School, Creative Spark Grant, ArtStarts funded by Columbia Basin Trust and CKCA
2018 Poetry Alive Project at South Nelson Elementary, Nelson B.C. Artist in the Classroom Grant from ArtStarts in Schools with funding from BC Arts Council and the Government of B.C.’s Creative Futures Program
2017 Poetry Alive Project at Wildflower School, Hume Elementary Nelson B.C. and Winlaw School in the Slocan Valley, Artist in the Classroom Grants from ArtStarts in Schools with funding from BC Arts Council and the Government of B.C.’s Creative Futures Program