I hope that you remain safe, well, and engaged during these difficult times. Over the past six months, we’ve watched as our society’s traditional assumptions about education have collapsed onto themselves. As we reexamine collectively what learning means, we have an opportunity, perhaps greater than ever before. When certainty is gone, especially at this scale,…
Seton Monday is a blog series sharing updates and learnings on Ernest Thompson Seton and the Academy’s Seton Legacy Project, curated by David Witt. In this edition, David shares art from the Seton Legacy Project’s 2020 art exhibition Endangered. Learn more about the Endangered at http://ernestthompsonseton.com/ I envisioned Endangered as an exhibition about our disconnection…
It’s eight o’clock in the morning, and I must get to the Academy garden while the irrigation is still running so I can make sure it’s hitting its targets. We have been in a long dry spell since Easter, and it’s the fourth of July holiday. But the garden doesn’t know holidays; it requires constant…
I hope that you are staying well and safe in these extraordinary times. Since I last wrote, I’ve been working with a team to imagine ourselves into the next phase of the Academy for the Love of Learning. As I signaled in my April message, beginning in July, the Academy will reorganize to focus on…
In the throes of COVID-19, our governor has declared a stay-at-home order. But in Santa Fe County, the population is low-density, and physical distancing while getting outside is not a problem. I manage to get outside daily but wanted to do some community service without risking contact with others. So, it occurred to me that…
Academy Founder and President Aaron Stern shares this important message: Heartbeat Opera’s virtual performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Make Our Garden Grow” from Candide encourages us all to find inspiration and imagination through art and creativity in these challenging times. Stay tuned to our social media channels for more shared messages of compassion, inspiration, and imagination. Follow us…
Dear Educators, We are in unique times, overwhelming times and times of great possibility. I believe in a better world and I know that together we can make that happen. Thank you to all our providers on the frontlines – medical services, food & delivery services, childcare providers, social services, and so many more. My…
We are writing you, our program participants, friends, donors and supporters, with an important update on the next steps for the Academy for the Love of Learning. As I feel certain are each of you in your respective lives and work, we are aiming to operate, responsibly, in the new times that are upon us,…
I am reaching out to you during these difficult and disorienting days with a short update. Circumstances are evolving so rapidly that even as I draft these lines, we cannot know what tomorrow may bring. But here is what I can communicate to you today. On Monday, March 16th, the Academy ceased all programming in…
The Academy for the Love of Learning has been monitoring the COVID-19 situation closely and given that the New Mexico School System has moved to cancel classes for the next few weeks, and our own concern for the wellbeing of our staff and the communities we serve, we have decided to take the following actions:…
