ASCD (Association for Supervision and Curriculum Development) Conference - I will be speaking about my art and service learning hybrids.

San Antonio, TX  -- March 6-10, 2010 on my  art and service learning hybrids.

2010 National Service Learning Conference - Inspire/Imagine/Innovate!  - I will be speaking  on "Innovative Arts Electives"

San Jose, CA  -- March 24-27, 2010

2010

Martin Luther King Day Celebration

Martin Luther King Day Celebration - See more and read about this incredibly moving celebration on my Service Learning Page. 

Volume 24 No. 6 November/December 2009
Oklahoma Visual Arts Coalition

 
A Defiant Joy:
The Art of S.K. Duff
by Janice McCormick and Edward Main

"S.K. Duff’s exhibit Inside-R-Out, on display in August at Living Arts of Tulsa’s now old location on Kenosha, featured a body of work that was not only witty and colorful, but also powerful and profound."

Read the full article here:

"Living Arts is pleased to present new artworks by Tulsa born, now NYC artist, S.K. Duff influenced by his recent work with elementary students. Based on childrens' naivety, SK’s work is filtered through his interdisciplinary arts background. Opening is from 6-9pm with an artist’s talk at 7pm."

Inside-R-OUT

July 30 - Aug 20 

  The   Myers  Gallery

308   S. Kenosha

Tulsa, OK 74120

918-585-1234

By NANCY TOBIN

Article featured in "The Local" Maplewood | Millburn | South Orange - The New York Times

October 5, 2009

"You’ve referred to yourself as an honorary “outsider,” in reference to the outsider art movement that has inspired your work. It seems funny to be influenced by an art movement that by definition is about the absence of influences. Can you talk a little about your experience?" 

 Read more...

Artist emerges from dark to childlike color
 

"The Madness of King George," one of the works by former Tulsan S.K. Duff that make up the exhibit "Inside-R-Out" that goes on display Thursday at Living Arts of Tulsa, 308 S. Kenosha Ave.  

It took a tap on the foot to bring a burst of color to S.K. Duff's world.

Read the full article here.

The Outsider - Former Tulsan to Present Wondrous Works

"My images take on the unexplainable (i.e. the magic and the chaos) of our existence, attempting to produce some sense of understanding, no matter how simplistic or primitive." -- "In that way his work, with sophisticated imagery with seemingly crude or primitive techniques fits into the concept of Outsider Art..."

By JAMES D. WATTS JR. Tulsa World /Arts Writer

Read the full article here.

KWGS Tulsa Public Radio 

Rich Fisher interview with SK Duff. "T oday, we chat with the Tulsa-born, New York-based artist and art teacher S.K. Duff. Duff has a collection of recently completed neoexpressionist artworks on view at the Living Arts Gallery in downtown Tulsa (near 4th and Kenosha); the new show is called "Inside-R-Out""

Listen to the Interview Now 

May 2009

NJ.com Article ... "Last week, both Hoboken Charter School and All Saints Day School participated in the nationwide Empty Bowls fundraisers, where students serve a breakfast/lunch and raise money for the homeless...

For more about this wonderful event follow this link:

Hoboken schools raise record amounts for Empty Bowls

I worked with Arts to Grow students on multi-media projects at the Academy Street Firehouse in Newark, NJ during July and August 2008.  The program had a culminating art show on August 14^th.  This is Arts to Grow's second summer partnering with Academy Street Firehouse .  Arts to Grow, is a youth-art program that brings free classes to urban kids.

Wonderful write up with photos on:   NewarkUSA.com  - by  L Craig Schoonmaker