WeAre#NEXT

07/23/2023

12/30/2019

We gave a copy of Mr. Lewis’ award winning graphic novel “March” to every student. His story is amazing, challenging and inspirational. I hope there are a few chapters left to write.

Mr. Lewis said he had Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, but would return to Washington to continue work and begin treatment.

06/07/2019

Art making has been shown to reduce stress levels, even if you are not good at it. Here're the health benefits of art that will get you start making arts.

04/29/2017

Hello WeAre fans. If you haven't heard, my wife Keri Randolph, has been accepted into Harvard in the fall, and we will be moving to Boston for the next few years. I am in talks with some of our backers to continue WeAre in some form or fashion while we are gone. If you have ideas, please let me know!

11/07/2016

Hello everyone. Sorry for the long silence. I have recently been named Lead Educator at the Gilbert Innovation Hub, and I have been transitioning for much of the past two months. Now that the move has been made, I will be getting back to completing what we started with WeAre . I have heard from only a few of the students who came to our summer collaboratives about their art for display. Please let me know if you have completed your art, and I will let you know where to send it. Thanks! ~Brian

09/22/2016

Wayne White, a Chattanoogan who earned fame — and three Emmy Awards for his design work on 'Pee-wee's Playhouse,' among other things — designed the oversized puppets of Confederate Gen. Patrick Cleburne and Union Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman for Saturday's Glass Street Live parade commemorating the...

09/10/2016

Summer Collaborative participants: It is now September! You should be nearing completion of your share of the collaborative art. Please drop me a line and let me know your timetable for completion, so that I can arrange a pickup. Thanks!

08/13/2016

WeAre Summer Collaborative! Today 9-12 at the downtown Chattanooga public library!

08/02/2016

Summer Collaborative! This Saturday from 3pm to 6pm at the downtown library. I'll have some art supplies on hand, but bring your art kits, too. See you there!

07/30/2016

The next Summer Collaborative date is coming up next Saturday at the downtown branch of the Chattanooga Public Library! See you there!

07/30/2016

This is the event that sparked WeAre ! Come out and see this year's batch of amazing ideas and the teachers which created them.

PEF's Teacherpreneur offers educators support, time and space to incubate big ideas and execute them in the best interest of their students and profession.