Mark Ragonese

I am a traveling artist. I don't come to teach art as much as do it. Residencies last one day or many. I bring energy and activity and a playful spirit. I stress art as a verb, a process, and creativity as a skill that requires practice.  Here are some of the results including wooden constructions, sapling  sculptures, puzzle murals, and just plain making.

Curved wall mural, Colebrook Elementary School, Colebrook, NH

Some projects require small groups rather than whole classes.

 5th Grade Mural  Epping NH

Three dimensional collage

One panel of  the Many Hands project. Tobey School, Concord, NH

Residencies often have themes or stories that  accompany and give relevance to the project.

We make use of  ordinary materials and make extraordinary objects of real importance and intent.

Brianna the Iguana

Bath Village School, Bath, NH

Painted Mural

desinged and painted with highschoolers at theTobey School, Concord, NH

Wishing Flag house for the Wind Horses Madison NH

Snow tower

Making mortise and tenon joints at the Gilmanton, NH Central School

 Village Mural Epping NH

Sapling structuresDriftwood Arch  Enfield, NH

5th Grade Legacy Project                    Beaver Meadow School Concord NHBig Chair Bedford H.S. Bedford NH

Garden of Hope, Symonds School, Keene, NH

detail of Totems

Member of the Tribe of the Night Sky painting his warrior dance stick at the Walker School, Concord, NH

 Puzzle Mural Epping NH

Many hands make light work