How Skype Visits from 17 Artists Transformed a Summer School Art Appreciation Class

It has been a number of years since I last taught a summer school class -- California's recent budget woes have been tough on community colleges -- so when I was told that I would have the chance to teach Art Appreciation this summer a surge of inspiration hit. Thinking over the opportunity I asked myself a question: "What can be done to make this summer's course especially interesting and memorable?" The answer came to me rather quickly: bringing guest speakers to my class seemed like a great w...