Taking the 'Big Apple' by storm. More than likely no one who lives there calls it that anymore.

In February 2001, the twin towers of downtown Manhattan were still intact, guarding the skyline of New York. I had never been to New York prior to this and as my friend Amanda DeWald was teaching school at CJHS 145 near Yankee Stadium in the Bronx she invited me to come pay her students a visit. They were not considered fast track kids and as schools of today seem to be shutting down across the board it seemed a good time to use this opportunity to put art, a neglected subject, on their table. As with most things, not all was as it appeared to be and to my pleasant surprise the questions on art were telling and sharp.