About

If you’re looking for process-based art projects for children, interviews with DIY thinkers and makers, or ideas for building more creativity into your life, you’ve come to the right place! TinkerLab is an online community for parents, teachers, and caregivers who are interested in supporting the creative growth of young children. The projects and ideas shared on this site are child-centered and value the processes of experimentation, iteration, playfulness, and curiosity.

Rachelle Doorley of TinkerLab is a visual arts educator with experience ranging from overseeing school programs at the San Jose Museum of Art to lecturing on Visual Thinking at Stanford. As a consultant, workshop facilitator, and conference panelist, Doorley has participated in organizations such as the Children’s Creativity Museum of San Francisco, Resource Area for Teaching, Kiwi Crate, and Maker Faire amongst others. Prior to life as an arts educator, she was a costumer with Warner Brothers and Universal Pictures. Rachelle earned a bachelor’s degree from UCLA in Theater and a master’s from Harvard in Arts Education. She’s also the proud mama of two kiddos.

TinkerLab has been named Top 25 Creative Mom Blogs by Circle of Moms 2011 and Most Awesome Local Blog in the SF Bay Area by Red Tricycle.

Thanks for stopping by, and please feel free to drop me a line at radoorley [at] gmail.com

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