Rivard Art Education

The common cultural tool, a skateboard, and a little drive to inspire! Inspiration In Motion is a unique experience that encourages tomorrow’s leaders while debunking today’s stereotypes.

In 2003 I was a lost young man, I wasn’t fit for college, and I had no idea what I wanted out of my future.  It took a negative circumstance for me to find my “PASSION”.  With that discovery I also found my drive.  I was lucky.  Finding your passions and learning to harness them is no easy task and it’s even trickier to teach.

My program offers an insight into how we can use our environments, circumstances, and tools within reach to set the groundwork for realizing our dreams and working to accomplish them.  I bring an encouraging and inspirational message that helps kids realize that they have the power within themselves to do great things. My goal is to help students not only recognize what they are passionate about, but also help them realize that those passions can become realities, careers, ways of expression, and ultimately inspire them to follow “The Dream”.  I aim to inspire kids to dream big, and encourage a strong work ethic and an independent frame of mind.  There are an infinite number of paths to success, I hope to help shed some light on how to decide which path is best suited for every individual.

I have had the opportunity to reach a large number of students around the world.  What started as a casual stop at a high school Deizne, Belgium to discuss American Pop Culture, to visits in the art classes of a all boys’ school in Qatar, to drawing sessions with 3^rd graders in Colorado elementary schools, to Artist in Residence for schools in Minnesota, has become a legitimate and proven source for a new kind of artist residency…