Since retiring from teaching at Ohio State in June 2016, Professor Emerita Sydney Walker has remained as prolific and playful as we remember her, but now has the privilege of observing the transformative power of artmaking through new lenses: her family and a different milieu.

Dr. Walker’s new house 20 miles outside of Birmingham, Alabama puts her nearby her niece and five young grandnephews. Thanks to her grandnephews, Dr. Walker has discovered a new artmaking medium—Play-Doh! She is also enjoying the aesthetics of her new home, which is dressed in a beautiful blue-gray siding, with white trim.

Dr. Walker is working on a new book, Play and Artmaking, and a revision of her book, Teaching Meaning in Artmaking, both of which will be published by Davis. Keep an eyeout for the publishing date on AAEP's website and our department Facebook page.

On the subject of her Southern homecoming, Dr. Walker adds, “I had forgotten how nice [Southerners] are—definitely slower, everyone has to take time to talk, but very polite and kind.” Don’t worry though; she misses her colleagues, friends, and students in Columbus too. If you wish to contact Dr. Walker, you can reach her at walker.188@osu.edu.