Since 1997, Richard has worked extensively as a teaching artist, engaging students in drawing, cartooning, story making, and painting. He works with gifted & talented, youth-at-risk, ESL, and special needs populations. His student-centered teaching focuses on building up their creative and cognitive capacities. He has served on the teaching artist rosters for the Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Utah Arts Councils. In 2009, for his exemplary work with special needs students, Richard was awarded the Teaching Artist Fellowship from VSA arts International.
In 2000, Richard began working throughout the US as an arts & education consultant. He provides professional development training for teachers in arts integration and arts inclusion strategies. He believes that by empowering teachers with visual arts, cartooning, and story making that they will be able to discover new entry points for their students, making the curriculum both more accessible and engaging. 2008 marked the release of Richard's Comics in Your Curriculum. From 2012-2019 Richard also worked as a professional development workshop leader for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.
In 2000, Richard began working throughout the US as an arts & education consultant. He provides professional development training for teachers in arts integration and arts inclusion strategies. He believes that by empowering teachers with visual arts, cartooning, and story making that they will be able to discover new entry points for their students, making the curriculum both more accessible and engaging. 2008 marked the release of Richard's Comics in Your Curriculum. From 2012-2019 Richard also worked as a professional development workshop leader for the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts in Washington DC.