back to artist categories Ashleigh D'Aunoy - artist biography Painting with Words - (1–5) A fun, low-risk way to introduce your students to creative writing while reinforcing knowledge of parts of speech. Students will learn about the history of the popular Japanese short poetry called haiku, hear examples written by famous haiku poets as well as by children, and will complete their very own haiku. (single session or short-term residency) back to top