Jillian Whitney

In my “Lined Paper” series, I worked on notebook paper, focusing on the moments between teachers and students that are sometimes heartbreaking, sometimes sweet, and often somewhere in between. For example, “I Used to Want to be a Teacher” references a conversation with a student about how discovering the teacher they admired was a pedophile affected them. Meanwhile, “Polka-Dot Dress” references a sweet, little moment when a first-grader said I looked like a starfish.