Louise Berliawsky was born in Kiev, Russia. In 1905, she immigrated to Rockland, Maine, where her father established a lumberyard. Often she worked on collages with wood scraps from her father's lumberyard. Although interested in dance and theater, Nevelson always knew she would be a sculptor. In 1920, Louise Berliawsky married Charles Nevelson, proprietor of a cargo-shipping business. They moved to New York City, where she pursued studies in drama and dance. In 1922 she gave birth to her only son Myron (Mike). Believing that her roles as mother and wife restricted her artistic potential, Nevelson separated from her husband in 1931. When Nevelson began to sculpt, Cubism had been thoroughly explored in painting but was not much explored in sculpture. Biographer Laurie Lisle recollects, "Louise herself liked to say that Picasso had resolved the cube, Mondrian had flattened it, and she had endowed it with poetry." This article provides ideas and instructions for creative projects, to be explored by art students, as well as topics for discussion. It suggests that teachers ask students to write a brief explanation of what they were trying to express in their creations.