Philosophy of Art Education I believe that everyone can create art and that everyone’s approach to art is a valid expression of who they are. As the teacher, I direct the art studio. I provide instruction, set the tone, define the procedures, and model the creative process. My role is to aid and encourage, inspire and illuminate, as well as to reflect upon and document the creative processes and products of our studio. All of my students learn differently. Working with students to identify and leverage their strengths and passions is central to the studio process. We will all come to the studio with distinctive talents - perhaps we see balance instinctively or we feel color vibrantly or we reproduce form accurately. Each student has their own pace for envisioning, exploring, creating and reflecting. The diversity of our experiences and our thoughts makes our collective work richer. The art studio engages every mode of learning: visual, auditory, kinesthetic, and tactile. I teach art because the cognitive skills we develop in the art studio can support us in every pursuit outside the studio. To create art students must hypothesize, imagine, take risks, make attempts, backtrack, reframe, and rebuild. This is how students become develop academic grit; how students become creative thinkers; how students become expert problem-solvers; how students develop the habits of an artistic mind.
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