I was talking with a parent last week about her children. I said that her son made my day when he walked into the art room saying to himself, "I love art, I love art..." He was excited to be there.
The parent smiled at my words, but started to tell me that her neither of her kids were very good at art.
Her kids are some of my best students! They almost always have a creative story to go with their work. Their stories/work reflect their interests and they enjoy the process of making something. They embrace the materials and they try (without anyone judging them) the techniques I introduce.
I wish that we could forget about the end product in the art room and think about the process of making art. I truly believe that is where the value of art education lies.
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sunday, February 6, 2011
Proud of My Students
"A scientist at MIT tells me that his grad students are very smart and
technically capable, but when they get an unexpected result, they are slow in
their ability of figure out what they have discovered. He says their greatest
need is to become more creative." Marvin Bartel
"Science students have learned to be careful to avoid mistakes…not how to learn from mistakes. They lack the imagination and creativity to see their own discoveries when they happen…they waste time & energy because they have not learned to actually experiment. Their science classes assigned them lab work where they already knew... answers before they did the lab work." Marvin Bartel
Teaching for Artistic Behaviors encourages creativity. You might not always like what you end up with, but at there is something important about exploring your ideas in a "hands on way."
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