A new school year is upon us and with that comes great changes to the art room. I am excited to shift the focus in my classroom. We will be working with a "new" way of becoming artists. We will focus on building artistic behaviors and creating artwork from conception to final work. The students will have more control and choice over materials and techniques to solve "problems" given to them. And we will be writing about the process and the decisions made along the way. This is a way of teaching art called TAB (Teaching for Artistic Behavior).
Another shift happening this year is the complete movement from a sculpture curriculum to a ceramics curriculum. We tested it out last semester and it was a major success. The students grew so much as artists and learned way more than I had hoped. It even caused a huge jump in enrollment in my 3-D program.
I can not wait for things to get rolling this year. I have spent the summer preparing. So, Let's go get our art on!
Another shift happening this year is the complete movement from a sculpture curriculum to a ceramics curriculum. We tested it out last semester and it was a major success. The students grew so much as artists and learned way more than I had hoped. It even caused a huge jump in enrollment in my 3-D program.
I can not wait for things to get rolling this year. I have spent the summer preparing. So, Let's go get our art on!