Teaching Artist - Methods and Philosophy

ART EDUCARE 

1881 painting by Marie Bashkirtseff, In the Studio, depicts an art
school life drawing session, Dnipropetrovsk State Art Museum, Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine

 "What one must paint is the image of resemblance—if thought is to become visible in the world" - Said by Rene Magritte, Visual arts conceived by individuals' emotion and thoughts, teaching Artist is meeting each student’s unique needs by developing a personal understanding of each one of them.

Teaching Artists, also called artist/educators, or community artists are professional artists who teach and integrate their art form, perspectives, and skills into a wide range of settings. Teaching Artists work with schools, after school programs, community agencies, prisons, jails, and social service agencies.The Arts In Education movement grew from the work of Teaching Artists in schools.  In this context the arts can include performing arts (dance, drama, music) literature and poetry, craft, design, digital arts, storytelling, heritage, visual arts and film, media and photography.

    

 It is distinguished from art education by being not so much about teaching art, but focused on:

• how to improve learning through the arts
•  how to transfer learning in and through the arts to other disciplines
•  discovering and creating understanding of human behavior, thinking, potential, and learning especially        through the close observation of works of art and various forms of involvement in arts experiences
•  to enable the child to explore, clarify and express ideas, feelings and experiences through a range of arts  activities
•  to provide for aesthetic experiences and to develop aesthetic awareness in the visual arts, in music, in drama, in dance and in literature

•  to develop the child’s awareness of, sensitivity to and enjoyment of visual, aural, tactile and spatial qualities in the environment

• to enable the child to develop natural abilities and potential, to acquire techniques, and to practice the skills necessary for creative expression and for joyful participation in different art forms

• to enable the child to see and to solve problems creatively through imaginative thinking and so encourage individuality and enterprise

• to value the child’s confidence and self-esteem through valuing self-expression

•  to nurture a sense of excellence in and appreciation of the arts in local, regional, national and global contexts, both past and present

• to nurture a critical appreciation of the arts for personal fulfillment and enjoyment.

Arts integrated learning is a way to teach artistic skills in conjunction with academic material. This approach to education values the process and experiential learning as much as creation of art object or performance oriented learning.

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