Teaching transition 2008
Feb. 22nd, 2008 09:59 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
avadThis week was spent assistant teaching art workshops for children as part of the Parrish Art Museum's spring break events. Really young age group (4-6yrs old). Amazing how something can feel so natural and exhausting at the same time. Sweeeeet kids.(do not eat them)
This feels like an important time...a shift of sorts. I just have to be careful of what I want. I know for the past that teaching took just so much of my energy it was dangerous for my own art and I'm not ready for that. There will be a time in my life when I dedicate myself wholly to teaching...but that is not yet. But I do realize that I have something to give in this way, naturally and enthusiastically (I mean what could be better than getting kids inspired and making art?)...and so I will do it every once in a while. Of course this ties in with Peace Tiles and Center for Children's Happiness and so many other directions converging...:)
It also pays much better than the shop and I desperately need money to invest in materials ASAP (on top of reg bills).
My favorite project was a Louise Nevelson inspired sculpture (one of my early inspirations/favorite artists!)in shoebox lids. Oh the materials we had to play with were wonderful!! I was only sad because I knew these would fall apart after a little time with only glue to hold and how tall they all wanted to build, regardless of warnings;). but they looked so beautiful and the children were delighted with the whole process:)
other projects (designed by the other teacher):
Claude Monet inspired waterlilies (wash and collage, construction paper and tissue paper flowers)
Peter Max inspired flourescent sunrise and outerspace scene (wax resist)
Mary Cassat inspired family block-printed 'quilt' and self-portrait (pastels)
At the museum itself, the entire exhibit is of Student Art and is so overwhelmingly colorful and fantastic...like a visionary environment...
these bears were made out of plastic bags! :) i love to spot the recycled materials of course.
"He has muscles on his muscles."
yes he does:). part of an interactive storybox at the Parrish Museum School Art Festival 2008:
Today was to be the last workshop for the week but it was cancelled for a snowday. I'm a bit relieved as now I get some quiet time for my own art. Some days I was so exhausted after the workshops that I just slept the whole night through when trying to take a recuperation 'nap'. But I am daydreaming of the projects that I can do with the kids later on...:)
Last night I finally got back into the swing of working on my own painting while Brenty worked a later shift...and now I have today, a snowy white day and a quiet house:).
This feels like an important time...a shift of sorts. I just have to be careful of what I want. I know for the past that teaching took just so much of my energy it was dangerous for my own art and I'm not ready for that. There will be a time in my life when I dedicate myself wholly to teaching...but that is not yet. But I do realize that I have something to give in this way, naturally and enthusiastically (I mean what could be better than getting kids inspired and making art?)...and so I will do it every once in a while. Of course this ties in with Peace Tiles and Center for Children's Happiness and so many other directions converging...:)
It also pays much better than the shop and I desperately need money to invest in materials ASAP (on top of reg bills).
My favorite project was a Louise Nevelson inspired sculpture (one of my early inspirations/favorite artists!)in shoebox lids. Oh the materials we had to play with were wonderful!! I was only sad because I knew these would fall apart after a little time with only glue to hold and how tall they all wanted to build, regardless of warnings;). but they looked so beautiful and the children were delighted with the whole process:)
other projects (designed by the other teacher):
Claude Monet inspired waterlilies (wash and collage, construction paper and tissue paper flowers)
Peter Max inspired flourescent sunrise and outerspace scene (wax resist)
Mary Cassat inspired family block-printed 'quilt' and self-portrait (pastels)
At the museum itself, the entire exhibit is of Student Art and is so overwhelmingly colorful and fantastic...like a visionary environment...
these bears were made out of plastic bags! :) i love to spot the recycled materials of course.
"He has muscles on his muscles."
yes he does:). part of an interactive storybox at the Parrish Museum School Art Festival 2008:
Today was to be the last workshop for the week but it was cancelled for a snowday. I'm a bit relieved as now I get some quiet time for my own art. Some days I was so exhausted after the workshops that I just slept the whole night through when trying to take a recuperation 'nap'. But I am daydreaming of the projects that I can do with the kids later on...:)
Last night I finally got back into the swing of working on my own painting while Brenty worked a later shift...and now I have today, a snowy white day and a quiet house:).
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Date: 2008-02-23 02:51 pm (UTC)I'm glad you get to do this is small doses... working with kids is where you get to see the initial interest / wonderment in art that I think can spur ones own artistic endeavors as well. How long will you be doing this for?