By encouraging students to avoid thoughtless mimicry, I strive to instill in them a profound sense of engagement and exploration, which lies at the core of my passion for teaching art. I’ve found that visual journaling is an excellent tool for steering students away from appropriation and helping them to develop their own diverse and creative approaches. I tell them that I’m not “Pinterest-ed” in what cool things they might find online, but I’m really excited to see how they’ll channel their own individual ideas.
Art teachers inspire bold creative expression while incorporating contemporary art into their lessons. Students discover the large-scale paintings of Sean Scully and create multi-panel patterned compositions, investigate the landscape art of Dahlia Elsayed and assemble collaborative and individual collages, embrace mark-making as a whole-body exercise while using charcoal-taped drawing sticks, and more.
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