I found this CNN article (about us) while on The National Art Education Association site. I just joined NAEA for the first time since I was a student at DAAP/U. of Cincinnati where I got to hear the amazing Elliot Eisner and sit in Dr. Robert Russell's aethetics classes as well as Dr. Hermine Feinstein's Visual Communications classes. How lucky I was to be able to learn from some of the best in the art education field! Just looking back into those days of research and studying creative thinking as it pertained to art, is just so exciting. The normal route would have been to stick with teaching art in the schools like I used to do. But I don't like to be normal. I don't like living within the usual "box". So... HATCH came to be! I truly believe there is so much more out there to discover about teaching creativity, critical thinking, visual communication and manual dexterity... I have always been interested in alternative education. People do not learn in the same ways. That's why we are very interesting and exciting! I love to see learning going on no matter where it is. It certainly doesn't have to happen within a school building. And it certainly doesn't seem to, compared to the learning that goes on outside those walls. Our society is constantly changing... nothing stays the same... because our brains never stop imagining and creating.
We need art... but more so, we need good art teachers. And we need to value each and every creation that comes into existence. I'm never going to settle for the norm... isn't that exciting??!
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I agree so much that we need great art teachers to encourage every type of creativity, I can remember a terrible art teacher I had that did no encouragement at all and then I had a fabulous art and textile teacher that was SO enthusiastic and inspiring - I LOVED my classes and am sure that it has inspired what I do today too. Glad the photo course was such a success. Hugs, Catherine x
so true. matt and i saw a t.v. show about this very thing a couple of months ago. i'm considering teaching sewing lessons out of our home to bring in some extra income while matt is still out of work. i'm thinking of offering them with a project based style, sorta like workshops.
i totally believe learning happens in everything we do, especially when we are involved in something we enjoy. the great thing is we don't realize we are learning because we are having so much fun. just think, the whole time you are doing what you love you will also be learning. i'm so excited for you, you are on a great journey.
Aha! Does that mean that all us left handers (more likely to be right brained I believe) are going to rule the world!! So many of my friends are left handed.....at New Year there were about 14 of us and at least 6 left handers!
Anyway, enough frivolity....I agree completely with what you say - that people need to learn in various ways and that art and creativity lead to innovation! Perhaps you should contact some of the private schools in the areas and ask if they would consider alternative ways of learning and send groups of their kids to you for teaching....or have Hatch go on outings.....to them.....
As a left hander, I totally agree! We Rule!
The alternative education is one reason I am an ardent homeschooler (who happens to teach in the public schools for $). Homeschooled children can learn at their own pace and in the way most suited to their learning styles.
I like Di's idea of Hatch reaching out to the area schools. (Ooh! You could offer art classes to homeschoolers during the DAY!)
ah the restrictions inside the school I hear ya. great Post,, I read the article!
Yes Left Handers rock!!!!! woo hoo!
Long life to Hatch !
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