https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06 en-us 2023-01-22 21:46:33 UTC 2025-10-27 15:36:55 UTC hello@padlet.com adamjacksonfineart https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452591925 As Art Teachers we can find inspiration all over the place, on Pinterest, in museums, or even in our backyards. We bring it to the art classroom and create a lesson based around this inspiration and we enthusiastically present it and showcase it to the class. But, have you ever had the class not be at the same level of enthusiasm for the art as you and in the end throw their art in the trash to your dismay? ]]> 2023-01-22 21:53:14 UTC https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452591925 adamjacksonfineart https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452592030 So, the question becomes how do I get my students to get enthusiastic about the project or art that inspired me? Well, maybe that's the wrong way to look at it, maybe the question you should be asking is "what is the students inspiration?" As the article explains, when some of the old masters would get inspired to make art they would use apprentices to do most of the leg work, but the art would still be credited to them. So as teachers are we making the students into the apprentices and we are taking the role of the artist?]]> 2023-01-22 21:53:28 UTC https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452592030 adamjacksonfineart https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452696900 As artist we ask ourselves 3 main questions: 

1. What do I want my artwork to be about?

2. What techniques will I use during my art making process to convey my message?

3. What medium will I use to convey my message?

These are the three questions that every artist goes through in their artistic process, but as teachers we are making all three of these decisions before the students even get to class! That would make the teacher the artist and the student the apprentice that has the three main questions decided for them by the old master. These are vitally important steps in learning how to become an artist.

]]> 2023-01-23 02:33:54 UTC https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452696900 adamjacksonfineart https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452700248 If we can flip this idea of making all the decisions for the students we can start to let the students work through the three decisions. This is the pathway of not just making art but creating artist who will move forward and answer those questions by themselves. If we can do this as educators, we will move from the role of artist, to Art Facilitator which will include guiding the students on their journey to becoming the artist we want them to be. That same inspiration that grabbed you at the beginning is because you have already mastered the three questions in your life, its time to allow your students the chance to find their own inspiration, which in turn has been proven to increase interest, participation, and inevitably the students grades within your class. ]]> 2023-01-23 02:41:09 UTC https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452700248 adamjacksonfineart https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452710605 The Harvard Graduate School of Education did a multi year study that found the best studio practices working artist and adapted them for young children and they called it Studio Habits of Mind (SHoM). It was created to help students not just make art, but helped them in becoming artists. It includes 8 interconnecting habits:

1. Observing: have your students discus together the art that they see or stand farther back from their own art to pinpoint flaws.
                Think
            Tell what you see
            How do you know that
            Interpret
             Now (what do you think of it now)
           Know the artists bio

2. Envision: find personal inspiration, make a plan, brainstorm.

3. Stretch and Explore: small projects that introduce new mediums and/or access to art studio supplies.

4. Engage and Persist: Keep moving forward in a safe space.

5. Develop Craft: show lots of techniques, give lists that students may follow.

6. Express: Find out where artist get their inspiration and practice it ourselves.

7. Reflect: Students discuss amongst themselves, write self reflections and artist statements.

8. Understanding Arts Communities:  Understanding that the studio is a shared space, that we are a kind community, that we take care of art materials and tools. 

These are some of the keys to making artist out of our students!]]> 2023-01-23 03:03:33 UTC https://padlet.com/adamjacksonfineart/vrdmvnvxira2zv06/wish/2452710605