Art Education Philosophy

“Imagination is more important than knowledge.”

–Albert Einstein

Everything in life is created. The books we read, the furniture we sit on, and the car we drive. These things needed to be created by creative people. We need creative people to take us into the future and show us things that our generation has yet to achieve. The greatest inventors from around the world studied a various amount of subjects and the one thing that they all have in common is that they were creative enough to work through their problems and solve them. Art connects and teaches us about every curriculum in a school. It integrates these subjects and various cultures into the world of the student, separating the distance between them. Learning skills in multiple ways also affirms their permanence. As students learn to observe their world, they are learning to see better, think differently, and solve problems. Guiding students through different processes of art will help them to advance in everyday life.

Although not all students will go on to become inventors or artists, they will be able to understand their world better, connect with themselves, and make a mark in this life. I will introduce my students to a safe environment to express themselves in. Being comfortable in a space and with the people around us can determine how much we will grow. Students will be able to express their thoughts and diversity without judgment.

Visual art communicates our diversity. Assessing the student’s work in class will open the their minds to not only the cultures around the world, but in their neighborhood as well; breaking down walls between people. Everyone is different, and it is our differences are what make us interesting. Famous art works are not necessarily better than others; however, they stand out from the others because they were different. I will inspire my students to express their individuality and put it to good use, motivating them to show the world something that we have never seen before.

To insure these things will happen in my class I will set guidelines:

-Student's must respect each other.

-Student's must express their own ideas, not others.

I will try to:

-Inspire my student's.

-Talk them through problems.

-Share my experiences.

-Incorporate knowledge.

-Seek for fun, new things.

-Show examples to get them started.