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Art offers sanctuary

Creativity is...

A very busy art room

imagination

"Practicing art... is a way to make your soul grow"

How can you tell if your task is truly CREATIVE?

Above all, I value creativity in my art room.  I am strongly opposed to art projects and crafts that give step-by-step instructions that lead all students to similar results.  While I steer clear of these "cookie-cutter" projects, this article challenges me to make sure my art lessons are truly promote authentic creative thought as much as possible.  

click here to read this article about promoting creativity in the classroom.

Here are five questions that I can ask myself to ensure that my lesson is truly creative:

1. Does is call for an original response?

2. Is it difficult, but rewarding?

3. Does it require collaboration?

4. Is student work diverse?

5. Do you need to put students' name on the work to identify the art maker?

“I define creativity as the process of having original ideas that have value. Creative work in any field often passes through typical phases. Sometimes what you end up with is not what you had in mind when you started. It’s a dynamic process that often involves making new connections, crossing disciplines and using metaphors and analogies.” Sir Ken Robinson

Art is an adventure!

...make even more art!

Remembering MLK Jr.

Creativity is intelligence ...

Beauty, Hope and Joy

We in the arts...have the great and good gift of dealing with beauty, with joy and hope...We do this in a world that is sometimes unimaginably ugly.   What can we now do?  Nothing more than to keep doing what we do; to continue to be part of what makes life good, what makes it worthwhile, what gives hope and joy and brings smiles to faces.

From Barry's Blog: News, Advice and Opinion for the Arts Administrator

Words of wisdom from our inservice yesterday

Ways to Stay Creative

Here is some advice for artists of all ages.  I will try to remember these tips myself on a daily basis.

Source: nepatyliukais.blogspot.com via Jody on Pinterest

Do your best!

"To give anything less than your best is to sacrifice the gift." ~ Steve Prefontaine

"Art is... not a frill"

"Art is humanity's most essential, most universal language. It is not a frill, but a necessary part of communication. We must give our children knowledge and understanding of civilization's most profound works."

—Ernest Boyer, former president, Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching

"I always loved art teachers because they were so bizarre. They were like the homeless people of the faculty -- all disheveled, wearing smocks, covered in paint, always digging through the garbage, looking for bottles and egg cartons and things." -Ted Alexandro