Nurturing the Artist in the Art Teacher
Monday, June 29th, 2009By Wendy Liscow, Program Officer
Fly: Giver of Life and Light by Judith Harzer
Can you remember your first experience with art and feeling creative? I can still close my eyes and smell the green thick paint that my kindergarten teacher squirted on a blank shiny white piece of paper and how elated I was when she gave me permission to paint with my fingers. Such freedom, such ecstasy I felt as I proceeded to get messy and create beautiful art. As my years in school progressed, those opportunities became rarer and rarer, but I continued to look forward to any art class I could squeeze in, making the campaign posters for just about anyone who asked, and turning a research project into a shoebox diorama whenever possible. (more…)
