Tue - October 5, 2004 | Hello from the LE Artroom!
Welcome back to another great year for creating and learning at Lincoln
Eliot. We are so lucky to have such a diverse group of students here. My goal
this year is to have our students from other parts of the world lend insight and
relevance to our multicultural art explorations. We will study the cultures and
artistic traditions of the many places that LE students once called (or still do
call) home.
In addition, we will focus on our art vocabulary. I hope that by the end of this year, each student will be confident enough to communicate ideas about visual art, in both their own work and the work of others, in an intelligent and concise way.
Of course, as always, we will have fun, be ourselves, and create wonderful memories in the artroom.
Here is to a great year!
Your Art Teacher,
Jen Wheeler Sutherland
In addition, we will focus on our art vocabulary. I hope that by the end of this year, each student will be confident enough to communicate ideas about visual art, in both their own work and the work of others, in an intelligent and concise way.
Of course, as always, we will have fun, be ourselves, and create wonderful memories in the artroom.
Here is to a great year!
Your Art Teacher,
Jen Wheeler Sutherland
Philosophy
My approach to teaching art combines my personal interests in theater, photography, science and literature with my training in Discipline Based Art Education.
Discipline Based Art Education (commonly called DBAE) is an art education method that promotes higher level thinking skills, original problem solving skills, cultural and global awareness, and verbal and non-verbal communication. These goals are accomplished by teaching art history, criticism and aesthetics as well as production. Through this method, students create art rich in context and personal relevance, promoting a lifelong love of art and learning.
In each lesson plan I create I try to include all four components:
1. Artistic Perception- Students learn the essential vocabulary of the visual arts and gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary to communicate in the realm of visual arts.
2. Creative Expression- Creative experiences foster problem solving and reflective thinking and promote originality, imagination, and creativity.
3. Historical and Cultural Context- Students gain the confidence that comes from connections with great traditions and the critical judgment that comes from considering their work along with that of their predecessors and contemporaries.
4. Aesthetic Valuing- Being able to criticize justly, to value a work aesthetically, means applying knowledge of the other three components to the work being contemplated.
My approach to teaching art combines my personal interests in theater, photography, science and literature with my training in Discipline Based Art Education.
Discipline Based Art Education (commonly called DBAE) is an art education method that promotes higher level thinking skills, original problem solving skills, cultural and global awareness, and verbal and non-verbal communication. These goals are accomplished by teaching art history, criticism and aesthetics as well as production. Through this method, students create art rich in context and personal relevance, promoting a lifelong love of art and learning.
In each lesson plan I create I try to include all four components:
1. Artistic Perception- Students learn the essential vocabulary of the visual arts and gain the basic knowledge and skills necessary to communicate in the realm of visual arts.
2. Creative Expression- Creative experiences foster problem solving and reflective thinking and promote originality, imagination, and creativity.
3. Historical and Cultural Context- Students gain the confidence that comes from connections with great traditions and the critical judgment that comes from considering their work along with that of their predecessors and contemporaries.
4. Aesthetic Valuing- Being able to criticize justly, to value a work aesthetically, means applying knowledge of the other three components to the work being contemplated.