Minutes of Magic
Our job as art teachers is to provide the minutes of magic that point our
students on the road to artistic creative expression.
Many years ago as a teenager I spent a few hours at the Phila. Art Museum,
baby siting a four-year-old cousin. I remember us walking through the
various galleries finding things in paintings, each new work of art became
an adventure. Years later she told me how much our visit to the museum
meant to her and her present day passion for the arts. It wasn‚t just the
visit to the museum; it was the intensity of the experience that made the
difference. To be meaningful, an art experience must engage passion,
depth, and commitment.
Once experienced, The Creative Experience becomes a connection to something
greater than ourselves. Ask any artist why they make art and most often
they describe an experience that sounds mystical: "words seemed to pour
from my consciousness; time stands still; I looked up from my work and the
sun was coming up; I felt part of my painting, my minds eye became
electrified with images" No matter what happens in life, the artist
always comes back to the act of creating art, the need to make art is an
adiction.
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Passion, depth, and commitment: In depth arts experiences can give birth
to a defining moment that brings into being the need to create and to
engage in creative adventures.
We as arts teachers can become a cosmic traffic cop that shift students'
lives in the direction of creativity and expression.
Marvin
About Me
- Marvin Grossman
- Marvin Grossman has a B.A. Degree in Fine Arts from the University of Miami and a Doctorate from the University of Georgia. Grossman has taught Art Education in the Art Departments of the University of Georgia and the University of South Florida in Tampa. He also has taught in elementary and secondary schools. Recently he had the opportunity to work with young children again, and has spent the last five years as the art teacher at Bay Haven Basics Plus in Sarasota, Florida. As a practicing artist He has exhibited his work in Atlanta ,Miami and Sarasota and currently is very active selling his art via the web. recently retired, and if you would like to contact me with questions or to say hi try....
2 comments:
First of all thanks, I needed a bit of a reminder why I was sitting at my computer typing lesson plans about the elements and principles when i could be in bed watching sugar plums dance through my head.
I really enjoyed reading your entry. It is nice to know that I am not the only one out there with ideals and a total passion for teaching art. So much of the time, teaching is looked down on by "real" artists, but what they dont get is that there is nothing that replaces the look of awe in a students eye when they see what they have created. then you know, as a teacher, as a fellow artist, that you have helped create a hunger and need to create bigger and better in future projects in that student. It may just be a spark but it may be a flame. So thank you for reminding my how much i love my life.
thanks Ana
I've often told people in the past that I've never worked, most of the time "work"was just having fun.
Each morning on the way to school i would reminded myself to look for greatness, almost every day children demonstated creative genuis.generally you find what you look for. but what i also learned was to do the same to myself. Marvin Grossman
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