During my first year of professional experience I began teaching a kindergarten class at a private daycare in Bedford-Stuyvesant neighborhood of Brooklyn. Although I was trained as an art teacher, I am teaching science, social studies, math, literacy, and art. Almost every aspect of my classroom includes an art component. I incorporate Visual Thinking Strategy and Reggio Emilia experiential learning approach into every subject. Also, the class is broken down into groups of three. Peer-to-peer learning is encouraged and critical thinking is the word of the day. This blog documents some of our projects.

Teaching philiosophy

The goal of art education is not to turn every student into an artist but to inspire every student to think like an artist. That process entails student engagement in creative activities that examine and state ideas or feelings about themselves and the worlds in which they live, speculate about the future, and examine the accepted notions of morality. Also, by interpreting the meanings of works by others in terms of themes, subjects, and ideas students will understand the significance of their own works in the larger context. My hope is that through the intellectually enriching reflective activities and critiques students will be able to change their purpose, and thus change the course of their lives.

Tuesday, October 27, 2009

Installation Idea


For one of the classes we were asked to team up with one partner and create a presentation based on an idea for an installation. We were given two weeks to complete the assignment. Ironically, I was invited to create a site-specific installation in an abandoned factory, in conjunction with an art group, in which my dad is a member. By using pictures of this empty and dilapidated factory, my class partner and I, came up with an idea of using sticker art (from a previous class project) to create an optically illusive work.

However, when I revisited the space, the idea of creating a piece, based on the organic elements, was better suited for the actual execution. Also, the idea of using or incorporating found objects, seemed to be a prevalent theme among the group's artists. I found my inspiration in hundreds of spider webs that occupied the building. Mimicking them, I built one of my own, but in proportion to a human figure, in one of the corners.
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