Comments on: Art Education Isn’t Just for Kids http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/art-education-isnt-just-for-kids/ The online magazine of the Getty Wed, 22 May 2013 18:32:39 +0000 hourly 1 By: Rebekah Albrecht http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/art-education-isnt-just-for-kids/#comment-243905 Rebekah Albrecht Sun, 13 May 2012 02:01:20 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=7964#comment-243905 What a wonderful story. I believe that we are all artists and that we have a need to express creativity and that there are multitudinous ways in which to do so. Your drawing is quite beautiful. Hard to believe that this was your first art class. Your students are fortunate to have you as their teacher. Their work is lovely, and their poetry is heartfelt and thoughtful. Well done, Paula! What a wonderful story. I believe that we are all artists and that we have a need to express creativity and that there are multitudinous ways in which to do so. Your drawing is quite beautiful. Hard to believe that this was your first art class. Your students are fortunate to have you as their teacher. Their work is lovely, and their poetry is heartfelt and thoughtful.

Well done, Paula!

]]> By: As Above so Below http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/art-education-isnt-just-for-kids/#comment-242409 As Above so Below Fri, 11 May 2012 10:54:28 +0000 http://blogs.getty.edu/iris/?p=7964#comment-242409 "How better to inspire our students to creativity than to experience it ourselves?" - What you say reminds me of something Anne Lamott wrote in her book "Bird by Bird"; that the biggest benefit of becoming an author was learning to genuinely enjoy good books written by others. “How better to inspire our students to creativity than to experience it ourselves?” – What you say reminds me of something Anne Lamott wrote in her book “Bird by Bird”; that the biggest benefit of becoming an author was learning to genuinely enjoy good books written by others.

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