I heard Alison Myers speak, a middle school art teacher from a nearby school district. Alison showcased a website she was working on; samples of her students’ artwork from painting, drawing, and graphic designs they had completed remotely during her district’s distance learning hiatus in the spring; how she was communicating with these students and curating their work, facilitating and inspiring their creativity–and doing much of this type of work for the first time. She admitted she didn’t know technology well…yet, but she was giving it a shot.

I sat their watching on my laptop during this Zoom conference as she exhibited all of this, smiling and thinking, this is art class? This is rad! (I tend to say “rad” quite a bit–child of the ’80s and all.) So we take this opportunity to sit down with Allison and her thoughts on teaching art to today's students which she breaks down into some simple aspects: Self-direction; Student Ownership; Creativity; and walking into the studio Thinking and Behaving like an artist.

You can read more on the Teaching Flashpoint blog: "This is an art class? This is rad!

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