-: I love art myself and so one of the things I think for
that's important for any teacher
is enthusiasm and excitement for learning.
In fact, being in the arts you need to be committed
to being a lifelong learner.
Because art is constantly being redefined
and there's so many changes.
Once again, that idea, flexibility.
You need to be flexible but I just love the process
and then going out and doing my own research,
going to art shows, getting the latest books,
find out what's happening so you can incorporate
that dynamic process of art into my lessons.
Thinking about resources, are always important,
because it seems like there's never money enough
to do everything, but that's definitely a challenge.
The challenge for me was always very positive in that
I was just very excited in how I could create lessons
that were really exciting, not only for myself
but were exciting for the students because
art's kind of caught and part of that enthusiasm,
that conveys into the students.
One of the things I also enjoy about the arts is that
you can model the behaviors for your students.
So you should be that creative person,
you should be seeking, you should be experimenting,
you should be risk taking just as you're trying to instill
into your students.