Make messes. Make mistakes.
Sometimes life is messy. The art classroom is a safe environment to experience the process of trial and error, and to create something unexpected.
Judgement free zone
Encouraging students to build positive self-esteem within a supportive arts community.
R-E-S-P-E-C-T
Aretha Franklin said it best in her 1967 hit song. In the classroom students learn to respect themselves, each other, the art materials, and their artwork throughout the creative process.