Posted Saturday October 22 2016 at 10:34 am
I am a visual artist, primarily working with drawing and painting media. My studio and en plein air practice is both reactionary and reflective. I observe the moving external world and bridge it to my internal world of emotions, memories, and wonders. The art created becomes a documentation of my desire to express the motion and feeling of a conversation between my interior and exterior spaces.
I believe that by engaging in manipulation of materials, students can find their visual voice to express their reactions to the world around them - social or environmental. Learners can also explore new imaginary places and possibilities together by sharing a creative and collaborative experience. One of my joys in teaching is watching a group of students build a place-scape out of fabric, scraps of paper, cardboard, or found recyclables, and crafting a tangible place with imaginable possibility for story telling.
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Posted Wednesday October 19 2016 at 4:23 pm
Hello! My name is Emily Frank, or Miss Frank, Frank, or Frankie to my students. I am currently one of a few TAs working at the Henderson Inclusion School. I work with lead teacher Jozeph Zaremba teaching visual arts to students in grades 6 through 12. Not only am I new to VSA, but I am also finishing my BFA in Art Education at the Massachusetts College of Art and Design. I am lucky enough to have been given the opportunity to student teach for an entire year rather than a single semester, which is the "normal plan" at MassArt, and I am excited to be spending an entire year learning and growing with all our students.
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Posted Monday October 17 2016 at 4:02 pm
I use art to help students investigate the world around them and imagine their own worlds.
When making art, students use the skills of observation, investigation, imagination, and creation. I love drawing on eclectic inspirations, ranging from cartoons, to math, to contemporary art in my lessons. Too often, we think about art as separate from their daily lives, as a teacher, I love identifying the artistic inspiration that surrounds us.
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