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my elementary years. I really enjoyed taking the art classes because you got to be creative with
the projects and the teacher was really fun. I remember doing this really fun project where she
assigned us partners and we had to draw that person. I thought that was a lot of fun and I still
have the picture today. I also took a couple of art classes in middle school. I remember taking a
pottery class, which I really enjoyed. In high school I took another pottery class and a graphic
design class. This is most of the experience that I have with art.
I feel that art should be included in the elementary/middle school curriculum. It lets the
students show off their creative side and most students, especially elementary students enjoy it. It
lets the students be able to express themselves and it allows teachers to see a different side of the
students. One that they normally wouldn’t see if they were just having a conservation with the
student. Teachers can learn a lot about their students by just looking at their art. I feel that
teachers should incorporate art into their lessons because the students will be more engaged and
excited if they know they get to do a fun project. Art is something that teachers can use in their
curriculum to let students be creative and to teach students a deeper understanding of what art is.
My definition of art is to express emotion and show who you are as a person. Art can
express many forms of emotion from happy to sad and it can bring back memories for some
people. Art is way for people to show what they are feeling through their creativity. In the book
it talks about how “art is creative expression, and art making is the process of that expression”
(Donahue and Stuart, 2010, p. 20). Using creativity in art is how people show emotion to their
audience. I also believe that each person has their own unique artistic style and that can be
expressed through their artwork. You can learn so much about a person through their art. In the
book it also states that “creating art provides a forum to delve into ideas and material that might
not be readily expressed through verbal discourse alone, or whose meaning may be expanded
through artistic presentation” (Donahue and Stuart, 2010, p. 21). People who don’t like to
express their emotion through words can use art as a way to explain it. You can find a deeper
meaning in their artwork than what they could explained with words. Art is a creative way for
people to express themselves and I feel that it will continue to stay that way for many more
years.
References
Donahue, David and Stuart, Jennifer. (2010). Artful Teaching. New York, NY: Teachers College
Press.