It’s too easy in a creative work environment, to be overly concerned about the end product. We may have a vision in our minds of what we would like students to produce and even how they might get there; however, when we predetermine what that project will become by restricting process and regimenting our environment… Read more »
Author: Erin Riley
Greenwich Academy,
United States -
Erin is Visual Arts Department Chair and a Director of the Engineering and Design Lab at Greenwich Academy.
No mistakes
Acting as a studio and lab teacher requires providing not only materials, inspiration, and a problem to tackle, but also a bit of redirecting student desire to focus on the end product. Conversely, the path of a creative thinker can be a non-linear one, resembling alphabet soup more than a direct path from A to… Read more »