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Gla Rose
Explorations in Art Teaching
I believe in art education that is engaging, equitable, and centered around an ethics of care. For me, engaging curriculum means collaborating with students to cultivate regenerative processes that center students as whole humans. I scaffold opportunities to develop artistic visions and creative solutions to design problems and I embrace experimentation as essential. Through reflexive prompts and multimedia experiences, my approach supports students to learn about themselves, other artists, and the world. I invite students to pursue their interests and, in exposing them to new ways of engaging with materials, ideas, and relationships, I support them to expand their interests, deepen their skillsets, and approach life with care and curiosity.
In our art room, we build motor skills and critical thinking skills. We experience the social and emotional benefits of artmaking individually and in community.
I believe art education can inspire people in all aspects of their lives.
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Kindergarteners' Creatures and Their Habitats
2023
Inspired by alebrijes, Kindergartners made creatures out of air-dry clay, pipe cleaners, and feathers. Then they learned about different animals’ habitats and built their own habitats for their creatures to live in.
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A Kindergartener's Creature in Their Habitat
2023
A creature in situ.
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4th Grader's Object Characters
2023
As part of a unit all about shifting perspective, a 4th grader responded to the prompt, “What would objects say if they could speak?”
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4th Grader's Collaborative Artwork
2023
Students were invited to draw with oil pastel, then switch papers with a partner and paint on their partner’s drawing. A student chose to continue working on this collaboration, and it is in-progress when this photo was taken.
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3rd Graders' Nests
2023
3rd graders’ in-progress nests before they made the creatures that live in them.
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High Schooler's MacroMap
2023
A high school student’s response to the assignment: make a MacroMap showing how many relationships are interconnected.
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High Schooler's MacroMap
2023
A high school student’s response to the assignment: make a MacroMap showing how many relationships are interconnected.
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High Schooler's "Closeup"
2023
A high school student’s response to the assignment: make a Closeup that zooms into one relationship or shows what’s going on inside a relationship.
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High Schooler's Character Design
2023
Students completed several character design exercises and then each wrote a 6 word memoir that another student chose at random and used as a prompt for their final character design project. The 6 word memoir that inspired this drawing was “beachy with my rollerblades sometimes blue”
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High Schooler Playing with Architecture
2023
A high schooler chooses to explore architecture instead of working on the assigned project.
