What do artists do?
Artists practice. Artists observe and evaluate outcomes to determine their next steps.
Artists work with ambiguity. Knowing (and sometimes not knowing) where to go with their work, artists understand that this is part of the artistic process.
The child is the artist.
At Bush art TAB classes, students experience the visual arts as artists responsible for their learning. Following introductions to available media, student artists advance their individual artistic processes through exploration and discovery, inquiry and ideation, skill development and artmaking, reflection and revision and self-evaluation
The classroom is the child’s studio.
TAB classrooms are highly structured studio environments with clearly delineated expectations for self-directed learning in choices of varied work spaces. Available tools and art materials are introduced to students who can then access and arrange these materials independently to initiate and explore their artwork.
Credit and Resources for the content above are from https://teachingforartisticbehavior.org/.
During the month of August and September students will explore these studios: drawing, collage, painting and architecture. Students will learn different artists, skills and techniques for each studio. The depth of the artwork will increase over time as they experiment, discover new techniques and take creative risks.
This methodology focuses on the child choosing the studio center where they will create their art.