Abstract:
The purpose of this final creative project addresses the pursuit of a dual
professional career and the impact this pursuit has had on my classroom instruction.
Traditionally, my passion for art education has been rivaled by my drive to contribute to
the professional field of ceramic arts. However, this project led to my understanding that
this duality could benefit both of my professional worlds.
! While I do not struggle with the act of making art, I have battled with pursuing
and maintaining a professional art career. I anticipated that this creative project would
be an avenue by which I could start anew with my professional art career. I did not
anticipate, however that I would discover a transformation in my role as an educator in
addition to the change this project would have on me as an artist.
In the field of ceramics, a passionate and responsible educator requires constant
studio practice to maintain a level of mastery of technique. Additionally, an educator
must remain current in his knowledge of contemporary artists and in the field of
ceramics as a whole. Through my final project, I would also argue that the act of making
art is not the only approach to teach students how to learn. The merit of outwardly
communicating the internal dialogue of the artist serves as an extremely valuable
opportunity to educate. Sharing in the developmental stages of idea creation allows
students the opportunity to gain insight to the creative problem solving process.
Ultimately, My creative project came directly from a desire to be producing within the
field of ceramic arts in addition to being an educator.
This paper provides an outline of the creative process and personal reflections that led
to the culmination of a complete body of work. The goal in this creative project was to
produce and exhibit a finished ceramic installation in a professional setting. The
installation entitled, Polar Opposites will be exhibited in the Missoula Art Museum
through the months of July, August, and September of 2011.
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| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:MONTANA/oai:etd.lib.umt.edu:etd-08162011-204250 |
| Date | 08 September 2011 |
| Creators | Hoffman, Patrick Joseph |
| Contributors | Richard Hughes, Karen Kaufmann |
| Publisher | The University of Montana |
| Source Sets | University of Montana Missoula |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | text |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Source | http://etd.lib.umt.edu/theses/available/etd-08162011-204250/ |
| Rights | restricted, I hereby certify that, if appropriate, I have obtained and attached hereto a written permission statement from the owner(s) of each third party copyrighted matter to be included in my thesis, dissertation, or project report, allowing distribution as specified below. I certify that the version I submitted is the same as that approved by my advisory committee. I hereby grant to University of Montana or its agents the non-exclusive license to archive and make accessible, under the conditions specified below, my thesis, dissertation, or project report in whole or in part in all forms of media, now or hereafter known. I retain all other ownership rights to the copyright of the thesis, dissertation or project report. I also retain the right to use in future works (such as articles or books) all or part of this thesis, dissertation, or project report. |
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