Happy Friday. I’m back teaching my favorite course this spring - the Psychology of Creativity to my undergraduate art educators. I’m being reminded of how stoked and joyful I feel when creating with students, a much welcomed counter to the collective challenges being felt. The art room and art studios are such important places. They are settings of escape, experimentation, creativity, and my favorite - play. There's something about teaching creativity and revisiting the weekly themes with students that heightens my creative antennae to where they connect in my daily life (or it's probably also because like the art teacher I am, I love sharing as many cultural connections to nerd out with my students). Here’s what I shared with my students this week in class.
This pizza video from
- The United States of Pizza, mapsplained. I love seeing the look on my students' faces when I start talking about how creativity is a lot like pizza during my “what is creativity?” seminar.
- ’s Substack post Dream Spaces, Creative Places where I learned about transgender artist Edie Fake. My art teacher brain is exploding, an excellent artist to highlight in art teaching.
Crocuses I drew in my journal this week, inspired by my front yard.
How a meme cartoon led my household conversation to learning more about the artist, Thomas Cole Who was Thomas Cole? Overview of Famous Hudson River School Artist
Something my students taught me this week - “To be cringe is to be free” https://www.tiktok.com/@sheteachesart?lang=en
Thomas Cole is the MAN! Love him.