‘Surrendering to creative discipline is neither simple nor straightforward. Understandings created by expressive exploration can be dynamically unsettling’ Bolton (2005: 49)

Within session 3 the focus was on the Artists’ studio, the surrounding environment and we were encouraged to respond to our environment using a variety of media and methods. Quick exploratory directional line which moved from one object to the other, leading the viewer into the scene was the focus but was not easily achievable. Continue reading Session 3 →

Jokela,T (2008) A Wandering Landscape: Reflections on the Relationship between Art and the Northern Environment. In Art Community and Environment (ed Coutts and Jokela) Bristol: Intellect

‘What is a ‘Northern’ Arts Based Research Methodology and is it useful to us as Artist Teachers who do not reside in the ‘North’?

A Northern arts based Research Methodology would imply a process of working within a specific location or place using particular materials available. This appears to be the message from Jokela’s reflections on art in the Northern Environment, that we all have the ability ‘to make our mark on the landscape’Jokela (2008) and be influenced by it. Continue reading Northern Perspectives →

TOPIC 1: Wednesday 12 October, 2012 2 Critical readings

Please read and reflect on both James Hall’s and Terry Parker’s articles and respond in the Discussion Board to the question’ What does it feel like right now to be setting out on an Artist Teacher course of study?’ Continue reading Topic 1 →