Art Education

Create art because it’s good for you, not because you’re good at it.

Speaking with parents, educators and children I’m reminded about how important art education is for our growth. No other field of study allows you and even encourages you to fail to learn.

“Don’t think, just paint”

“Improvise, there’s no wrong answer”

“Don’t worry about the outcome, learn from the process”

Can you imagine if those practices were implemented in the field of medicine?

“Don’t think, just cut”

“Improvise, there’s no wrong answer”

“Don’t worry about the patients outcome, as long as you learned something”

We only learn from our mistakes and to that end we need a field of study and an encouraging space to make those mistakes. A common theme in the world is companies seeking leaders who can think outside the box. However, traditional fields of study DO NOT teach that skill se.

We need the untraditional. We need the weird. We need the odd. Change will only happen when we change our approach.

Art is important to me and it should be important to everyone because it’s the way we tell stories. It’s our way of telling our story. The story of us. The story that was. The story that can be. The stories that live within all of us that are waiting to be expressed by the unconventional.