This show is a celebration of artists who teach grades K-12. We often spend so much time and energy motivating and helping our students create, that we risk neglecting our own craft. Our jobs require us to assume various roles–nurturer, parent, and coach–and achieve a myriad of goals–to inspire, teach technique and regulate students of varying emotional, social, and developmental levels. We do all of this because it is important work, but in our field, teaching others often overshadows our own artistic development. This show is a reminder to ourselves and to others that the reason we teach is because we value the creative process. In order to support our students we must devote time to our own artistic practice. Our teaching feeds our art making and our art making feeds our teaching. This symbiotic relationship allows us to lead by example and helps us seek the difficult balance between giving to others through teaching and giving to our own work as artists.
CURATED BY:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, Elizabeth Menges
LOCATION:
Nave Gallery (Teele Square), 155 Powder House Blvd, Somerville, MA
OPENING RECEPTION:
Saturday, January 18, 2020; 3:00 pm-5:00 pm
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EXHIBITION DATES:
January 18, 2020 – February 29, 2020
GALLERY HOURS:
Saturdays and Sundays, 1:00 pm-5:00 pm
ARTISTS:
Damon John Burnard
Kayla McKenna
Polly Ford
Caroline Calhoun
Yuliya Paylor
Dana Lanciloti
Aimée Archambault
Brian Enes
Julie Hom-Mandell
Katherine Bergeron
Becky Barsi
Jessica Beck
Sarah G Hirsch
Bianca Hegre
Erin O’Donnell
Deborah Milligan
Doug Johnson
Alissa Gillis
Cat Ciccolo
Lisa Conrad
Amanda L Hockensmith
Emily Manning-Mingle
ABOUT THE CURATORS:
Melissa Chaney, Amanda Kilton, and Elizabeth Menges are artists and teachers in Cambridge Public Schools.
