Jethro

Jethro's presentation was awesome.  I never cease to be amazed by what High School Students can do when they are put in the right environment.  Jethro talked a lot about his portable gallery, he also showed us some of his current work and honestly a lot of it made me feel like... I want to be more of an artist than I am now before I teach.  I've been feeling really nervous that I won't be able to help my students be artists because I don't know if I know how to be one.  We talk a lot in classes like Curriculum about setting up an environment, creating a formula instead of a recipe.  I love thinking about these things and I'm passionate about education, and about art.  But I just don't know HOW to create the right environment.  I loved hearing Jethro talk about all of the things that he's doing.  I loved seeing the work that he's creating right now, and how he helps his students help with it sometimes.  I loved hearing about the ownership that people are taking of their own work.  Making a show.  Advertising it.  Setting it up and making arrangements for that on their own.  His students really take ownership of their work and I think that is so amazing!  I just sometimes feel intimidated because I see what I want to be able to do, but I don't know how to do that on my own.