Saturday Art at Miami University
FALL 2021
Overview
Miami University Art Education's Practicum is the Saturday Art Program, where students are assignment a grade level/range, and are tasked with creating 6 lesson plans around an overarching theme, and then promoted to teach those 6 lessons on Saturday morning over the course of 7 weeks (1 week break in between). Our theme for the Fall 2021 semester was 'Discovery', and I approached it with ideas on self-discovery and self-reflection, getting the artists to dig deep and connect to their inner self and creative, showing me their confidence and true self. I was given the opportunity to serve as the art teacher for HS-Adult, the largest range, having 9 students total. My students varied from 9th grade, all the way up to 70 years old, so I had a very diverse group of artists in my classroom.