Comments on: Learning, Teaching, Learning

By: Leah

Leah — Fri, 07 May 2010 02:35:52 +0000

Kristen,
Thanks so much! Yeah, it’s funny how learning and teaching go hand in hand. It looks like you are doing some teaching giving short art history lessons to two kindergarten classes. That’s great!

I remembered Sister Corita’s Rules for Teachers and Students
https://www.corita.org/coritadb/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=19
Some places on the internet say they are John Cage’s rules and another place said just #10 was his. Anyway, I enjoy them.

Kelly, thanks so much!I I’m very encouraged to do some online classes. I spent the better part of the day watching Teesha Moore’s journaling on YouTube.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Thu, 06 May 2010 20:10:50 +0000

Your book is fantastic Leah! I have never book binded myself. I love how you went into how you teach and how you’d like to move and grow as a teacher. i LOVE learning and have been toying with the idea of teaching down the road. Thanks for you insight. Oh and an artist statement – def need to do one of those someday. Alyson B. Stanfield is a wealth of information for art biz. Thanks!

By: Kelly

Kelly — Thu, 06 May 2010 16:31:44 +0000

this book is more and more beautiful every time i look at it, Leah! i too learned so much from DJ, and from you!, about the value of just doing what speaks to you. i think we both went our own way in that class and produced things we truly learned from. i’ve been able to take the techniques DJ taught us and start applying them to other things too. i do like technique based learning more than project based. i’ve been taking roben-marie’s urban journal class and putting my own spin on that from what i learned from DJ. so when are you going to do some online classes so i can play along?

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 04 May 2010 19:56:18 +0000

Kathleen, thanks so much for reading! Ahh, the artist statement… I think it’s ever changing. As we grow, our work does and so does what we want to say about it. To me it’s interesting how much my work informs me of myself… just another way of getting to know who I am.

Julie, thanks for writing! I am teaching a bookbinding/bookmaking class at SCRAP http://www.scrap-sf.org/ on July 10th.
Description to be determined soon. So far, that’s what I’ve got scheduled. I’ll put you on my mailing list for upcoming classes.

By: Kathleen

Kathleen — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:42:44 +0000

Thanks for sharing your thoughts and the link to developing an artist statement. I have always struggled with my artist statement and never feel really comfortable with it. I’ll check out the link and see how I do. Be sure to let us know how your process goes!

By: Julie Jordan Scott

Julie Jordan Scott — Tue, 04 May 2010 18:28:02 +0000

Wow. I love what you are saying here, Leah, and can relate completely. Bookbinding is something I want to learn. Offering any classes this Summer?

I am working on a new art form myself… I blogged about it just a second ago (isn’t that ironic?)

LOVE! LOVE! LOVE!