Abstract
In this article I make a case for holistic art education and demonstrate the transformative power of art and art teachers through two interconnected stories. The first is about my introduction to art in my sixth-grade class, and how this experience changed my life. The second, set more than fifty years later, is about my retirement from and return to teaching. These stories address why a holistic approach to teaching is so important and relevant today; relate how I came to develop my own approach; and describe how I implemented it in a teacher-training course. The message they send is that art matters and that we as artists and art educators need to keep on doing what we do.
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Bates, Jane K.
(2021)
"Keep On Going...,"
Artizein: Arts and Teaching Journal: Vol. 6:
Iss.
1, Article 8.
Available at:
https://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/atj/vol6/iss1/8
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