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ART, DESIGN, AND ANTIQUES SHOWCASE FOR TEACHERS
MISSION STATEMENT
The Art, Design, and Antiques Showcase for Teachers seeks to provide gallery space, ideas, and resources toward empowering today's art educators to grow artistically and to help their colleagues in all subjects do the same, while facilitating:
· Teacher professional and aesthetic growth
· The connections between teachers and the wider public and galleries
· Teachers in various fields networking about their creative abilities
· Teacher entrepreneurial opportunities
· Teacher resume and portfolio resources
· Engagement of student interest outside the classroom
THE CASE FOR CREATIVITY
Visual arts and creativity are neglected areas in today’s education, partially due to the flagging economy and the underfinancing of art programs. Art should be the hallmark of student education, however, art programs are being shut down at a frightening rate.
Creativity and right-brain development are necessary for total intellectual performance in all professions. They are as important to artists and designers as they are to managers, engineers, scientists, or technologists. Creativity and out-of-the-box thinking are essential for all teachers to use in daily curriculum development and execution. Teachers are wholly responsible as role models of creativity and for stimulating creativity and original thought in their students.
The present state of affairs, however, is that few chances for creative development are available either to students or teachers in or out of classrooms. Teachers are intellectuals who work hard and deal with diverse intellects, characters, and cultures in their attempts to educate the students and parents. With today's computer technology, teachers no longer feel guilty about not being available to students after school hours, since they are available to students 24/7 through the school’s Internet web site. Unfortunately, this extends the teachers' working hours way beyond the bell. All this leaves teachers little or no time for their own professional development and creative growth. Students, also, expect teachers to be their role models. Teachers, however, do not feel they live up to the test because they are stressed out, underpaid, and deal with hardships including lack of free resources and supplies and the constant “factory line” schedules their classroom work demands.
So, in order to empower our teachers to restore respect for art education and its importance in total education; to restore their revered student role model status; to replenish their energy reserves through the creation of more leisure time; to improve their professional development, employability, and earning opportunities; and to encourage parent and community interaction and support, we offer this Art, Design, and Antiques Showcase for Teachers.
HOW WE WORK
· The Art, Design, and Antiques Showcase for Teachers members will include but are not limited to:
~ Visual art and design teachers and educators of all age groups
~ Artists-in-residence
~ Gallery owners who teach the public and also produce art
~ Art professionals who have taught during any part of their career
~ University professors who teach and create art
~ Teachers of subjects other than art will be welcome. It is truly amazing to see the energy and the visual and creative ideas from areas outside the visual arts.
~ The Art, Design, and Antiques Showcase for Teachers recognizes writing as an art form and is planning, therefore, a space for writers.
· Visual art and design teachers and educators will showcase their own creative work for students, parents, the public, and prospective employers to review on an aesthetically pleasing, easily navigable web site.
· Teachers often collect pieces of art, antiques, family heirlooms, or crafts from their travels inside and outside the United States. Recognizing that art appreciation can be expressed and historical value taught through objects having special meaning to the owner, all such objects belonging to the educators may be showcased and sold.
· Teachers will manage their profiles and images within their gallery, as well as the prices of their works, if offered for sale. Teachers earn 100% of their sales, with no fees taken by this website. Teacher/Artist names will appear on the web site home page, with page links enabling the public to contact them directly. These links also lead to the teacher profiles, biographies, art works, and collections. Additionally, the showcase member can provide a written description of the object, telling of its source, the inspirations behind the creation or collection of the object, mediums used in its creation, and any additional instructional narrative for the object.
· Teachers also will have the opportunity to advertise their own business, private school or tutoring services, web sites, or people on their profile pages. These actions will help develop entrepreneurial and marketing skills.
· Teachers will be encouraged to converse on-line with each other; identify their favorite social networks; organize meetings or field trips; participate in an art colony during vacations; form discussion groups and blog about art, school, and life related topics and issues, as well as about things that make them happy.
· In spite of old and new challenges, the educators in all subjects should plan the specific times where they will work on their own creative and artistic growth. The existence of such personal, scheduled times will provide the opportunity for the teachers to balance their time between work and developing their own aesthetic interests.
THE FUTURE
The Art, Design, and Antiques Showcase for Teachers shows the wider public ~ students, parents, and school administrators, gallery owners, and everyone else ~ the sophistication, education, and intellect of the teachers through their interests and values of beauty and aesthetics in this world.
Technology is rapidly changing, yet the field of education is only just beginning to offer the world the benefits of education through technology. The Art, Design, and Antiques Showcase for Teachers presents a concrete yet Internet-accessible learning tool with a broad array of knowledge for the student and public. It allows educators to bring themselves, their education, and the many aspects of their knowledge and experience ~ in essence, their “teacher’s brand” ~ to students and a world wide audience. Teachers definitely have the educational, technological, and creative potential to be a true force in leading our society out of these economic and cultural doldrums.
When the artist is alive in any person... he becomes an inventive, searching, daring, self-expressing creature. He becomes interesting to other people. He disturbs, upsets, enlightens, and he opens ways for better understanding. 
(Robert Henri)
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