issac said...
What is the difference between an artist and an art educator?
3:26 PM
elaine said...
An artist makes art to communicate what he wants to communicate, through an excellence of artistic demonstration.
An art educator communicates the process of making art well to others, thus relaying the beneficial skills and values of art-making to students.
10:37 PM
issac said...
How can one know, and thus communicate, the process of making art well without being an artist himself/herself?
12:30 AM
elaine said...
That's true.
In the process of perfecting the profession of being an art educator, one is in the by-process of being a better artist.
But the motivation is different. The art educator wants to be better, and so learns to make art better - making art thereby being an artist. The artist always wants to be better, for the pure sake of making art better.
In both forms, making art better equates to perfecting skills, creative expression, and maturity of thought and ideas for communication.
In some ways, the artist is seen to be 'for art's sake' and thereby a purist. He puts up an art exhibition and moves the public that views it and takes it in. The art educator can be seen to bastardize the purity of artistic expression because his purposes and intents are different.
But the art educator seeks to communicate the values of art, through communicating the skills of art-making. This is how he relates with his public. Hence he will always look to perfect his teaching skills. An artist may not necessary be a good teacher.
4:32 AM
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