Painting and Drawing teacher David Love, spent the spring break in sunny New Orleans as a featured speaker at the annual National Art Education Association National Convention.
The theme for this year's conference
was "The
Art of Design: Form, Function, and the Future of Visual Arts
Education", a topic relevant to GA today. His presentation entitled
"Enhancing Observational Drawing Through Analysis, Design, and Invention" explored simple,
step-by-step analytical strategies designed to enhance observational
drawing studies and simultaneously nurture student’s inventive abilities
and overall visual confidence. "I am happy to say, the presentation
went really well, " reports Love. "The conference is huge ( over 5,000 art educators) and
there are literally hundreds of presentations. I was really happy ( and
more than a bit relieved) that my presentation drew in a large crowd
on an early Saturday morning, in New Orleans, aka, party capital of the
world. I was definitely aided by the strength of the GA student work,
which was featured prominently. The audience was clearly impressed by
the work." Besides presenting Mr. Love also attended a number of
excellent presentations that touched upon a range of topics he has been exploring including-design thinking, contemporary
painting, community activism and art education in the private school
environment. "Overall it was a really amazing experience and it opened
up my eyes to new ways of taking about and teaching art –and New Orleans
is a pretty amazing place. I find these conferences incredibly
inspiring, so I hope to continue attending these events well into the
future."
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