Teaching Beyond the Curriculum
Abstract
How do we teach artists and designers to develop and evolve transformative practices over the next six to seven decades of their life path? The pedagogical approach of a love praxis prioritizes connectivity, presence and inspired action to meet this aim. For the practitioner to continually name what is important and maintain a sense of belonging is to be a grounded and caring conscious creator in the midst of continuous variables and change. Central to sustaining a lifelong critical creative practice is the establishment of responsive systems, interdisciplinary approaches, and embodied action. This pedagogical framework is an external creative vision of respect and freedom for all humans and an internal utilization of the magnificent technologies and systems in the body. To create and sustain a transformative practice is to lead with an ethic of love and embrace human neuroplasticity and adaptability.
Anne Gaines is an Associate Professor of Contemporary Art Practice at Parsons School of Design. Anne explores methodologies for care and love for learning, community building and transformative change. Anne has received grants from the Surdna Foundation, the Luce Charitable Trust, the Coyne Family Foundation among others and was a collaborator on a project funded by the National Science Foundation. An Inner Alignment Practitioner, Anne has a certificate in Embodied Social Justice with Transformative Programs.
6:30 pm - 8:00 pm
Wednesday 15th November, 2023