Art TEAMS Path to Emerging Media Arts

Our project-

Art TEAMS (Supported by the US Dept of Education) focuses on Emerging Media Arts. The methodology we created is focused on a process of self-discovery and making artistic choices within the broader framework of contemporary art. To be honest, I started getting worried that our teachers are not exploring enough Emerging Media. Since we did not force the issue in any way I was not sure what would happen at our exhibitions of learning. As I walked through the exhibits almost all included emerging media arts as part of the exhibition.

What did I learn from our current exhibitions of learning:

1. Trust the process. If we provide choices, options, and tools, inquisitive, creative minds will get there independently. Since the path is natural and unforced it will also become more organic.

2. Trust your colleagues. When knowledgeable others lead, just let the process unfold. 

3. Trust your participants /co-researchers. If there is a path, providing opportunities will let creative minds find it.

4. Letting the process unfold over time. We are so used to reaching objectives at the end of a lesson or a week. But the most complex skills and expressions of learning just take much longer to percolate and bubble up.