In a TAB-choice studio, students are regarded as artists.

  • Students are expected to do the work of artists
  • Students direct their own learning
  • Students create their own art problems to solve
  • Students learn to persevere through difficulties
  • Students learn to trust their own judgment
  • Students learn to be organized
  • Students learn to manage their time
  • Students reflect on their work

In a TAB-choice studio, students choose what to work on.

  • Students learn best and work harder when they are excited by what they are working on
  • When students design their own work, they understand why they are doing what they are doing and engage much more deeply with their learning
Artistic Behaviors
  • I create original art
  • I develop my artmaking skills
  • I communicate through my work
  • I observe
  • I take risks
  • We collaborate
  • I solve problems
  • I reflect
  • I have a global awareness of ceramics
  • I contribute to a positive studio environment
This is a ceramics studio; therefore, there is no choice of medium.

Students that enter this program are beginning ceramic artists and need to develop necessary technical skills before being able to create their own art through this medium.
 
So…the curriculum is divided into thirds leading toward true artistic behavior.

  • First THIRD – Students are introduced to necessary skills and practice these skills through projects designed to show development of the skills.

  • Second THIRD – Students choose and apply the necessary skills to accomplish a goal set by teacher. Students begin to work with themes.

  • Final THIRD – Students demonstrate artistic behavior by developing and completing their own projects related to a theme of their choice. They are 100% in charge of their own project from inspiration to planning, to creation, to reflection, to assessment. Through this project, students demonstrate mastery of the skills and artistic behaviors learned during the school year.
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