Workshops
With a deep commitment to arts education, my experience includes developing and facilitating workshops for young people aged 5 to 18 in both public and private schools, as well as for adults in diverse educational and creative settings.
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Each workshop is thoughtfully designed around a specific theme, combining experiential learning with the exploration of new artistic skills and techniques. My approach focuses on collaboration, upcycling, and creative inquiry, fostering an environment where participants enhance their artistic abilities while also developing essential skills such as teamwork, coordination, and mutual respect.
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Workshops are customized to meet the needs of the class, group, and context. This flexibility enables the exploration of specific curriculum topics, interdisciplinary activities, and thematic focuses, ensuring that each session is relevant and engaging for all participants.
Material Play
This approach encourages artists to play with materials in unconventional ways, without having a specific
end goal in mind. The focus is on exploring the properties of different materials, which often leads to surprising textures.
The materials themselves can reveal new possibilities, demonstrating how engaging deeply with them can lead to a variety of outcomes and how different approaches can yield diverse results.
Collaborative learning
The collaborative learning approach involves students of all ages participating together in an artistic project by sharing ideas and combining their skills. This methodology fosters creativity by
integrating diverse perspectives and techniques, leading to a new approach to creating artwork through social interaction. Working together helps overcome challenges and enriches everyone’s learning experience. Each participant’s contributions aim to enhance the group’s motivation, which is reflected as a unique mark in the final piece. This approach, customized for different activities,
facilitates skill exchange, allowing students to learn from one another, and develops problem-solving and communication skills as
they progress and make decisions together.
Learning by doing
Introducing students to a hands-on and practical interdisciplinary approach can be achieved by using a variety of materials, both from and outside traditional art supplies. This method allows for the creation and realization of a project. Each phase complements the other: a drawing evolves into a painting, which ultimately transforms into either a daily object or an art piece in itself. Simple theoretical inputs on art, crafts, and design establish a foundation for the practical sessions. These inputs help set a theme and provide references and a framework throughout the activity. Concluding with a reflective moment encourages participants to share the final output of their projects, explaining their choices, the challenges they faced, and the satisfaction they experienced. By engaging with the practical aspects of learning-by-doing, the workshop helps participants of all ages overcome limitations and stereotypes that may hinder the creative process. This approach fosters creativity and critical thinking, leading to a deeper understanding of the topic and a more comprehensive view of one's surroundings.
Overcoming Stereotypes: Methodology | Techniques
When faced with a new project, we often feel intimidated and blocked, especially when staring at a blank sheet of paper. The questions that arise can slow us down and prevent us from moving forward. By experimenting with a technique, we understand the steps needed to complete a drawing or artwork. The resulting methodology becomes a logical reference, answering the questions that initially blocked us. The goal is to overcome stereotypes and stimulate personal reflections that are then expressed on paper.
