Arts& Entertainment
Arts& Entertainment
Walking theTalk
AREA VISUAL ARTIST-EDUCATORS DISCUSS THEIR DUAL-DUTY ROLES. by G. M. Corrigan + photos by Chris Jackson
Gandhi may have put it more elegantly with his dictum,“ Become the change that you want to see in the world,” but pop culture’ s“ walking the talk” more concisely captures the age-old maxim of practice what you preach. It’ s a quality embodied by the educator-artist, a breed of instructor that undoubtedly benefits avid students— and one that the region seems to enjoy a profusion of. The question is, how does the doing— the painting, the drawing, the sculpting, the imaging, and their elaboration and exhibiting— specifically translate into teaching and learning advantage and why?
SCULPTING THE NEXT GENERATION“ What’ s most important is I’ m always developing my artwork,” says Joan Bontempo, clay-mixed media sculptor, Art Department coordinator, lead faculty and associate professor of art at Hagerstown Community College, who thinks the
MIKE MENDEZ
The give and take between student and teacher has inspired Mike Mendez’ s photogram work. Get a feel for this unique photography style at www. shepherd. edu / artweb / gallery / faculty _ detail _ mmendez. php.