About Me
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- Location: Waterbury, Vermont, United States
Nan is a licensed art educator (K-12) and gifted education specialist ( PreK-12). She is a member of the Teaching for Artistic Behavior partnership (TAB), National Art Education Association & National Association for Gifted Children.
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Wednesday, January 30, 2008
Is it a Cheetah?
One of my favorite essays about giftedness and gifted education is the classic Is it a Cheetah, by Stephanie Tolan (see link above). She compares gifted children to cheetahs, using a poignant metaphor. RMS students recently adopted the cheetah as their school mascot, and have explored this metaphor through their art, in a Wednesday Workshop format (see next post for further description of WW’s). During a two hour studio session, students employed the cheetah as their subject, while creating paintings, collages, clay sculpture, stencils, drawings and ceramic tiles. The conversation was engaging, and the results a welcome addition to our hall art display; Are you a cheetah?
