Abstract
Have you ever had a week when the relevancy of your art education practice came into high relief? During 7 days of teaching inner city students about sculpture while discovering new museum education research, I confirmed my belief that carefully designed encounters with works of art are powerful tools for developing students' vocabulary and critical and creative thinking skills.
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Sara Mark Lesk
Sara Mark Lesk teaches D.C. public school students in the Art Around the Corner program at the National Gallery of Art (http://www.nga.gov) and for Live It Learn It, a nonprofit experiential learning organization (http://www.liveitlearnit.org). E-mail: [email protected].