Critical Creative

Ceramics

Anthony Deland — Wed, 10 Oct 2012 15:46:48 +0000

Painting Portfolio

Anthony Deland — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:53:19 +0000

Drawing

Anthony Deland — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:41:03 +0000

I am very attracted to drawing with graphite and Conte, it is one of the simplest and most beautiful forms of art coming only from my mind and the skill I have with a pencil. You can see this influence

Illustration

Anthony Deland — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:30:26 +0000

Re-Present

Anthony Deland — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 20:10:45 +0000

Re-Present is an exploration in the unfinished nature of memory and community; in this case, drawing from the people and my time in Kenya. As I painted, I was struck by what my memory could recall about these scene and

The Icon Paintings – 2004

Anthony Deland — Thu, 20 Sep 2012 19:13:43 +0000

The Icon Paintings were an attempt to illustrate objects, both of interest to me and of daily life in an interesting and aesthetically pleasing way. Taking the mundane and presenting it as Fine Art.

Stop Motion Animation

Anthony Deland — Thu, 10 May 2012 15:25:36 +0000

My after school Art club students created these during the 2011-12 school year.

Salon Style Show Self Selected Art Works

Anthony Deland — Tue, 13 Dec 2011 22:58:16 +0000

MRA Fine Art

Anthony Deland — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 19:12:10 +0000

Teaching and the new paradigm

Anthony Deland — Sun, 26 Dec 2010 22:59:46 +0000

Creativity is inherent in Humans. We must encourage it and help our students to refine it and get better at it. The current system is the opposite. As Sir Ken Robinson points out, students are getting worse at divergent thinking as we mold them into what is deemed culturally normal or academic, as they become "educated." We can teach by setting up explorations in to the problems we present. It is our job as teachers to think in divergent and creative ways in order to conceive of how to make that happen. By teaching students how to solve problems we are creating life long learners and engaging our kids, they may even begin to love coming to school.