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Young artists need to exhibit their work just as much as professionals. I feel strongly that students feel connected with the greater art world. It validates what they do, and the public need to see the importance of art and that it is important to our humanity.

My underlying philosophy of teaching art is to allow students to develop their own voice. In our classrooms, we watch to see whether a student works from the wrist or gestures from the elbow or makes an expressionist mark. Then we encourage the student to work in a way that is natural for the individual. By exhibiting art, students discover how others respond to their work. We aren't worried that some might feel overshadowed by more seasoned artists. I think the student work holds up quite well.

Our goal is to build such strong programs that if there were any suggestion that they would be cut, it would cause the community to come unglued.

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