Teaching

Claire has been teaching in and out of the classroom since 2003, working with students ranging in age from preschool through adults. She loves the work of engaging with artists of all ages, building their foundation of skills and fostering their individual voices as they work to discover their own creative agency. Since 2016, she has been working with third and fourth graders, whose artistic identities and self image as artists are just beginning to take shape. Sometimes their joy for making knows no bounds, and other times, like any of us, they can get stuck in their challenges. Claire believes her primary job is to help students cultivate their own artistic confidence, to name their pride as well as their challenges, and to see and value the artist in themselves, especially when being an artist isn’t at the forefront of their identity. She absolutely loves her job.