In this episode, host Beth Cougler Blom talks with Linda M. Anderson about teaching art to many different kinds of learners in community, school, social service, and personal settings. Linda shares stories from her lifelong journey as an artist and educator, including how she builds confidence, adapts her teaching, and helps people keep creating through challenge and change.
Beth and Linda also talk about:
- Learning from mentors and seeking out feedback
- The importance of answering learners' "why" questions
- Teaching people who are blind or losing their sight
- Creating supporting spaces where learners can take risks
- Using art to build connection, confidence, and meaning
Connect with Linda M. Anderson
Linda Anderson is a BC artist, educator, and writer with extensive experience teaching art in a wide range of community, school, and social service settings. She has worked with visually impaired artists through CNIB, taught art therapy, led workshops for artist groups across many BC communities, and facilitated her own "Communicating with Colour" sessions for learners of all ages.
Linda's work has been featured in prominent shows and in Artists of BC, and she has created murals, commissioned portraits, and paintings for a variety of public and private spaces. In addition to her visual art, she also writes poetry and short prose. Connect with Linda on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/linda.anderson.914828. She is in the middle of creating a new website.
Links From the Episode
Bill Alexander, originator of The Magic of Oil Painting
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