In the Night Studio: The Professional Artist As an Educational Role Model

Abstract

There is an assumption within art education that the use of professional artists as role models is appropriate for students learning about art-making in the art classroom. Little attention has been given to determining whether or not such individuals can effectively and appropriately serve in this educational capacity. In order to raise questions about that assumption, this article examines a biography of one professional artist and reviews recent research on the psychological and social circumstances that facilitate professional art-making. Other research is reviewed that suggests the creation of those circumstances in the classroom where student art-making takes place is complicated and perhaps cannot be accomplished in a meaningful way.

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