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Teaching Artist

Design, create and lead residencies and classes for all ages and abilities.

Foster happiness, self-esteem, new skills, artistic self-expression, a climate of caring and belonging.

Focus on "what we can do" rather than any perceived limitations.

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Learning new skills

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joy

sharing or Creating a story in images

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celebrating our abilities

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intergenerational

fun

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celebrating our beauty through creation

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finding your voice

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Comments

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love

play

"Anne was amazing at adapting the mosaics class for our group of Residents living on the dementia unit. Anne and I talked after each class and e-mailed between classes as we evaluated what worked each day, and what needed to be adjusted to meet the needs of the Residents. They each were able to create beautiful art in their own way."

- Activity Director, Older Adult Residence

 

 

"Anne is enthusiastic and knows her medium inside and out. She has a love for people and the kids enjoy her. She makes sure the work gets done and yet keeps it fun. Anne has a big heart and sensitivity to what matters to the people she is working with."

- Ms. Peterson, Hills Beaver Creek High School

self-discovery

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making friends

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community

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creative aging

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smiles

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celebrations

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shared brilliance

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growth

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being silly

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sharing a story

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creatively engaged

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value

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possibilities

I 

can do it!

absorbed

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imagination

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belonging

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sparkle

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I have worked side by side with Anne on dozens of projects and can’t recommend her highly enough. 

 

She is a model of teaching excellence who consistently goes way beyond expectations. She sets up her participants for success every step of the way, personalizing her classes by her attentive honoring of each person’s interests, abilities, and stories. It’s clear she cares deeply for the well-being of each participant. Her high level of enthusiasm and positive outlook are contagious. Laughter and creativity flood the room when she is teaching.  

Anne is masterful at drawing out of her participants what is meaningful to them, then helping them express that artistically in a way that builds their skills and brings them joy. Their creative work is celebrated often during the class and in a public showing at the end. 

Connection, collaboration, and community building are hallmarks of her classes and projects. People have fun together, support each other, and often create large works of community art that involve everyone’s contribution. What each person cares about becomes incorporated into these community pieces and is valued by all.

 

Rarely have I seen a person who so electrifies a room and sparks such eager, ongoing participation. She treats each participant as a fellow artist, and it’s clear they feel her respect and grow in their self-confidence and creative risk-taking as artists.

 

Her participants and the organizers are  overjoyed by her style of artistic facilitation, and she is almost always invited back to lead a group project or class again.

Warmly,

 

Pat Samples
Creative Aging Champion and Collaborator
www.patsamples.com
763-560-5199

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"Anne was amazing at adapting the mosaics class for our group of Residents living on the dementia unit. Anne and I talked after each class and e-mailed between class as we evaluated what worked each day, and what needed to be adjusted to meet the needs of the Residents. They each were able to creat beautiful art in theri own way." -- Activity Director, Older Adult Residence "Anne is enthusiastic and knows her medium inside and out. She has a love for people also and the kids enjoy her. She makes sure the work gets done and yet keeps it fun. Anne has a big heart and sensitivity to what matters to the people she is working with." -- Ms. Peterson, Hills Beaver Creek High School
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