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Learning by Heart: Teachings to Free the Creative Spirit

by Corita Kent

Exercises for opening up creative practice

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Exercises for opening up creative practice

Corita Kent’s book approaches creativity through practical art-making exercises developed from her work as an art teacher. The activities connect drawing and painting with broader habits of attention: challenging fear, welcoming new directions, and noticing links between objects and ideas. Three hundred illustrations accompany the projects, while this revised edition adds a foreword and a chart of curriculum standards. The emphasis is on creative practice as something that can be explored through making, observation, and classroom-ready activities.

Good fit for readers who enjoy

  • Art teachers seeking project and exercise ideas
  • People interested in drawing, painting, and creative practice
  • Readers exploring ways to bring art activities into learning

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Creative practiceDrawing and paintingObservation and connectionArt education

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Book overview

Learn how to challenge fears, be open to new directions, recognize connections between objects and ideas, and much more in this remarkable, indispensable guide to freeing the creative spirit within all of us.

"I think on some mystical level that Jan Stewart and Corita Kent were joined at the tip in the creation of Learning by Heart. The mystery of life is apparent in the creative expression of their work together"--Bob Bates, Co-founder, Inner-City Arts

Artist and educator Corita Kent inspired generations of artists, and the truth of her words "We can all talk, we can all write, and if the blocks are removed, we can all draw and paint and make things" still shines through.

This revised edition of her classic work Learning by Heart features a new foreword and a chart of curriculum standards. Kent's original projects and exercises, developed through more than 30 years as an art teacher and richly illustrated with 300 thought-provoking images, are as inspiring and as freeing today as they were during her lifetime.

With new material by art world heavyweights Susan Friel and Barbara Loste, Learning by Heart brings creative inspiration into the 21st century!
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