Georgia

On this page, we offer a snapshot of the stories of Georgia art educators, selecting direct quotations, each of which represent a unique participant. Due to the confidential nature of the data, the teacher’s names, and mention of their school or district have been removed. 


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Changes to Curricular Content:

“I'm teaching a little bit scared, which is a weird place to be in. I know these are valuable artists for my students to learn about. I know we could be creating such meaningful art pieces, but I’m going to get in trouble if we do it. I have been in the last couple years just focusing so much more on skill development, which sucks. They love to learn how to mix colors and everything, but I think I've been just kind of art for art's sake and skill development and not taking it to that next step of having them actually create meaning from their artwork.” - Art Educator, Georgia

Impact on Students:

“I want my students to know that their voice can have an impact through their art making, and I have some pretty cool examples of that. They’ve discovered that they also kind of feel like they have to censor themselves. I feel like the students understand, usually just if they ask, ‘Can I do this?,’ I remind them, ‘You're in public school in the South. Could I hang it outside the principal's office?’” - Art educator, Georgia

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