Teaching

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Ever since cave paintings, art has been a language that we need to communicate the human condition. While what we choose to say is subjective, the ability to say it is not. 

I meet each student where they are and bring them closer to artistic fluency. 

I am ilan Laks, an artist and art teacher with over thirty years of professional experience. 

I teach in Portland and privately at my Studio.

 My first art teaching job was way back in the nineties at Atherton High in California. I have been teaching art as a part of my art practice ever since.

I have taught in elementary schools, high schools, camps, and college level. I have taught team building art classes for many groups of adults.

I started AudioCinema in 2005, and Robertson Art Space in 2015.

I teach a studio art class. I teach students how to create what they see, what they think, and what they feel, and how to combine those elements. 

I work with each student to come up with an idea, we then use the space and materials in the studio to best execute the project.

Projects can take one, a few, or many sessions to complete. These projects include painting, drawing, portraits, sculpture, puppets, miniatures, and stop motion character creation.

I break down the object to its basic parts and we build it back up. I teach them new ways to look at, execute, and produce art. 

I have attained a level of fluency in studio arts, and I am able to teach what I know.