Positive Space: Conversation in Art Foundations

This episode of Positive Space feature interviews with participants in the FATE affiliate session at the Mid-America College Art Association (MACCA) Conference. At the FATE panel, participants were a…

We speak with Andrew McCauley, Vice President of FATE's Biennial Conference. He speaks about the upcoming conference, Foundations in Flux, and all the events surrounding it, how it's different from p…

How can we encourage students to be comfortable in the discomfort of the creative process? How can we stay energized in a field where burn out is very common? We unpack these questions and many more …

Positive Space talks with Libby McFalls, Professor of Art and Foundations Coordinator at Columbus State University. She discusses how to change a foundations curriculum by asking "What are we good at…

Positive Space talks with Guen Montgomery MACAA representative for the FATE Board of Directors. She discusses the changing curriculum at the University Illinois Urbana-Champaign and turns the table o…

Joshua Brinlee discusses his role as Foundations Coordinator at the University of Mississippi, the idea of living in the question and the tenure process.
Joshua Brinlee received his MFA in Studio Art…

In this episode Positive Space sits down with Anthony Watkins, Associate Professor of Graphic Design at Sam Houston State University. Watkins discusses foundations effect on Graphic Design, teaching …

In this episode Positive Space speaks with Michael Marks, Associate Professor of Art and Foundations Program Coordinator at the South Carolina School of the Arts at Anderson University. Michael discu…

In this episode Positive Space speaks with Jesse Payne, Head of the Drawing Studio and Assistant Professor in the Art & Design Foundations Department at Virginia Commonwealth University, based in Doh…

We discuss creative detours, the mystery of art, becoming comfortable in your own skin as well as the habit and repetition and the true courage it takes to make things, with artist and educator, Gary…

Experimentation is something everyone talks about, but rarely are practical examples of how to implement experimentation within our creative studios and classroom spaces deeply examined. Lily Kuonen…

This episode was recorded live at the FATE panel at the 106th Annual College Art Association Conference held in Los Angeles. The FATE panel was moderated by Naomi Falk, the FATE CAA Representative.

David Janssen, Jr. is an artist, designer and educator. He is a current third year MFA candidate at the University of Idaho who is graduating in May 2018. He is teaching both foundation level courses…

Artist, educator & Gallery Director, Shannon Rae Lindsey, reflects on her evolving art practice and how a curiosity of material possibilities has informed her approach to foundations curriculum. In o…

A dynamic conversation with Susan Altman, artist and educator at Middlesex County College. We discuss how she has seen education change in her over thirty years of experience in the classroom, projec…

Awakening students to their passion, while bringing the fullness and honesty of his experiences into the studio classroom, Brian Hitselberger, Assistant Professor of Painting and Printmaking at Peidm…

Jessica Mongeon, Visiting Assistant Professor of Studio Foundations at Arkansas Tech University, discusses student habits, using technology in the classroom & strategies for creating inclusive learni…

Unpacking trends in foundations pedagogy, Emily Ward Bivens, Professor of Time-Based Art at the University of Tennessee, discusses the benefit of introducing students to performative activites, mento…