Sunday, October 15

Teaching art in a wholistic realm

10-15-2000

Westerly, Suzanne
News From Indian Country

Teaching art in a wholistic realm

Teaching art in a way that is exciting and exercises young minds is how
Allan Jim, of the Navajo Nation, and Dean of Fine Arts at Grey Hills
Academy High School in Tuba City, Arizona, teaches his students.

Last year at the Arizona Arts Educators Association Conference in Tempe,
Allan Jim was given the honor of being High School Division Art Teacher of
the Year in Arizona. He teaches his students to research the subject of
their painting. His approach is wholistic in educating and introducing
Native students to ...