8 Studio Habits of Mind
Develop Craft
Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.
Engage & Persist
Learning to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance, to develop focus conducive to working and persevering at tasks.
Envision
Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
Express
Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.
Observe
Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary “looking” requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.
Reflect
Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.
Stretch & Explore
Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Understand Community
Learning to interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across the art field) and within the broader society. Arts is in parenthesis here as it can easily be switched with other disciplines, like science or history.
Develop Craft
Learning to use tools, materials, artistic conventions; and learning to care for tools, materials, and space.
Engage & Persist
Learning to embrace problems of relevance within the art world and/or of personal importance, to develop focus conducive to working and persevering at tasks.
Envision
Learning to picture mentally what cannot be directly observed, and imagine possible next steps in making a piece.
Express
Learning to create works that convey an idea, a feeling, or a personal meaning.
Observe
Learning to attend to visual contexts more closely than ordinary “looking” requires, and thereby to see things that otherwise might not be seen.
Reflect
Learning to think and talk with others about an aspect of one’s work or working process, and learning to judge one’s own work and working process and the work of others.
Stretch & Explore
Learning to reach beyond one’s capacities, to explore playfully without a preconceived plan, and to embrace the opportunity to learn from mistakes.
Understand Community
Learning to interact as an artist with other artists (i.e., in classrooms, in local arts organizations, and across the art field) and within the broader society. Arts is in parenthesis here as it can easily be switched with other disciplines, like science or history.