On Display August 1-29, 2023
Opening Reception on Friday, August 11th 5:30-8pm
Marvin Pauls taught art at Hellgate High School for 29 years,
figuring out fairly quick that to have successful student outcomes,
he had to continually practice his creative art making skills. He
needed to make samples using the same media that the students
would be using and provide clear written instructions that explained
the idea formulation underlying each project. Marvin also
demonstrated the various ideas and media regularly along the way
to help students learn new creative processes. A lot of his teacher
prep time (mostly the evenings and weekends) was spent making
samples and practicing new techniques. Much of this work began in
Marvin’s own sketchbooks and then he completed them with the same
substrate and media the students would also be using.
Over the years, as Marvin kept modifying and improving the projects,
he continued to make samples for classes and explored working out the ideas by making his own pieces of art; practicing many of the same
concepts he taught and developed by exploring them for his own
artistic growth. These concepts include: rule of thirds, mixing media,
social commentary, trace and erase, negative space, playful
discovery, found object and various drawing techniques.
This art show displays a range of some of the successful pieces he has produced throughout his teaching career. Some of the pieces are project samples, some started out as live demos during class which he developed later, and many are things Marvin did for himself while playing and practicing what he was teaching. The results are years of a documented teaching process showing the production of beautiful images.
For more information about this show, you can contact Heather at htaylor@frameofmindmt.com or by phone at 406-549-8589.
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