Credit: Leanne Whynot, Mud Bay BC Chickadee, 2022, photograph.
Thursday Artist Talk: SATA Teachers, "Pedagogy and Praxis"
Join this monthly series organized by Surrey Art Gallery Association. In this edition, Surrey high school art teachers share their practices and methodologies as both artists and educators.
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In conjunction with the exhibit Art by Surrey Secondary Students running until April 27, Surrey Art Teachers Association (SATA) members Leanne Whynot and Sapira Sutton will share their practices as both artists and educators, discussing the connections between their own creative endeavours and art education methodologies.
The Gallery has a long-standing close relationship with SATA, connecting regularly to collaboratively develop programming that contributes to the learning of both young artists and generalist teachers.
About the Speakers
Leanne Whynot is a Visual Arts Teacher at Ecole Salish Secondary. She holds a BFA from Emily Carr University, a BEd from SFU, and a PDP+ from Queens University. She sits on the BC Art Teachers Association executive as the Media Arts and Photography Representative. She also maintains a professional photography practice.
Sapira Sutton is an art teacher, SOGI representative, and sponsors the art club, GSA, and crochet club at LA Matheson Secondary School. Sapira has a BFA, a BEd, and an MEd with a specialization Society, Culture, and Politics in Education. She works in a range of media, working experimentally with a focus on process over product. She strives for an inclusive classroom that centres her students’ full humanity to make space for everyone (including herself) to express themselves.
About SATA
The Surrey Art Teachers Association (SATA) connects local art teachers and students in the pursuit of collegiality and excellence in visual arts instruction. As educators, they provide students with the tools to make connections with their curriculum and to learn about their world. Reflecting the demands of constantly changing educational paradigms, SATA members support each other through the sharing of resources, opportunities, knowledge, and ideas.
About Surrey Art Gallery Association
Surrey Art Gallery Association (SAGA) is a non-profit society that offers its members the opportunity to participate in and respond to contemporary art and be part of a community that actively supports Surrey Art Gallery.
Leanne Whynot
Leanne Whynot, The Isle, 2021.
Sapira Sutton
Sapira Sutton, Resist, mixed media on wood panel.