艺术源于生活、高于生活丨访SACHA老师的FINE ART趣味纯艺课堂

Sasha老师简介

学生作品

美国国籍，毕业于加拿大维多利亚大学艺术专业。现任金苹果双语学校国际部纯艺专业教师，精通英文、中文和西班牙语三门语言。

采访后记

SACHA是一位烂漫而又有才情的教师，在与其交流过程中，他一直强调两点：1､艺术源于生活，高于生活，而纯艺教学就是可以让学生从生活中发现美，并把美的事物映在纸上，传递个人世界观、价值观，人生观。2､无积淀，不艺术，没有积淀，教师可以传授学生技法让学生模仿优秀的纯艺作品，结合自己人生经历，促进灵感迸发。

—— 郑琰老师

采访

F

HI, SACHA, thanks for your giving me the opportunity to interview you, now let’s start from the first question.

你好，SACHA， 谢谢您能给我机会采访您，现在，让我们从第一个问题开始吧。

M

Okay!

F

The first question is in your opinion what's your ideal art class?

第一个问题就是，在你看来，你理想中的艺术课是什么样子的？

M

My ideal arts class? My ideal art class would be to have unlimited material, unlimited supplies and be able to do whatever I want with the students. That's not very possible though.

我理想中的艺术课？我理想中的艺术课应该是有取之不尽的素材，丰富的工具，并且我可以和学生一起做任何我想要做的事情。然而这是难以实现的。

F

What can they get from the art class? Can they achieve?

他们能从艺术课上得到什么？他们能够有所收获吗？

M

Um, I think the students can achieve anything from any class but the students first must want to learn. So, I don't think it really matters if they take art or take science or take math, if the students don't want to learn they're not going to pay attention and they won't achieve anything from any class. So, the idea of my classes though is the students come here and they use their imagination and that's not something that many students get the opportunity to do in most classes. They don't have the opportunity to use their imagination. So, I hope when they come to this class, they learn something new, they're exposed to something new and they get to use their imagination and then let their imagination grow.

嗯，我认为学生们从任何课上都能有所得，但是学生首先需要学习。我认为他们上的是艺术课、科学课也好，或者上的是数学课也罢，这其实都无关紧要，如果学生不想学习，他们就无法集中精力，那么不管他们上的是什么课，他们都学不到东西。所以我上课的理念就是，让学生在课堂上能够发挥他们的想象力，而正是他们在大多数课上都没有机会去做的。他们没有机会发挥他们的想象力。所以我希望他们来上这个课的时候，能够学到一些新的东西，他们能够接触到一些新的东西，他们能够发挥他们的想象力，让他们的创新能力得到提升。

F

How to set exams?

如何设置考试？

M

But that depends because I'm teaching them different concepts all the time. So, each concept has a different approach. For example, one project that I did with the students if you look around, we have a lot of different posters and these posters were supposed to be based off a style of art called constructivism. And you see a lot of these posters in China in the 1960's and 70's and you find them in other countries however not everybody can haveunderstood. So, having one concept and having the students understanding the conceptis one of the most challenging parts is, you can see some of the posters are very much in reference to the old school constructivism? But then a lot of them are not. So, some of the better ones, that one here, that one is the best of the back wall. That one on the corner. These are probably some of the best ones for constructivism.

考试的设置视情况而定，因为我一直以来都在教授给他们不同的概念。每个概念都有不同的方法。比如，如果你调查过的话，你会发现我有一个和学生一起完成的项目，我们做了很多不同的海报，这些海报的设计都是基于一种叫作构成主义艺术概念展开的。你可以在上世纪60年代和70年代的中国看到大量这样的海报，你也可以在其它国家看到这种类型的海报，然后并不是每个人都能理解。因此在教授一种概念时，要让学生理解这个概念，最具挑战性的部分之一就是，你可以看到这些海报中有一些是非常接近老派的构成主义的。但是这些海报中绝大部分又都不是老派的构成主义。那边的那张海报，是这面艺术墙上最优秀的一张。在角落里的那一张。这些可能是最好的构成主义作品。

M

Well, some of these students I've had for a few years already and I've had them for English students before I taught them art so I know their backgrounds, some of them, quite well. Not this class as much but other classes I've known the students already for two years and I can honestly say the thing that brings me the most pride and happiness is not every student is good in every subject but every student is talented. Whether that talent is for chemistry or physics or math or language, every student has a talent and I have students, we could call them perhaps, naughty students in other subject and perhaps they don't excel in most academic fields it's nice to see that when they come into an art class and can see that they can excel at something. They can do well at something. So, that part I like. To be able totake a naughty student and see them excel and grow and explore something different.

有一些学生已经在我这学习几年了，在我给他们上艺术课之前，我教过他们英语，所以我了解他们的背景，其中有一些学生是非常优秀的。不是在这门课上，这些学生我已经教了他们两年其它的课。老实说，最让我觉得骄傲并且高兴的并不是所有学生在每门课上都表现得很有天赋。不管这个学生的天赋是在化学专业、物理专业、数学专业或者语言专业上，每个学生都有他的天赋。我有一些学生，可能这些学生在其它课上表现得并不好，他们在大多数学术领域表现得并不出色。那么如果我看到他们来上艺术课时，能在某方面有出色的表现，这就是件好事。他们能够在某方面有所收获就行。这就是我所喜欢的一点。能够让差生沉浸到学习中，看着他们在某方面变得优秀，看着他们一路成长，能够探索一些不一样的东西。

F

How do you improve their motivation?

你是如何提升他们的自主性的呢？

M

Well, I don't think you can improve a human being’s motivationand creativity. A human being is either motivated or they're not motivated. Motivation comes from within.

我认为一个人的自主性和创新性是无法被揠苗助长的。人类就分两种，一种自主性很强，一种毫不自觉。动力是源自内在的。

F

What kind of method?

你用了什么方法呢？

M

Well, once again I don't think that motivation is something that can be purely taught. Motivation is something that you have as a person. You either want to learn and grow or you simply do not want to learn and grow. So, I don't necessarily not motivate students. I try to get students excited and I hope that through certain images and techniques of art that they get excited and that that excitement is their motivation to want to do those projects. Okay.

再说一遍，我认为光靠教是无法激发一个人的动力的。动力是你自己身上本来就有的东西。要么你就是很乐于学习和成长，要么你就是单纯地不想学习，也不想进步。所以我是不能推着学生前进的。我尝试激发学生的激情，我希望能够通过某种能激发他们热情的艺术形象或者艺术技巧去激起他们，点燃他们心中的动力，让他们自发地去完成这些项目。就是如此。

F

Okay, that’s all.

好的，我的采访到此为止。

M

Okay, good one.

好的，很棒。

学生感言

CFHS 高一美二 赵埈莹，James Cho

We have taken his art classes for 4 months, and I satisfied about his class. It was full of quality content, and no pressure at all. Most of our classmates seemed release their stress with it.

First, I would like to say that there were numerous difficulties in classes, difficulty of communication or improper attitude of some disobedient students, However I can proudly say that our art teacher, Sasha, is a splendid and remarkable teacher. He was enthusiastic on every classes, hardworking and well-prepared.

Furthermore, through his classes. I can improve my oral skill, and most significantly I was able to boost my self-confidence toward speaking. The classes were pretty enjoyable, there were full of interesting contents of art, such as pop art, marble art and etc…. Generally, his class style is very open and encouraging one’s creativity, which is very important capability for students under my age.

Now, it seems everything is fine. I hope he can prolong his excellence in his future endeavor. I will be glad to become his student even in next year.

CFHS高一美二 庄美铃

Although he has been taught us for only 4 months, he has taught us a lot of amazing knowledges and skills about art which I have never experienced before.

Personality, I really would enjoy to attend his class every week. And so far, we had already done with 3 kinds of works in this semester.

First work was creating original wallet case which is made from the cartoon magazine.

Second work was drawing big poster for each group that must be related with the development of China’s technology.

Third work was marble painting, and now we are drawing poster of pop art as a last project in this semester.

His class provides us an opportunity to expose various genre of arts, let us develop our creativity, our way of thinking.

Furthermore, he clearly explains every process of the task, and always willing to provide us some tips to advice how to expand and develop our own idea onto the art work.

Every week, every classes, from every works, we gain a new innovative knowledge and new different perspective from his class.

And I’m expecting that we can acquire more knowledges and skills in next semester!

CFHS 高一美二 吴芃霏

During these few months, I have learned something and gained a different prospective.

He is always makes us concentrate and curious with the work. We make a wallet in the first class, tell us how to make, and cut the picture inside, and let us make the wallet by ourselves, let us learn through practice.

The second class that I remember is the painting class. We use the color which is we like, and paint the color which is colorful or creatable. Then we make a pretty picture. I think he is a funny, friendly, attractive teacher, his class always very open, he always play music for us in the class, he also very responsible for us, he will teach us many things about art . Prepare carefully in the ppt too.

In his class always very relax and learn something interesting.

Hope in next semester can increase more funny things and drawing let us more interested in are through the class.

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