Steam is Thriving at GOPA!

STEAM is thriving at the School of Government and Public Administration this year!

Art teacher Mr. Jones of GOPA is developing compelling STEAM projects for his STEAM students that challenge them to think critically while they develop knowledge about the Elements of Art and the Principles of Design.

In Mr. Jones' class recently WPU Art Professor in Residence Triada Samaras interviewed Mr. Jones' about the art projects in class:  "In works of art there are guidelines and these guidelines tend to be constructed as rules.  However, there are really no rules in art.  My students employed the guidelines of color, symmetry, and object placement effectively and in their own style to create pleasing visual images.  In the worlds of science and math there ARE hard and fast rules. The training that the students receive in my art class will hopefully allow them to go back to their other classrooms and to recombine the rules in science and math to create new ideas.  I'm teaching the students to think critically."  

Art PIR Triada Samaras also interviewed one of Mr. Jones' art students, Stephany Guzman, while she was creating art in the classroom.  Stephany relates:
"Art is important in the way it gets messages out to the world. People all over the world can connect with other people through art even though they don't speak the same language.  You can express yourself in your own way."