Trish Goodfield
“How to Teach Art & Craft”
“How to Teach Art & Craft”
Tell
us a little about your business TrishAlan Designs and your role?
TrishAlan Designs primarily hand
dyes fabric and threads; creates needlework charts & kits; and makes and
sells Kumihimo supplies. We wholesale our fabric and threads to the craft
industry. My husband
Alan and I often joke that I am the creative genius and he is the business brains. In reality the roles are not as easily divided as that.
Alan and I often joke that I am the creative genius and he is the business brains. In reality the roles are not as easily divided as that.
What
are the five words that people who know you would use to describe you?
Enthusiastic, Positive,
Proactive, Resilient and Creative,
Tell us about your new book “How
to Teach Art & Craft” and how your book can help Artist, Designers &
Creative Professionals?
“How to Teach Art & Craft”
provides all the information that Artists, Designers & Creative
Professionals will need to start teaching their skills and knowledge to others.
After reading the book, Creatives will know how to: tailor their classes for
different venues, technologies and personality types; avoid all the legal and
business pitfall; value themselves and price their classes accordingly;
indentify their teaching style & personality; indentify and develop
strategies for dealing with difficult participants; teach different
generations, attitudes and values; develop handouts, write instructions and use
questions and answers; write and use learning objectives and lesson plans;
identify safety and risk management issues and much more. Experienced Teachers
will also benefit by encouraging them to teach in different venues and make use
of new technologies.
By Trish Goodfield
What was the purpose on starting and
how has this book come about?
While on a break from my
teaching schedule at a Craft Show I overheard a Participant in another class
beating herself up that she hadn’t been able to do the skill being taught in
the class. She commented to her friend that only one person in the class had
been able to do it. During a later conversation with the show organisers I
commented that this sort of thing said more about the teaching than the
learning. They asked me to write an
article on teaching at Craft Shows. At the end of this article I offered
readers a copy of my lesson plan template. I was inundated with requests. These
requests were accompanied by comments stating that there wasn’t any
comprehensive information on how to teach.
I did my own research and
was actually quite surprised that there wasn’t any information out there. I
started writing the book to provide Artists, Designers and Creative
Professionals another opportunity to earn an income from their passion.
What
are the most common issues that relate to artists &designers who come to see you in your business?
Many Artists and Designers lack
the confidence to stand up in front of people so therefore dismiss teaching as
an option. The book covers other teaching options such an various online
methods, magazine project submissions etc
Tell
us more about your services that you provide
to the creative industry ?
In addition to the book, “How to
Teach Art & Craft” is available as an Online Course and as a Face to Face Training Package. Both have approx 12 hours contact time. The Training Packages are
‘active’ courses where Participants get to practice the skills and receive
immediate feedback. There is also an Online Forum for Purchasers of the Book
and Course Participants to receive continuing mentoring.
Tell
us about your process for working with clients?
I always meet Participants
where they are at. I try to find out as much as possible about their ‘teaching’
goals so that information and feedback is something they can use immediately.
At the same time I encourage people to move out of their comfort zone and have
a go at some of the strategies that they don’t believe they will ever use. The
course time is a safe experimental zone for them.
Kumihimo Kits
What
advice can you offer to artists & designers who are just starting out?
Throughout the book there are
suggestions for getting started on your teaching journey. My best bit of advice
is to do your planning. The better prepared you are before stepping into a
teaching situation the more the learning will flow.
Do
you have a book that you would like to recommend?
Yes, mine, “How to Teach Art
& Craft” by Trish Goodfield.
Where
do we find your product and services?
TrishAlan Designs: Old Petrie
Town, Dayboro Rd. Petrie. Qld.
Email:
trishalandesigns@bigpond.com
Where
can we buy your new book “How to Teach Art & Craft”?
How to Teach Art & Craft can
be purchased directly from TrishAlan Designs at www.dyeingforfabricandthreads.com
or from Lulu at http://www.lulu.com you can also purchase an instant download
from Lulu. The book will be available from all good book stores shortly. ISBN 978
1 4461 8483 7
Any
special offer for ArtSHINE readers?
As a special offer to Artshine
readers we are offering a free introductory chapter. Email TrishAlan Designs at
trishalandesigns@bigpond.com
and put ArtSHINE in the subject heading.
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