What’s in a name? Kunstenaarschap en leraarschap: een verleiding tot het midden

Abstract

Today, art schools also educate our art teachers. Ann Saelens and Tanja Oostvogels, both theatre teachers and actors, are conducting research together at the KASK & Conservatory (HOGENT) on the role of the theatre teacher in helping young adults learn to create their own stage work. They are struck by how the artist/teacher/maker is viewed in the field. Why do artists hesitate to call themselves teachers? In this essay, Saelens offers art schools a framework for looking at the tension between being an artist and being a teacher.