The Importance Of Artist Identity

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As a teacher, it is important to adhere to the 7 roles of a teacher. These roles include acting as a facilitator; acting as an interpreter and designer of learning programmes; acting as an assessor; acting as a subject specialist and manager, administrator and leader; being a mentor, a citizen and a member of the community as well as a lifelong student, researcher and learner (Polity, 2000).
However, my identity as an artist, a researcher and ultimately a teacher greatly impact how I interpret and practice these roles. This will be discussed in the points below.

My Artist Identity.
What defines me as an artist?
The essence of art is to self-express (Lynch, 2012). Thus, it is important for me as an artist to focus on self-expression. True …show more content…

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