Keynote
Exploring the Creative Impulse
What We Make and Why We Make It
I have learned that one of the most important and difficult jobs of teaching is helping students connect with the reasons they make the work they do. In this presentation I will explore the very personal connection artists have with their artwork; what it is that we make and why we make it. In addition to the work of other artists, I will show what has inspired my own artwork for the past 30 years.
About Linda Darty
Linda Darty is the head of the metals program and professor of metalworking and enameling in the School of Art at East Carolina University in Greenville, NC. She has an extensive national and international exhibition record and is the author of the book The Art of Enameling. In addition to the Lifetime Achievement Award from The Enamellist Society, she has received the North Carolina Board of Governor,Aeos Award for Teaching Excellence, the ECU Alumni Teaching Excellence Award, and ECU School of Art,Aeos Scholar Teacher Award.