Floresta
To Become a Practitioner Enjoying Arts and Education
As we come together, we will be a forest of arts education.

#Happy_Teacher #Pleasant_Education #Togetherness #Sharing #Growth


Q. What is “To Become a Practitioner Enjoying Arts and Education”?

Our team pursues to become a happy teaching artist who enjoys arts and education, takes care of oneself, and supports and encourages one another. To accomplish this, we introduce each of our arts education activities to fellow teaching artists and participate in them by ourselves. By incorporating such experiences into each individual’s ideas, styles, or goals in education, we seek to develop arts and culture education programs and share their development process. By doing so, we hope to reorganize our activities as a teaching artist.


Q. What kind of people, on what common ground, came together as <Floresta>?

When you are involved in arts and culture education, you need someone to share your worries and have conversation with. That is why I formed this team, <Floresta>, and became a team leader to meet other teaching artists from different generations working in various genres, to learn each other’s know-how, and to make progress together. Having the same thought I had, our members have come together to follow where their hearts led.


Q. What is the final mission for <Floresta>?

To become a regret-free teaching artist.


Q. Through what activities will <Floresta> interact?
Sess.
Date
Agenda
Details
1Aug 29

Meeting Members and Forming Connections

Time for self-introduction and team orientation

Sharing thoughts on the team’s goal and its direction

In-person
2Sept 5

The Story of “My Education”

Talking about members’ own educational activities and their teaching know-how

Online

3Sept 19

Connection between Us

Trying other members’ arts and culture education programs

In-person
4Oct 6

Experiencing Arts and Culture

Trying arts and culture programs that can be helpful in one’s practice

In-person
5Oct 12

Experiencing and Researching

Creating an educational program with the experiences in the last session

Online
6Oct 24

Seminar Preparation

Getting ready for seminar on members’ own education programs

Sharing and searching useful materials for the individual research

Online
7Nov 5

Seminar

Time for presentations about educational cases and information an individual member collected

In-person

8Nov 11

Preparing for

“My Own Education Program” 1

Creating teaching materials for education programs

Online
9Nov 18

Preparing for

“My Own Education Program” 2

Creating teaching materials for education programs

In-person
10Dec 9

Presentation

Presenting the archived team activities, sharing thoughts, and announcing future research plans

Hybrid –
In-person meeting & online presentation

1st Session

Aug 29, 2022. 14:00 ~ 16:00 

Meeting Members and Forming Connections 

#Greetings #Self-Introduction #Orientation

  • Preparing to become a happy teacher
  • Sharing personal worries and problems on educational activity

2nd Session

Sept 5, 2022. 14:00 ~ 15:00 

The Story of “My Education” 

#My_Educational_Activity #Educational_Know_How

  • Sharing my future educational activity 
  • Does a prison or an institution for reform use caricature? 
  • In what ways motivate timid or neglected students in class in teaching practice?
Gathering via Zoom /ⓒFloresta
Gathering via Zoom /ⓒFloresta

3rd Session

Sept 19, 2022. 18:00 ~ 20:00 

Connection between Us 

#Connection_between_Us #Arts_Program 

#Leather_Crafting_and_Picture_Books

  • Participating in arts programs that can be useful in our educational activity: “Transformation of Trash” & “Read Picture Books and Express Your Thoughts”
Reading picture books and sharing thoughts / ⓒFloresta
Reading picture books and sharing thoughts / ⓒFloresta
Reading picture books and sharing thoughts / ⓒFloresta
Reading picture books and sharing thoughts / ⓒFloresta

4th Session

Oct 6, 2022. 19:00 ~ 22:00 

Experiencing Arts and Culture 

#Experiencing_Arts_and_Culture #Musical #MrsDoubtfire

  • Watching Mrs. Doubtfire, a musical based on the film of the same title

5th Session

Oct 12, 2022. 18:00 ~ 20:00 

Experiencing and Researching 

#Experiencing_and_Researching #Incorporating_Experiences_into_My_Education

  • Creating education programs by incorporating what I experienced from Mrs. Doubtfire into my education

6th Session

Oct 21, 2022. 18:00 ~ 20:00 

Preparation for the Mini-forum 

#Preparation #Materials_for_Research

  • Preparing for the mini-forum
  • Presentation on film education programs and arts and culture education programs

7th Session

Nov 5, 2022. 14:00 ~ 16:00 

Mini-Forum 

#The_Floresta_Forum #Forum_for_Better_Arts_and_Culture_Education

  • The Floresta Mini-forum “Suggestions on Improving Arts and Culture Education” 
  • Sharing views and concerns on current education and presentation on individual education cases
Floresta mini-forum / ⓒFloresta
Floresta mini-forum / ⓒFloresta
Floresta mini-forum / ⓒFloresta
Floresta mini-forum / ⓒFloresta

8th Session

Oct 29, 2022. 11:00 ~ 16:00 

Nov 2, 2022. 14:00 ~ 16:00 

Nov 11, 2022. 11:00 ~ 13:00 

Preparing for “My Own Education Program” ① 

#Preparing_for_Education_Programs 

#Creating_Materials_for_My_Education

  • Running a ‘Special Effect Makeup’ booth at Seoul International Kids Film Festival
  • Exploring ways to utilize particular objects or meanings of special days as education methods
‘Special Effect Makeup’ Booth / ⓒFloresta
‘Special Effect Makeup’ Booth / ⓒFloresta

9th Session

Nov 18, 2022. 15:00 ~ 20:00 

Preparing for “My Own Education Program” ② 

#Preparing_for_Education_Programs #Collaborative_Painting 

#How_to_Use_Picture_Books_in_Education

  • Discussing making a video for a project report 
  • The beginning of a film education: Collaborative paintings 
  • Finding materials and topics for a film education program by using picture books 
  • Showing what is inside each member’s bag
The ninth gathering / ⓒFloresta
The ninth gathering / ⓒFloresta
Finding class materials and topics by using picture books/ ⓒFloresta
Finding class materials and topics by using picture books/ ⓒFloresta
Collaborative painting / ⓒFloresta
Collaborative painting / ⓒFloresta

10th Session

Dec 9, 2022. 17:00 ~ 19:00 

Presentation 

#Project_Report_Presentation #Time_for_Future_Educator 

#Colleagues_Are_Gifts

  • Hui Ju Na’s self-portrait drawing class 
  • Yun Ji Do’s special effect makeup class 
  • So Yo Ahn’s images and videos editing class 
  • Presentation on what we achieved
Self-portrait drawing class / ⓒFloresta
Self-portrait drawing class / ⓒFloresta
Special effect makeup class / ⓒFloresta
Special effect makeup class / ⓒFloresta
Editing class/ ⓒFloresta
Editing class/ ⓒFloresta

A Record of Our Pleasant Gatherings 
  • Mini-forum Report
  • A mini-forum for teaching artists about better arts and culture education :
    Suggestions on Improving Arts and Culture Education by teaching artists


  • Floresta Archive
  • An archive of team activities in ten sessions. The content includes a class plan based on a member’s research inspired by one of the team activities, profiles of team members, and records of collective contemplation on education and arts.


  • Floresta Video Record
  • The video explains the team Floresta and its activities and it contains what each member thought about the Floresta project.