Art education major lets Caroline Stearns combine what she loves

Written byElizabeth Rose-Arcuri

鈥淎rt is a place for imagination, and I love to live in my imagination. There are a lot of things to love about being an art education major.鈥

亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette 亚洲自慰视频 Caroline Stearns is an art education major.
Caroline Stearns
Graduation Year
Class of 2023
Major
Art Education
Hometown
Eunice, LA

Where I'm From

I鈥檓 from Eunice and I came to UL Lafayette to study art education.

Where I Am

I鈥檓 loving all of my classes, including drawing, ceramics, and wood shop.

Where I'm Going

I鈥檓 going to become an art teacher.

Caroline Stearns fell in love with teaching when she started tutoring children in an after-school program. When she came to college, she knew she wanted to combine that new love with her oldest love: art.

鈥淚鈥檝e always loved art,鈥 she Caroline said. 鈥淎rt is a place for imagination, and I love to live in my imagination.鈥

And that鈥檚 why she chose to major in art education at the 亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette. She鈥檚 loved every part of the program so far.

鈥淭here are a lot of things to love about being an art education major,鈥 she said. 鈥淓very professor I鈥檝e had has been amazing! I have loved my drawing classes! All of my classmates have been great and the classes I have taken have been a perfect fit for me.鈥

In her visual arts classes, Caroline has worked with multiple media types, including charcoal, pencil and pen, ceramics, and wood.

Caroline Stearns works on an art piece in her education classroom

鈥淚 had never taken any formal art classes, which was super intimidating going in,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t still is sometimes, knowing that a lot of people are already pretty advanced. But once you get started, the teachers are so helpful and you get so close with your fellow art 亚洲自慰视频s who are more than willing to help a friend out who is struggling.鈥

In her education classes, Caroline has gotten to explore how art and education theories work together. In her Teaching Art Education class (VIAR 215), their class worked with the on-campus to develop lesson plans around the museum鈥檚 online collection.

鈥淭his project was very special and unique. We picked a work of art and created a lesson plan based off of that work of art,鈥 she said. 鈥淚t really made you think, and it was super cool to learn about local artists in the Hilliard.鈥

Those learning experiences are helping prepare Caroline for her career as an art teacher 鈥 but she鈥檚 learning more than just what鈥檚 in the curriculum.

鈥淧erseverance, creative problem solving, and collaboration are three of the biggest skills I have taken away so far,鈥 she said, 鈥渁nd I鈥檓 sure there are many more to come.鈥

亚洲自慰视频 of 亚洲自慰视频 at Lafayette art education major Caroline Stearns stands in front of The Birth of Venus painting

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