Advocacy

Puzzle It Out

By Diane Hoff, posted on Feb 11, 2025

We all have many layers—some of them everyone can see, while others are hidden from the world. Often without much thought, our attitudes, interests, and actions are shaped by who we are at any given moment. Yet, all of these layers come together to make us who we are. As an art teacher, I only get to see a tiny bit of my students’ lives. I get to know them only in the context of school and, more specifically, my art room. For this reason, I love working on symbolic self-portraits with them.

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