Michal Noer
Arts Teacher
Four Year Certificate, Sculpture, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts
BFA, University of Pennsylvania
Waldorf High School Teacher Training Certificate, Center for Anthroposophy
BFA, University of Pennsylvania
Waldorf High School Teacher Training Certificate, Center for Anthroposophy
"Living the Question"
Teaching in a small, diverse community, one has to be comfortable with the unexpected and the (seemingly) unsolvable. I’m challenged personally and professionally to stretch and engage and grow as an act of faith; to be patient toward what is as yet unanswerable. While it’s a pleasure to refine my art and delve deeper into my interests, working with adolescents requires that I stay fresh and flexible, to explore and collaborate, to imagine and share the dreams of others.
Nothing I do is ‘extra-curricular.’ I have a personal immersive learning curriculum that begins but doesn’t end with a multi-medium art practice. I’m also interested in alternative building, permaculture, homesteading, small business management, animal husbandry, canning and preserving, handmade soap making, cheese making, baking, beading, knitting, spinning and weaving. I am currently working to perfect my skill at fire breathing (no kidding!).
One of the things I appreciate most about the learning environment at High Mowing is the opportunity for deep engagement with things. A student’s request for extra studio time can easily turn into a session of intense focus in which we are able, in one afternoon and evening or a weekend, to move her through a project to the next level of skill and knowledge. To be able to choose this way of living and working is rare and essential.
Teaching in a small, diverse community, one has to be comfortable with the unexpected and the (seemingly) unsolvable. I’m challenged personally and professionally to stretch and engage and grow as an act of faith; to be patient toward what is as yet unanswerable. While it’s a pleasure to refine my art and delve deeper into my interests, working with adolescents requires that I stay fresh and flexible, to explore and collaborate, to imagine and share the dreams of others.
Nothing I do is ‘extra-curricular.’ I have a personal immersive learning curriculum that begins but doesn’t end with a multi-medium art practice. I’m also interested in alternative building, permaculture, homesteading, small business management, animal husbandry, canning and preserving, handmade soap making, cheese making, baking, beading, knitting, spinning and weaving. I am currently working to perfect my skill at fire breathing (no kidding!).
One of the things I appreciate most about the learning environment at High Mowing is the opportunity for deep engagement with things. A student’s request for extra studio time can easily turn into a session of intense focus in which we are able, in one afternoon and evening or a weekend, to move her through a project to the next level of skill and knowledge. To be able to choose this way of living and working is rare and essential.
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