Your Creative Push

276: Become UNSTANDARDIZED! (w/ Amber Kane)

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Sinopsis

Amber Kane is an educator, textile designer, entrepreneur, and stellar day dreamer.  She received her Art Education degree from Messiah College, and earned her masters in Creativity Studies from Union Institute and University. She taught high school Art for 8 years in the public school system, while running her textile design business on the side.  While teaching she learned that our schools are teaching creativity and dreams right out of our students, while developing an obsession for empty standards. In 2015, she resigned from her public school position.  She now teaches online AP Art and Art History courses for PA Homeschoolers, works part time at the Pennsylvania College of Art and Design, and creates one-0f-a-kind textiles. Full shownotes: http://yourcreativepush.com/amberkane In this episode, Amber discusses: -Her first years working as a teacher, and the pushback that she was getting from the school. -Her decision to quit her teaching job and move into an abandoned home. -The early process of getting