Operation Cy Twombly for the Venice Abbot-Kinney Memorial Branch Library, 2018.
Francesca:
DEVOTED TO DESIGN AND THE ARTS
When I teach every step of design process, the art skills, techniques, that allow us to produce and express an idea, and the use of tools to our own need- I am in my element.
My choice of being an educator has to do with my passion and my wish to share. Through my interest in teaching, in some ways, I hope to influence the future. I truly believe in children and their strong imagination and creativity. They are simply incredible. My role is to be their facilitator. I aim and work to instill in them, the habit of preserving their existing sense of curiosity, to challenge them. Children are carriers of a phenomenal capacity for innovation. It is ok to be wrong and take a chance, approach things with a sense of humor.
If we are afraid to be wrong we will never come up with anything original.
Inspiration is a curious theory. I find the amount of influences that affect my nature and creativity is countless, and to pinpoint a true inspiration is difficult, to say the least. My surroundings inspire me, simple and sophisticated things, situations, the diversity of people, information I come across daily. I am influenced by my past, by my parents and their work, my family, the different countries and cultures I grew up in, my obsession for industrial design and what I studied. I am fascinated by my students and their perspective and vision, and how they translate their ideas into a tangible form.