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| directory of teaching artists: DEANA ATTEBERY |
| Deana Attebery is a leather carver, rawhide braider, and saddle maker. With ranching and horse background, she has practiced this folk art for more than 20 years. In 1993 Deana received a grant from the Idaho Commission on the Arts (ICA) to improve her leather carving skills and tooled with saddle maker, Elden Hoxie, in Garden Valley, Idaho. In 2003 she was fortunate enough to receive another grant from the ICA to learn rawhide braiding. Her work was published and distributed nationwide when she entered and won Tandy Leather Company's Doodle Page contest. She won the Professional Leather Award at the Idaho State Fair in 2001 as well as blue ribbons and People’s Choice at other local fairs.
Attebery has taught at a local community college, a leather store that offers classes, 4-H young people and offers classes from her shop. In 2008 she taught her skills in both public and private schools. Describe a transformative process that has occurred in your own practice as an artist or in a past residency as a teaching artist. Now having residency experience, it is apparent that the braiding, which engages both sides of the brain, fills a developmental need. I didn't expect the difficulty that many had with engaging the left and right 'hand" with the left and right 'brain." To see these students really struggle through the process, wanting to give up and quit, but with encouragement reach their goal is "way cool." They have a huge pride and sense of accomplishment; it boosts their feelings of self worth 100%. It is the best feeling, reason, and encouragement for me to teach. What excites your imagination and in turn how does your work excite imagination for your audience? The beauty and functionality of my “traditional” folk art form is a continual spark for me. I love what I do, which includes the smell and feel of leather. To find another way to use leather and art together or develop a new flower in the rational style is very exciting and encouraging. This continual enthusiasm I have for my work transfers itself to my students. When they see what they really can do and what they can produce they are off and running. What characteristics mark a successful collaboration for you? A successful collaboration for me is the act of setting specific goals for the student as well as myself as the teacher. When these goals are met or the efforts exceed the goals, that is success. How do you foster creativity, both in your own work and as a teaching artist? I am constantly trying new things with my leather, which keeps me going creatively. I try new things in the classroom as well, introducing ideas or asking questions that start the thinking process and allow for the individual personality to come forward within the parameters of the art. This sparks the creative side of an individual. It also allows those who might not be as creative to feel comfortable and fulfilled by achieving success within the parameters of this folk art. Please identify 3 key understandings in your discipline that could serve as the foundation for a residency.
List three Idaho Humanities Content Standards that
correlate with each of the key understandings you have identified above.
Symmetry Dexterity Discipline Balance Coordination Design Mathematics Functionality Physical strength List subject areas outside of the fine arts that relate to potential residency work i.e. possible connections to the curriculum might include: Wagons Ho already in place with many grade schools in conjunction with 4th grade Idaho History History of the American West Higher math applications with the braiding and knots Improve fine motor skills with grade school students References
2098 Dymoke Lane, Midvale, ID 83645 (208) 355-2686 Steve Derricott 301 E Bower, Meridian, ID 83642 (209) 884-3766 sderricott@gfellercasemakers.com Arlene Youngblood 12612 Smith Ave, Nampa, ID 83651 (208) 467-322 ryhorses@msn.com top |
 Discipline: Leather carving and leather/rawhide braiding Phone: (208) 365-2429 Cell: (208) 989-9110 Email: sdattebery@iglide.net Website: na   ICA Artists by Disciplines Music Ken Harris Dance Wendy de la Harpe Joy Esplin LiAnne Hunt Norma Pintar Rachel Swenson Theater/Storytelling Joy Steiner Teresa Clark Language Arts Malia Collins Judy Sobeloff Visual Arts Deana Attebery Tom Bennick Judith Brand Sue Rooke Lizette Fife Helen Grainger Wilson Terrie Kralik Jeanne Leffingwell Benjamin Love Linda Wolfe Video/Media Arts Peppershock Media |
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