Teacher as a Ghost or Who is Afraid of Teaching?

Abstract

“Art cannot be taught.” The saying is often heard in discussions about arts education and the path to life as an artist. Is the teacher therefore useless and teaching unnecessary within the arts? What, in fact, is meant by teaching and learning in the context of art?

In this text, I aim to distinguish between teaching and learning, and to explore possible ways of perceiving a teacher within the arts and artist education. Through this lens, I seek to illuminate the interrelation between arts pedagogy and artist pedagogy, particularly from the perspective of higher arts education.