Jason Pallas

Previous work experience: Director of public practice at the Smart Museum of Art  

What should students know about your style of teaching?

“Very discursive, right? So it’s student-centered, student-led. I’m less interested in form and function of art than I am in sort of its real-world use value, if that makes sense. Sort of like how we might approach problems and use our creative capacities to propose solutions, and I tend to have a baseline overview of some of the things we could accomplish, but try and have students co-create that as much as possible.” 

What do you hope your students will say about you and your class at the end of the year?

“I would hope that they would say that they had the agency and the freedom to explore ideas, but also the support and love to accomplish those goals in a realistic way. Yeah, I think that would be the mark of success.”

What are some interests/hobbies you have outside teaching? 

“I have two kids, so that keeps me busy. I’m a long-distance runner, and I like doing that. And then of course, I have my own art practice outside of teaching.”