{"id":412,"date":"2025-08-01T16:48:11","date_gmt":"2025-08-01T16:48:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/daledivoky.art\/?page_id=412"},"modified":"2025-09-12T21:11:12","modified_gmt":"2025-09-12T21:11:12","slug":"teaching","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/daledivoky.art\/?page_id=412","title":{"rendered":"Teaching"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dale&#8217;s teaching experience spanned over 36 years and he was recently awarded the &#8220;Lifetime Achievement\u00a0Award&#8221;\u00a0for his years of service\u00a0to the Art Dept of MIU. During this time Dale encouraged many students to reach for greater heights in their own personal and artistic development. Teaching by example, he worked along with the students. He received the outstanding faculty awards several times: As one student wrote\u00a0on the website, Rate Your Professor,\u00a0&#8220;He is a great man and a brilliant artist. He will challenge you to do your best, but you will learn a great deal.&#8221; Teaching in light of Consciousness Based Education is profoundly rewarding for the professor as well as the students. \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The main focus of Dale&#8217;s teaching was Figurative Sculpture &amp; Drawing. Another course was, \u201cArt and Nature\u201d, which focused on experience and creative expression based on observations of the form and function of nature,\u00a0culminating with a final project\u00a0of choice,\u00a0e.g. sculpture, painting, photography, video, multimedia, etc.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped wp-block-gallery-1 is-layout-flex wp-block-gallery-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"169\" data-id=\"413\" src=\"https:\/\/daledivoky.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/5-min-2-300x169-1.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-413\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"663\" height=\"430\" data-id=\"414\" src=\"https:\/\/daledivoky.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16-min-2.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-414\" srcset=\"https:\/\/daledivoky.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16-min-2.png 663w, https:\/\/daledivoky.art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/08\/16-min-2-300x195.png 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 663px) 100vw, 663px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/figure>\n\n\n\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/5zTu4_0Vq-k?si=1on10FqF-jEswJwg\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen=\"\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Dale&#8217;s teaching experience spanned over 36 years and he was recently awarded the &#8220;Lifetime Achievement\u00a0Award&#8221;\u00a0for his years of service\u00a0to the Art Dept of MIU. During this time Dale encouraged many students to reach for greater heights in their own personal and artistic development. Teaching by example, he worked along with the students. 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