The Pied Piper of the Art School

A presentation from the Arts and Humanities Annual Conference 2014.

In art and design higher education the lecturer’s personality and charisma have always exercised a significant and often unchallenged influence in the studio persuading students to venture on a bold journey of discovery in the visual world. The presentation will explore how theories of transformative leadership may help to illuminate the role that the modern Pied Piper plays in the teaching process and how this may be harnessed to help rather than hinder the journey of our students in becoming independent and creative artists.