At the Agave Inspiration Happy Hour

Last week, I got some people together to drink tequila and draw. There was a lot of tequila involved, but I do believe it was a good example of arts education - or really, “art as inquiry.”

I asked participants to let the tequila talk to them, and to transcribe what it said; to turn experience into marks on a page. 

The ideas did flow. There was great variety in the art. I will be taking the next step - synthesizing these crowd-sourced drawings into a cohesive piece of art for the Herradura Tequila Barrel Art program.

At the bar, we let the booze lubricate our imaginations. What strategies can we use in a classroom with younger students to achieve the freedom of an artistic flow state?