 Art offers young people a vehicle for them to explore their feelings and thoughts about their place in the world and things that are going on in the world right now that are quite challenging. My name is Kath Hughes and I teach the drawing and painting section of Junior Art Intensive. The format of the program is a two-week intensive art course for young artists. In Junior Art Intensive we aim to reveal talents that students already have. What I love about teaching is guiding young artists, seeing the creative process from start to middle to the end and seeing that kind of satisfaction and happiness. I'm really confident that we're providing a great learning experience for the students. What I really enjoy is being able to offer the students a taste of art school and for those who are aspiring to future study, it can really be a very rich and deep experience for them. Students have adapted remarkably well to learning online. They have quickly got to grips with the technology, uploading their work. In many ways it's easier to share work between us. When I'm teaching students I'm hoping to develop their confidence and their competence so they can take their ideas further as they grow and develop as artists. The highlight from the teaching experience is that spark moment where a student has an idea, you help them develop it and then working as a team they're able to make their dream project. The greatest benefit of the program for the student is to get feedback from the instructors as well as to get feedback from other young artists. Being a junior art intensive is a really great opportunity to get a really deep dive into what it's like studying art, to grow as an artist, to develop your own interests, your own ideas within a framework of technical support and understanding.