What is the relationship between motherhood and teaching?
My aim of this small research project is not to generalise but to receive an initial and better view on the relationship of motherhood and teaching at UAL, specifically among CSM BA Fashion staff which hopefully will generate some form of positive change for staff and students.
Following Lindsay’s advice I added my first blog post below. This constituted an interesting exercise for further self-reflection. A noticeable key word in the post is ‘rejuvenate’ which perhaps describes my current state of mind quite well as I am very aware of my age currently and feel the strong need for change such as embarking on my artistic practice again.
I clearly remember searching for the appropriate word until I settled on ‘rejuvenate’. I have already explored the relationship between motherhood and limited time in the development of my first ethics form and intend to write another blog on the idea of youth and motherhood.
In my first blog post I mentioned the ARP and advancing my general practice because since commencing the PgCert I was looking forward to the ARP. Having been an artist I felt I knew best out of the 3 units what the ARP could entail. Being in the middle of the ARP now I can confirm that I enjoy it the most and am proud about how much new knowledge I have gained and how many vital changes I have already initiated such as having started a new art project after 7 years of not making any art; utilising very different, more spontaneous methods; having done a talk about my work in progress which I have never done before and having applied for a conference/exhibition in Boras (Sweden) with my work in progress. All this happened in addition to the actual ARP work relating directly to the ARP project, sometimes back and forth – ‘being in constant flow’.
Lastly, the choice of the top image of my blog is significant because the two children (little ducklings) are my daughters who modelled in the renowned CSM BA fashion show in 2019. My older daughter modelled again for the CSM BA fashion show this year 2023 and has visited UAL since being a baby such as being asleep in her pram during one of my PRA meetings with my line-manager at LCF. My younger daughter comes still to CSM occasionally during Inset days or school holidays and watches Crits or other fashion presentations. The image suggests how my different identities mother, artist and tutor (and currently student) mingle with each other.
My first post for the PgCert Course
17th December 2022 by Anna-nicole Ziesche
My name is Anna-Nicole Ziesche and I am the pathway leader for BA Fashion Design Womenswear at Central Saint Martins College of Art & Design, London. I mainly teach the 2nd and final year Womenswear.
Being on this PgCert course I am hoping to be inspired, refine and ‘rejuvenate’ my teaching and learning methods and be enabled to research and focus on a specific subject for the active research project which I then hopefully can utilise to advance my teaching and general practice.