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This article describes secondary- and postsecondary-level students who might not be seriously interested in art but are required to take an introductory studio art course to fulfill a graduation requirement and those who enjoy artmaking as a pleasurable and socially engaging activity but are not enrolled in formal studio art courses. In the late 1960s, Guy Hubbard designed M135: Self Instruction in Art at Indiana University to address the needs of these diverse populations of students. The course became a foundational model for today’s M135 e’telier, which aims to meet the needs of ambivalent and leisure-time art learners. The e’telier provides an opportunity for students, whose skills and interests may range widely, to join together for support and mutual appreciation of one another’s artistic endeavors. Objectives, strategies, and outcomes of teaching and learning in the e’telier are described, with implications for contemporary art education in traditional and online contexts.
Marjorie Cohee Manifold (Wed,) studied this question.