Three authors, all art teacher educators, explore the essential qualities of pedagogy that make teaching an art form in its own right. Pedagogy is first looked at from a social perspective, as a special kind of relationship between teacher and learner. Continuing the belief that understanding be embodied in praxis, teaching is then considered as performance. The third part expands on the theme of pedagogy as transformation, drawing from the author's conviction that she and her art education students are participants in a community of artists who teach. The three parts interact in an attempt to rediscover and reclaim the art in teaching.