Education in the Arts / 2019

CONCEPTUAL ART Conceptual art, sometimes simply called conceptualism, is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic, technical, and material concerns. In other words, it is art in  which the idea presented by the artist is considered more important than the finished product, if there is one. ANA MENDIETA ------------------------ Students' Nature Art Sushi's Day Off A domesticated animal is exploring wilderness for the first time. He chose this tree and jumped up on it, not as dog, but in the way a person would. The piece represents the way modern societies attribute human qualities to animals, specifically pets, denying them the possibility to interact with nature. (Alyssa, Cydney, Amy, Chloe, Cervinho) ----------------------------- Strength The small aerial roots - which look small but are actually strong - all serve a purpose, which is to support the greater good the tree repre...

National Science Foundation: The Final Report Main Outcomes from the Workshop (p.4) Evaluation of the Current Status The Workshop was motivated by the current expansion of interest in the science of learning and the expanded possibilities of conceptual interrelationships offered by training and exposure to the arts. As a high priority for the national interest, the difficult task of understanding and effectively enhancing learning across disciplines, ages and cultural specificities was thought to be particularly benefited by training in and even exposure to the arts. Both the workshop presentations and discussions demonstrated how contemporary research is beginning to explore new neuroscientific hypotheses concerning the effects of learning in activities (such as musical performance, drawing, visual aesthetics, and dance) on learning in non-artistic domains. For example, early evidence suggests that experience in the arts may facilitate creative thinking and...

"FOR THINGS TO BE PERFECT THEY HAVE TO HAVE A FLAW"                                                                               Native American Saying READY MADES The readymades of Marcel Duchamp are ordinary manufactured objects that the artist selected and modified, as an antidote to what he called "retinal art". By simply choosing the object and repositioning or joining, titling and signing it, the Found object became art. FOUND OBJECTS Found object originates from the French objet trouvé, describing art created from undisguised, but often modified, objects or products that are not normally considered materials from which art is made, often because they already have a non-art function. WABI-SABI In traditional Japanese aesthetics, wabi-sabi is a wor...

Sir Kenneth Robinson / Do Schools Kill Creativity? Students were introduced to Sir Kenneth Robinson and his TED talk on intelligence, creativity and the failure of school systems to prioritize the creative arts to enhance intelligence, teaching and learning. Summarizing Robinson's talk, one could conclude that education is meant to take us into the future that we cannot grasp. However, children have a great capacity for innovation if the educational system allows them to be creative. Robinson reminds us that creativity now is as important as literacy and it should be treated with the same status. The current educational system educates children out of their creative capacities. The hierarchy of subjects imposed by the educational systems around the world all neglect the creative arts. Importance Concepts: Intelligence : It is diverse . We think about the world in all the ways in which experience it. We think visually, we think auditorally, we think aestheticall...

Becca , B r i a n, Danielle , Andrea , Irene, Bella,  Julia C. ,  Alex , Kyle, Laryssa , Stoni, Cameron, Cydney G. , Chloe, Alyssa , Amy, Gurvan , Bob, Bradley , Jess, Lorenzo, Tate, Sydney M . , Nicole, Julia M. , Jared , Scott , N'kosi, Demi , Mark , Mina , Julia R. , Derrik , Michaela , Megan Even before students get to the classroom, creative teachers do an incredible amount of work. Education and the Arts The first day is an important day in the semester. Our class will not survive without an attempt to get to know each other and create a container for art to flourish in a free, non-judgmental, supportive and safe environment. The behaviors exercised in our class, models the kind of learning environment TAL 324 students will eventually implement when they become teachers of the creative arts. Names A first exercise that consumes the whole time period of this first class is learning each other's names. But it is such an important feature...