We’d like to think that genuises such as Rembrandt and Michaelangelo created their masterpieces with their own hands, but the reality is that they had assistants and apprentices to help them complete their works. Today, with the pressures artists feel from their dealers and followers, the trend of hired employees is on the rise. To [...]
As we have discussed many times on Art Ally, the lack of funding for art education can prevent a child from truly experiencing the arts. But, in this article by Michael Kaiser, “What is Wrong With the Arts“, he has a strong differing opinion. His belief is that the arts are in trouble because, “there [...]
National Art League instructor Rhoda Lowinger continually stresses the importance of art in a child’s education. “Many parents don’t realize the overall impact art education has on child development, allowing gains in math, reading and science, as well as increasing cognitive ability and critical reasoning skills,” Lowinger said at a ceremony this month displaying students [...]
Dosomething.org’s Make Art. Save Art. got some art publicity recently. Angela Kinsey and Ellie Kemper, stars from “The Office”, have donated art to the campaign sponsored by HP and AMD. As mentioned in an earlier post this campaign wants to use artists and students to spread the message that arts are important to American schools. Read more about [...]
The Neighborhood Big Draw takes place Saturday October 9th. This fun event is a wonderful activity to get neighbors together-drawing (also a great way to get children interested in art), promote community and learn more about where you live. There will be a large one in Chicago’s Streeterville neighborhood, in Roswell, New Mexico, city-wide in Nashville, in [...]
Did you know that the United States House of Representatives has declared the week of September 12-18, 2010 as National Arts in Education Week? With this declaration, the House is recognizing that arts education, including the disciplines of dance, music, theater, media arts, literature, design and visual arts, is a core academic subject and an essential element [...]
For years the Torrance Creativity tasks have been used as the standard for creativity assessment. In May Kyung Hee Kim, from William & Mary, found that creativity scores continually rose as did IQ scores until 1990. In the following years there has been a continuous decline in creativity scores. What is disturbing is the decrease is significant in the younger [...]
Beginning next week, the White House will be will be hosting events celebrating the arts, innovation and creativity. In conjunction with this they will be promoting the importance of arts for students and the community. On Monday, July 19th, the President and First Lady will begin the weeklong celebration with a music series honoring the arts and demonstrating the [...]
Ines Lozano, principal of the International Christian School, knows the healing power of art. That’s why he helped put together “Through the Eyes of a Haitian Child,” a project that has him and three other educators visiting Haiti to teach art and photography to homeless and orphaned children. “Art could be a great therapy [...]
Last June, Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson wanted to raise the profile of arts in the city. So, he helped create the For Art’s Sake initiative and raised $100,000 within the first week. Talk about putting money where his mouth is. “We are going to promote the arts in a real way,” Johnson said. Since its [...]
