In speaches made regarding the education of our children in the United States our programs are often compared to those in Finland, Singapore and Canada. Here is what Education Secretary Arne Duncan had to say August 25th. “Today, there are many different approaches to strengthening the teaching profession — both here in America and in [...]
“The Salaam Baalak Trust—an organization founded by the proceeds of Mira Nair’s 1988 film on street children, Salaam Bombay—gives rise to a whole generation of photographers, musicians, dancers, thespians and puppeteers.” This trust believes in art education as a means to provide these children with a potential livelihood. Many students don’t arrive at the schools [...]
Businesses are beginning to realize that having artistic processes as part of executive or MBA programs enables better creative thinking. As an artist starts with a blank canvas business students are being taught to look at opportunities with the same open mind through a variety of art curriculums. Read Matt Symond’s article posted on Forbes.com addressing this [...]
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 [...]
Think how dull life would be without art or music. Granted, math and science are important but the other part of the brain needs stimulation. Art and music teach children “freedom of expression.” It spurs their curiosity and potentially can help them discover other creative forms. See what else Paul Rance has to say regarding [...]
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 [...]
As mentioned in a prior post, this week is Arts in Education Week. At the Art and Culture Center in Hollywood Arts in Education is celebrated everyday. Through a variety of programs the Center reaches many children who otherwise might not have the opportunity to participate in visual and performing arts. The Center runs programs [...]
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 [...]
Julia and Mathew Carter volunteer at North Coast Youth Correctional Facility in Astoria, Oregon. They have developed an art program for troubled youths within the correctional facility run by the Warrenton-Hammond School District. Students are selected with certain criteria to participate. The result is often a way for these young men to look at mistakes made, [...]
Found on the National Art Education Association’s web site are E. Eisner’s 10 Lessons the Arts Teach Children. Now that we are back in school I thought it would be a good idea to revisit them. What do you think? “1. The arts teach children to make good judgments about qualitative relationships. Unlike much of [...]
