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 [...]
Although colors surround us every day, most of us would never think of the difference they make in our lives. Color Therapy, also known as chromotherapy or light therapy, is an astounding practice that uses light and color to positively impact a person’s physical and mental health. Since color is a combination of light and [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
They’re like sports trading cards, except they don’t have a picture of a baseball player on the front or any stats on the back. When dealing with these cards, the message is a little less obvious. They’re artist trading cards, miniature works of art that are traded or given away. The movement, which started in [...]
A small study revealed art therapy reduces anxiety in kids who suffer from asthma. Anya Beebe, an art therapist at National Jewish Health in Denver, led a study of 22 children between the ages of 7 and 14 with persistent asthma. Beebe and colleagues assigned one group of children to undergo art therapy along with [...]
At Byng Arts, classes go on long after the last school bell rings. The school within a school, Byng Arts boasts an enrollment of 450 students out of a Lord Byng student body of 1,300. Most of the students apply for a spot in middle school and audition for acceptance into the visual art, band, [...]
For the projects made in the art therapy class at St. Joseph’s School for the Blind, there is more to the artwork than meets the eye. In honor of National Children’s Mental Health Awareness Day, adult students from the New Jersey Foundation for the Blind visited Concordia Learning Center at St. Joseph’s to host art [...]
Amoako Buachie used to create fights with his mother in the morning. Now he creates art instead. This June, the 18 year-old autistic artist will have one of his works of art displayed in the world-famous Metropolitan Museum of Art. Buachie’s painting is one of 75 pieces from New York’s K-12 public school students that [...]
When singer Josh Groban transferred to Los Angeles County High School for the Arts, he gained not only an art education, but also an art community. “[The school] really helped give me the foundation for everything that I did in the future,” he said. “I had come from a couple of school systems that were [...]
