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NYC Art Events

Arguably the art capital of the world New York City is abundant in art events.

On any given day from 5th Avenue to the Lower East Side to Queens there are free and low cost forums to view and experience all sorts of art.

Here are some of the best places to find these events.

2009 State of the Arts Survey April 2009

In March and April of 2009 a cross section of art teachers throughout the

United States

were asked to share their views on the state of art education. The survey group spanned grade levels 0 through 8. 

Summary of Findings

Most respondents reported that the state of art education was about the same, a smaller number felt that art education was getting worse. A fortunate few reported that art education in their area had improved.

 

Obama's 2010 proposed budget gives 4% boost to NEA

The Los Angeles Times reports this good news in an article published on May 7th.

Mike Boehm wrotte: "The National Endowment for the Arts would get a 4% raise under President Obama's federal budget proposal for the coming 2010 fiscal year.

This increase would continue the modest growth implemented under George W. Bush after the 1990s "Culture Wars" brought drastic reductions from which the agency still has not nearly recovered." Read More

New Jersey Art teacher selected as 2008-2009 ‘Teacher of the Year’

ELEANOR MATHEWS, Contributing Writer for the Echoes-Sentinel reports:

WARREN TWP. – Joan Thomson, a 26-year veteran art teacher at Wathung Hills Regional High School, has been named the school’s “Teacher of the Year.”

Thomson is very definite in her belief in the importance and benefits of art education.

“Art helps young people define who they are,” she says. “It encourages them to take pride and satisfaction in their individuality.”

 Read More about Art Teacher of the Year on the Echoes-Sentinel Web Site

        NJ.com also covered the story about this teacher

Photo Compliments of Eleanor Mathews.

Great Wall of Brooklyn Public Art Project Launched Today

The Great Wall of Brooklyn in Fort Green is a public art project founded by Charlotta Janssen, an international artist, business woman and arts advocate.

It will feature the work of Brooklyn-based and international artists.

The first display is a work entitled, Achtung Baby… Here Comes the Next Great Depression,” originally developed as a painting, and transferred into a digital mural, for the Great Wall.  The Great Wall of Brooklyn Web Site

This is from American for the Arts

We received this today from American for the Arts if you have not seen it please read.

May 7, 2009 Dear Diana: President Obama today released the final details of his FY 2010 budget request to Congress which includes the nation’s cultural agencies and programs, including the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS), and the Department of Education’s Arts in Education program. Write your members of Congress and tell them to support funding for these cultural agencies.

Art Suite Latest to Open in Expanded High School

With all the grim news of cuts in art education it is wonderful to see something like this.

As reported by By Andrea Iglar in the Pittsburg Post-Gazette.


Here students take class at the new art studio at West Allegheny High School.

It features hugh windows for ambient light. Art students are settling into their corner of West Allegheny High School's new, 24-classroom wing, the most recently completed part of a $25 million expansion project in North Fayette.

A Conversation From The NAEA Conference on Digital vs. Conventional Art Tools

Craig Roland on his great blog The Art Teachers Guide to the Internet continues a conversation on On finding balance in the art curriculum . . . which began during his presentations at NAEA on on bringing digital participatory media (aka Web 2.0 tools) into the art curriculum.

Some teachers expressed oppostion to the effort, apparently fearing that digital would eventual replace conventional mediums and tools.

We wanted to chime in here.