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.
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
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.
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.
Part 1 - Part 2 below. Join Ron DeLong, Director of Educational Curriculum and Resources at Binney Smith, as he demonstrates creative and interactive ways to incorporate art into everyday lesson plans spanning numerous areas of elementary curriculums. Ron demonstrates how to meet the standards through art in literature, English, visual arts, math, humanities and science. Watch how he demonstrates how to engage students in learning while creating beautiful art work at the same time.
This lesson meets National Academic Standards in Visual Arts and Math.
We are pleased to share the winners of Sakura of America’s wonderful, Colorful World of Cray-Pas® 2009 Contest.
Out of over four thousands of submissions, artwork of one hundred and fifty finalists, highlighting nine winners and honorable mentions, have been selected and on display at the Museum of Children’s Art, Oakland, California from January 31 to March 15, 2009.
Bob Richardson – a working artist – creates large installations so it wasn’t a surprise that his last collaborative project as art teacher at Ridge Street School in Newark, New Jersey was large in every way.
Artists Blogs, Art Blogs
Blogging has become a fast growing way of communication, the idea of this blog is to list the many Artists Blogs on the web today.
