Tag Archives: Education

Making Sense of Interdisciplinary Practice (Art, Space + Nature=?)

by Lily Rossebo | Oct 26, 2010

Making Sense of Interdisciplinary Practice (Art, Space + Nature=?)

by Lily Rossebo | Oct 26, 2010

Art Space + Nature is a unique, interdisciplinary course that was started in 2003. Seven years later, the course’s objectives continue to be in a flexible and formative state. Unlike …

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Moving Pictures

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 20, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Moving Pictures

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 20, 2010

Chalkboards are disappearing everywhere and interactive whiteboards are taking their place (or, in some cases, chalkboards are disappearing as interactive whiteboards are simply being pasted, nailed and everything short of …

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The Masters in New Arts Journalism Thesis: Trials, Joys, and Exalted Discoveries

by Carrie McGath | Oct 20, 2010

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The Masters in New Arts Journalism Thesis: Trials, Joys, and Exalted Discoveries

by Carrie McGath | Oct 20, 2010

As autumn begins to sigh in Chicago, my second and final year as a Masters candidate in New Arts Journalism (NAJ) at The School of the Art Institute of Chicago …

Recap: Creative Time Summit, Saturday October 9th, 2010

by Thom Donovan | Oct 14, 2010

Recap: Creative Time Summit, Saturday October 9th, 2010

by Thom Donovan | Oct 14, 2010

This past Saturday, I attended the Creative Time Summit at The Cooper Union in NYC, and I’m glad I did. Whatever one may say about Creative Time’s role in the …

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Anything Can Happen, Revisited

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 13, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Anything Can Happen, Revisited

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 13, 2010

Picking up on a previous column, and in honor of the recent start to a new hockey season, I’d like to continue writing for a moment about the ways that …

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Reading the MFA Program

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Oct 13, 2010

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Reading the MFA Program

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Oct 13, 2010

Back in June, I wrote about a new Internet meme that I started because I was so excited about the idea of circulation. Well, my professor Robin Balliger has done …

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Experience at the Mattress Factory

by Elizabeth Keller | Oct 12, 2010

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Experience at the Mattress Factory

by Elizabeth Keller | Oct 12, 2010

As an institution that exhibits contemporary, site-specific installation art through a fully supported artist residency program, we only ever get to experience exhibitions for a few months and then they …

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Announcing Art21’s Back to School with William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

by Diane Vivona | Oct 8, 2010

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Announcing Art21’s Back to School with William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

by Diane Vivona | Oct 8, 2010

Art21 announces our new William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible Back to School Campaign, designed to raise funds to support free resources for educators. By giving as little as $5, $15, …

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Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Teaching with William Kentridge

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 6, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Teaching with William Kentridge

by Joe Fusaro | Oct 6, 2010

There are many reasons to teach with the art of William Kentridge, and as we get closer to the premiere of Art21’s new film, William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible, airing …

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Open Enrollment: Stories About Stories About Pictures

by Oliver Wunsch | Oct 6, 2010

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Open Enrollment: Stories About Stories About Pictures

by Oliver Wunsch | Oct 6, 2010

I tried to write this blog post in the form of a story. The approach would have fit the topic: an upcoming conference at the Clark Art Institute on the …

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Enjoying the Steps

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 29, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Enjoying the Steps

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 29, 2010

Recently I have participated in a few discussions that relate to teaching students about slowing down and examining their process in order to create quality works of art- works that …
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Life After MFA…The PhD Option?

by Vency Yun | Sep 29, 2010

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Life After MFA…The PhD Option?

by Vency Yun | Sep 29, 2010

After reading my fellow blogger Oliver Wunsch’s interview with George Smith, the founder of the Institute for Doctoral Studies in Visual Arts (IDSVA), I began thinking about a PhD in …

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Developing Themes

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 22, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Developing Themes

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 22, 2010

“I have to say that my work actually started from my interest in the notion of space, particularly this notion of personal space or individual space. And that’s actually the …

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Seeking graduate student writers for Open Enrollment

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 16, 2010

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Seeking graduate student writers for Open Enrollment

by Kelly Shindler | Sep 16, 2010

Why art school? Why now? Why does it matter? “It wasn’t till I got to art school that I really understood how art can connect you through human history and …
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Arts in Education: Mark Bradford’s Open Studio

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 16, 2010

Arts in Education: Mark Bradford’s Open Studio

by Nettrice Gaskins | Sep 16, 2010

Did you know that this week, September 12-18, is Arts in Education Week? On July 26, the U.S. House of Representatives passed H.Con.Res. 275, a resolution that seeks to “support …

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Brainstorming Big Ideas and Arriving at the Best Idea

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 15, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Brainstorming Big Ideas and Arriving at the Best Idea

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 15, 2010

Every art student (and I mean EVERY art student- K-12, undergrad, graduate, adult education, private lessons, you name it) has had one or more situations when an initial idea for …

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OMG Mid-Grad Crisis or RTV/MFA

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Sep 15, 2010

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OMG Mid-Grad Crisis or RTV/MFA

by Jeffrey Augustine Songco | Sep 15, 2010

Sometimes when I’m sitting in class, I switch to a third-person perspective and feel like I’m watching a reality television show about myself. One of my professors, Clark Buckner, assigned …

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I’m Not an Interior Decorator!

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 8, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

I’m Not an Interior Decorator!

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 8, 2010

Years ago, on my very first day of teaching, my colleague Rose said to me that we must, at all costs, make sure people don’t treat us as interior decorators. …

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Welcome Back

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 1, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Welcome Back

by Joe Fusaro | Sep 1, 2010

In case you’ve recently returned from summer vacation or have simply been away from the Art21 blog in July and August due to the fact that, like me, you promised …
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Do artists need PhDs?

by Oliver Wunsch | Sep 1, 2010

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Do artists need PhDs?

by Oliver Wunsch | Sep 1, 2010

I suspect most people today would agree that making art involves more than technical skill. By the seventeenth century, the intellectual and philosophical side of artistic expression had already been …

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Crafting a Moment

by Corina Reynolds | Aug 26, 2010

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Crafting a Moment

by Corina Reynolds | Aug 26, 2010

Red waterfalls hang frozen from tarnished candelabra arms above hardened wax puddles joined permanently to a floral cloth. Dew collects on the open mouths of emptied wine bottles as cool …

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Not Playing the Patsy

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 25, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Not Playing the Patsy

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 25, 2010

Sometimes certain quotes hit you in a way that make you think and rethink… Here’s one I came across recently from Mike Kelley in Press Play: Contemporary Artists in Conversation: …

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Solid Sound

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 18, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Solid Sound

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 18, 2010

Is sound an element of design right alongside biggies like line, color, shape and texture? Teachers today are faced with the unseemly job of breaking outside “the” seven elements of …

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Teaching with Film and Objects

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 11, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Film and Objects

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 11, 2010

Teaching with film or taking a trip with students to a museum can sometimes be an experience somewhere between total bliss and a dental visit. It can be eye-opening or …
Installation shot of "Effervescent Condition" at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. (Left) Yefeng’s "Battelfield," (right) Sampson’s Dodgedraw on the right, Dodgedraw participant

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Effervescent Condition

by Allison Glenn | Aug 7, 2010

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Effervescent Condition

by Allison Glenn | Aug 7, 2010

Effervescent Condition, curated by Fang-Tze Hsu (MA 2010) was the School of the Art Institute of Chicago’s (SAIC) contribution to The Power of Copying, a large-scale, international group exhibition held …

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Cultivating Curiosity

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 4, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Cultivating Curiosity

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 4, 2010

Revving up for the new school year I have had the chance to read quite a bit over the past two weeks, and in addition to the recommendations from June …

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Contemporary Knowledge: Interview with João Ribas

by Oliver Wunsch | Aug 4, 2010

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Contemporary Knowledge: Interview with João Ribas

by Oliver Wunsch | Aug 4, 2010

What defines “the contemporary” as an area of study? How does it relate to the writing of history or other fields of inquiry? In this edition of Open Enrollment, Oliver …

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Gone Fishing

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 28, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Gone Fishing

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 28, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art is taking a break this week in order to pull back, take some vacation, and get set for the return to a new school year in …

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The Wheels Are Rolling

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 21, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Wheels Are Rolling

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 21, 2010

From July 7th through July 14th Art21 hosted our second annual summer institute, Art21 Educators. Art21 Educators is an intensive, year-long professional development initiative designed to cultivate and support K-12 …

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The Summer Slump

by Corina Reynolds | Jul 21, 2010

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The Summer Slump

by Corina Reynolds | Jul 21, 2010

Time is slowly slipping by as the thick Michigan air hangs around my studio — stagnant and hot, a veritable swamp. It is the summer between my first and second …

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Dear Oliver

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 14, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Dear Oliver

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 14, 2010

You know what I like about Oliver Herring? Pretty much everything. Oliver was generous enough to join us for the 2nd year in a row to jump-start the Art21 Educators …

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Experience in Art Education

by Whitney Ford-Terry | Jul 14, 2010

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Experience in Art Education

by Whitney Ford-Terry | Jul 14, 2010

“An art school, it would appear, does not teach art, but sets up the conditions necessary for creative production, and by extension the conditions for collaboration and social engagement.” — …

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School’s Out for Summer – But the Work Goes On

by Lily Rossebo | Jul 14, 2010

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School’s Out for Summer – But the Work Goes On

by Lily Rossebo | Jul 14, 2010

This past Fourth of July seemed to mark the beginning of a lingering heat wave across much of the country. While I waited for the sun to set and some …

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Quit Grad School.

by Matthew Newton | Jul 7, 2010

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Quit Grad School.

by Matthew Newton | Jul 7, 2010

Well, that title may overstate it a little and perhaps it comes from a sullen mood, but in recent days I’ve found myself ruminating about giving up on grad school …

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Shake It Up

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 7, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shake It Up

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 7, 2010

For about ten summers now I have enjoyed teaching and traveling in some capacity. It’s become increasingly important over the past decade to broaden my own experience as an artist-educator, …

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Summer Reading

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 30, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Summer Reading

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 30, 2010

Friends close to me know two things- I have a coffee problem and I have a book-buying problem. If I have money in my pocket and am anywhere close to …