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Teaching with Contemporary Art
Balancing Skill-Building and the Formation of Ideas
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Balancing Skill-Building and the Formation of Ideas
Finding a balance between teaching specific skills and techniques with teaching about how to explore process in order to form and pursue ideas is not easy. If you teach in a culture (or department, or school, or district, or university…) that emphasizes skills and techniques as the “meat” of the curriculum, it’s probably a good idea to begin talking about the kinds of skills that everyone really considers “essential”.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slow Turn
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slow Turn
On Sunday, the National Art Education Association wrapped up their 65th conference here in New York City and more than ever I am encouraged by the state of affairs at NAEA. In just the past four years, as Art21 has brought contemporary artists such as Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Dion and most recently, Janine Antoni and Oliver Herring, the change is noticeable.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two
Part two of my recent interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference here in New York from March 1-4.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One
This week’s column features a brand, new interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her upcoming keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference on March 1st here in New York City.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Over the past few weeks I’ve thoroughly enjoyed talking and e-mailing with two more of our current Art21 Educators, Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson. Jethro teaches Studio Art, 3D Design, Ceramics and other art courses at Maple Mountain High School in Utah while Jack teaches 2D Art and Art History at Chapel High School in North Carolina. Both look for ways to better engage their classes on a consistent basis and avoid “window dressing” projects that may look pretty but aren’t necessarily about very much…
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
From March 1st through March 4th the National Art Education Association holds their annual conference right here in New York City. Over 3,000 art educators from all levels have the opportunity to attend hundreds upon hundreds of workshops offered by colleagues from close to everywhere across the country.
Here at Art21, we have a few very special things planned….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom
Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott made some important points in last week’s interview and this week we take the opportunity to point out two of them regarding how teachers construct elementary art-making experiences and use documentation to influence their work.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott
This week I want to share a conversation that took place between myself and two of our current, amazing Art21 Educators. Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott teach elementary art education for the Scott and Westdale Elementary Schools in Melrose Park near Chicago. Their work has been inspiring to all of us here at Art21, especially since they are finding ways to work with contemporary art and engage some very young students in the process.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Looking Back on an Inspiring Art21 Educators Institute
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Looking Back on an Inspiring Art21 Educators Institute
From July 6th through the 13th Art21 hosted our third annual Art21 Educators summer institute, which kicks off a year-long professional development initiative between the organization and 16 teachers from …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Educators in Full Swing
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Educators in Full Swing
Art21 Educators has been in full swing over the past week with professional development workshops, curriculum planning, artist talks, studio visits, special events, museum programs and lots of soul-searching. Tune …
Art21 New York Close Up
“New York Close Up” Film Premiere: Shana Moulton and Kalup Linzy
Art21 New York Close Up
“New York Close Up” Film Premiere: Shana Moulton and Kalup Linzy
It’s a momentous Monday here at Art21. Following Maren Miller’s thoughtful introduction of our newest documentary series, New York Close Up, last week, we are thrilled to present you with …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years
This week Teaching with Contemporary Art here on the blog turns 3. Frankly, I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this column for three years. At the same time, it …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Wrapping Up Art21 at NAEA 2011
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Wrapping Up Art21 at NAEA 2011
It was suggested that perhaps the TWCA column could provide a a wrap-up of the National Art Education Association’s annual conference in pictures this year, and while I would like …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Lots of Questions and Lots of Coffee: NAEA 2011
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Lots of Questions and Lots of Coffee: NAEA 2011
As I mentioned last week, Art21’s Education and Public Programs team recently took to Seattle for the National Art Education Association’s annual conference. Over 3,000 educators from across the country …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | What up, Internet? Saxophonist Throws Mad Wrenches in Capitalism’s Machinations
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | What up, Internet? Saxophonist Throws Mad Wrenches in Capitalism’s Machinations
I’m happy to report that I’m alive. I made it through my first conference presentation as part of The Now Museum Graduate Student Symposium last Sunday at the New Museum. …
Gastro-Vision
Gastro-Vision: Martha Rosler’s Kitchen Mise-en-Scène
Gastro-Vision
Gastro-Vision: Martha Rosler’s Kitchen Mise-en-Scène
In 2003, the Whitechapel Gallery in London invited Martha Rosler to recreate her classic video Semiotics of the Kitchen (1975) as a live performance. She accepted the invitation by holding …
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