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What is Art? from Joseph B May on Vimeo. Start the school year by playing this video (or a portion of it) to your students. It was produced by Allied Arts, a non-profit united arts fund and arts council in Chattanooga, Tennessee for a recent local campaign and website titled What Is Art 2 Me. . . . → Read More: What Does Art Mean to You? Photo by mamjodh, CC Attribution License I’ve mulled the topic of this posting over in my head for days now, trying to come up with a way to talk about it without being depressing or overly melodramatic. But, as I continue to read news stories of school districts slashing or . . . → Read More: Where is the silver lining here? Here are ten October treats: 1. With Halloween coming up at the end of this month, check out Mark Newport’s knitted super hero costumes at the Greg Kucera Gallery. (See Q&A with Newport on Smithsonian.com) 2. Also, don’t miss Nick Cave’s embroidered “sound suits” at the Jack Shainman Gallery, which are embellished with materials like twigs, socks, and . . . → Read More: Web Sightings for October 2009 One of the first books I bought as an art teacher early in my career was on Art Advocacy from the NAEA. While I no longer have the book, it’s message has stuck with me over the years—Art teachers have to promote, market, and always be prepared to make a strong case for their programs . . . → Read More: Ten Art Advocacy Videos |
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Join the Make Art, Save Art Campaign
DoSomething.org, a non-profit organization that encourages youth under 25 to take action and volunteer in their communities, is sponsoring a campaign called Make Art. Save Art. in collaboration with Hewlett-Packard to promote the importance of art education in schools.
The contest asks young people (under the age of 25) to create and submit PC wallpapers . . . → Read More: Join the Make Art, Save Art Campaign