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Innovative Thinking Is Learned

Art is a cause, not a result, of creativity.
Saying art is about creativity can harm a comprehensive understanding of art. When we clarify ways of thinking about art we may be able to tap the phenomenal potential that arts provide to learning methods.
The idea of creativity usually evokes the idea of imagination. Imagination may relate [...]

Is Painting Dead?

The term Painting here also relates to Drawing. The point is that it is a mark-making method that directly connects the body, mobilized in conjunction with nerves and brain activity, to the material world, on one end with perception and on the other with a manifested image.

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What Is Art Education Good For?

The experience of art making influences our sense of being in the world in both subtle and blatantly obvious ways. Realizing that we do not already know everything about what we are, what we think and what we can do is necessary to all learning and to an evolution of consciousness and civilization.

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Students’ Learning

I just added to: Samples of Students’ Work
& Student Comments on Work & Learning

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Portrait of a Class

Art 1A Summer 2009: Student Comments
Students commenting on their learning experience in my Ancient Art History Class, Summer 2009.
Sincerity, like poetry, is often wrapped in imperfect sentences.
I extracted and condensed but avoided editing student writing.

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Beginning a Project

We don’t always know what will be necessary for completion when we begin. It is better to allow a beginning to happen rather than obsess over how the finished product will look.

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