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Re: Debate Topics

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gregjuli_at_TeacherArtExchange
Date: Mon Dec 03 2001 - 16:42:11 PST

This topic- animals creating art always creats a lively discussion with my 6th
and 7th graders. We talk about the elephants in California( I think it is San
Diego) or Bud- E. the cat who paint pictures.
maryb

Susan Holland wrote:

> artsednet@lists.getty.edu writes:
> > I would like to really get a passionate debate
> >going..
> what about the painting elephants-- you could debate whether animals can make
> art or not- this gets at your definition of art. Or are you familiar with
> Komar and Melamid's scientific polls about art? They are Russian artists who
> created a painting based on a telephone survey about what Americans prefer to
> see in a painting-- lots of issues in their work to debate.
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