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Re: A New Question to Ponder

From: Rosa Juliusdottir (rojul)
Date: Sat Feb 12 2000 - 12:01:46 PST

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    What do you want your students to know and learn in art? ( Nancy Walkupīs
    question)

    What do I want my students to learn when they paint a picture, build forms
    in soft clay or draw a picture of a house?

    John Dewey said (65 yrs ago): art is a certain kind of experience that has
    a special kind of value and as such it makes our lives richer.
    I want my students to learn this, I also want them to learn the language of
    art, that is how to use colours, forms etc. because they must know
    techniques and develope capacity to express their ideas through art ( as
    you cannot express yourself in a language you donīt know).
    I want my students to learn and know about the arts as a power that can
    create life in what is special. What we may find mundane may be an
    inspiration for an artist, their expression often shows us what we have
    stopped noticing thus giving us new value in our everyday experience and
    "seing" what we did not see before. Art can depict the horror of war in a
    way the news in our living room no longer can.
    I want my students to find in their art a channel(path) where they can
    express themselves in their own way so that their art comes from
    themselves, is real. That they can choose their colours with insight and
    that their lines be filled with sound, some kind of music. I want them to
    learn that by painting a picture their works can bring them into a world of
    imagination and dreams. That by creating art they can more easily
    participate in the magic moments of the mind and wake up ideas and
    emotions hidden in the deep corners of their souls.
    Or as Elliot Eisner says: "Art education should contribute to education
    what other fields cannot contribute". I want that for my students.
    Best regards from the far north,
    Rosa 

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