Voice Piece for Soprano
Hey – just watched this video of Yoko Ono performing her piece – wish we could show it to students!
Keep readingComments 1General email to teachers – post your versions
Dear…,
I look forward to meeting you and your students at the Museum of Modern Art for a tour on … at … I am writing to learn about your students studies at school and your motivation for bringing them to the museum. This information will help the educators and I plan.
Upon your arrival…
Keep readingComments 0India highlights (so far)
I’ll be adding more and starting a travel journal/blog, but in the meantime, here are some photos…
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=210873&id=707068073&l=86ad77b581
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Here’s an excellent article I came across on facilitating learning in groups.
We use the word all the time to describe what we do, but this article got me thinking more deeply of what I mean vs. what I say vs. what I do.
Some highlights:
Roger Schwarz on group facilitation
Group facilitation is a process in which a…
Getty Museum and artist Mark Bradford launch online curricula for K-12 art teachers
Getty Online Curricula for K-12 Teachers
The Getty Museum and artist Mark Bradford today unveiled Open Studio: A Collection of Artmaking Ideas by Artists, a new project conceived by Bradford, an LA-based artist and MacArthur Fellow, to provide free online arts activities for K-12 teachers to use in their classrooms.
Open Studio is the inaugural…
Keep readingComments 0“Book Club” list
1. Art Without Compromise by Wendy Richmond*
2. Hunger by Knut Hamsun*
3. A Life of Picasso: The Cubist Rebel
4. Art School: (Propositions for the 21st Century*
5. Dialogues with Marcel Duchamp
6. Duchamp: A Biography
7. Off the Wall: A Portrait of Robert Rauschenberg
8. Art Life: Selected Writings 1991-2005 (Lawrence Rinder)
9. The Lives of the Artists …
Keep readingComments 8Scott’s Entry: Interstitial Spaces
The walks in between objects is often a great opportunity for students to see additional artwork, keep their eyes and brains working, as well as hopefully pique their interest for future visits. However, it can also be a challenge for educators — or at least myself — when a student wants a quick explanation why…
Keep readingComments 0Let’s have some fun
In response to the link F.E. posted to the list of the top 30 living contemporary artists, a list that seems to be generated for collectors–a list based on “attention” i.e. media hits, etc, I wanted to start generating some of our own lists. This is game that I play when I am around groups…
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