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Tacking on to Undercofler and Taylor: What Do Graduates of Arts Colleges Need to Know and Be Able To Do?
I’ve been following the recent posts of Jim Undercofler and Andrew Taylor: Jim’s post, Arts Entrepreneurship — Lack of Imagination, Lack of Chutzpah? was followed up by Andrew’s post, Is Arts Entrepreneurship Training Really Just Career Prep? So, here’s my tack-on, making for a trio on the subject. Today, much of the K-12 education debate…
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David Brooks Gets It Right
It seems simple, but that is not what is happening. Instead, legislators and administrators are simply cutting on the basis of what’s politically easy and what vaguely seems expendable. In education, many administrators are quick to cut athletics, band, cheerleading, art and music because they have the vague impression that those are luxuries. In fact,…
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From Tikkun Magazine: Arts Education as a Spriritual Act
From Joel Shatzky and Tikkun Magazine comes Arts Education as a Spiritual Act. As this trend continues to evolve and grow, the spiritual qualities of America which was once, in the words of Abraham Lincoln, the “last best hope of mankind” will have been extinguished, while along with the intellectual and cultural environment, the physical…
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Scorched Earth Educational Policy: Toledo Public School System to Eliminate All Elementary School Arts and Phys Ed
That’s right, ALL arts and physical education. Click here to read End of Art in School Means End of A Legacy, from the Toledo Examiner. There was a radio interview with one of the Board of Education members and when they were asked when the child will be introduced to music the person said “…they…
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How Important is Arts Education? The New York Times Asks Students
From The Learning Network of The New York Times, comes How Important is Arts Education?, by Katherine Schulten. As a follow-up to Chloe Veltman’s recent piece on how youth choirs are flourishing despite cuts in arts education, Schulten asks the students to respond to: Does your school offer classes in music, drama, dance or the…
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More on Belinda Reynolds’s Manifesto: Where Art Thou Composition in Music Ed?
Those who know music education, know that for many years research has indicated that creative music making, meaning composition and improvisation, is taught at a distinctly lower frequency than other types of musical activities not centered in musical creation, but instead interpretation. So, as a a follow-up to Belinda Reynolds’s Manifesto, I thought it would…
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On The Declining Field of Concert Music
The New York Times recently published a feature story on the state of concert music freelancing: Freelance Musicians Hear Mournful Coda as the Jobs Dry Up. It was a good living. But the New York freelance musician — a bright thread in the fabric of the city — is dying out. In an age of…
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Guest Blogger, Jane Remer: The New Messiah: Are the Arts Waiting for Godot…er, Superman or Woman?
Let’s welcome back Jane Remer to Dewey21C. It’s been a bit of time since her last guest entry. I know I missed her. How about you? –RK************************************************************************************************************ Jane Remer’s CliffNotesThe New Messiah: Are the Arts Waiting for Godot…er, Superman or woman? October 4, 2010 The latest flurry that has caught the interest of some, but…
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Books. Children. Arts. Education!
It’s never too early to consider your holiday gift list. Today, I present to you a lucky 13 list of primarily arts-oriented books for children. The wonderful thing about these books, which for me is a big-time measure of children’s book quality overall, is that adults will enjoy these books just as much as the…
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Former Arts Endowment Official Takes Arts Ed Advocates To Task
In the new edition of Education Next, Mark Bauerlein takes a dim view of the nature of arts education advocacy and offers a prescription for improvement, namely a focus on arts as a discrete discipline and a more entrepreneurial approach overall. Click on through to read Advocating for Arts in the Classroom. In essence, Bauerlein…