{"id":606,"date":"2015-12-14T22:40:46","date_gmt":"2015-12-14T21:40:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jumper\/?p=606"},"modified":"2015-12-14T22:51:37","modified_gmt":"2015-12-14T21:51:37","slug":"a-qa-on-the-beauty-class-with-students-from-the-saic","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/jumper\/2015\/12\/a-qa-on-the-beauty-class-with-students-from-the-saic\/","title":{"rendered":"A Q&A on the Beauty Class with Students from the SAIC"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"wg-hand-raised-img-2810-smlr\"<\/a>Recently, I received an email from a student at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, preparing for a seminar on Arts Organizations in Society. She\u00c2\u00a0asked if I would be willing to Skype into the seminar to answer a few questions about the beauty class<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0Since the time difference made this impossible, I suggested that she\u00c2\u00a0email me a few questions and I answer them on a video, which could be played during class.\u00c2\u00a0Here are the questions the student\u00c2\u00a0sent me (with the times on the video where you can find my responses).<\/p>\n

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  1. What was it like for the beauty class students to begin to spend time with artwork? <\/strong>(00:00-04:55)<\/li>\n
  2. How did you measure success in the class? <\/strong>(4:55-7:22)<\/li>\n
  3. For students wanting to become arts administrators, is there anything in particular you wanted them to understand or know? <\/strong>(7:23-9:05)<\/li>\n
  4. Did you talk with your students about cultural policy? <\/strong>(9:06-10:33)<\/li>\n
  5. Would you agree that the Beauty Class offers a new, more beautiful framework for improvement to the role of an ethics course? <\/strong>(10:34-13:38)<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The video is rather informal but I thought I would share it on Jumper\u00c2\u00a0as (1)\u00c2\u00a0I imagine\u00c2\u00a0both the Qs and As could\u00c2\u00a0be interesting to other students of art\/arts administration; and (2)\u00c2\u00a0I am always delighted to hear from students who have read a post or two on Jumper and want to ask questions or debate ideas–and I want others to feel encouraged to reach out to me.<\/p>\n

    After the class, the student who contacted\u00c2\u00a0me kindly\u00c2\u00a0wrote a followup email and mentioned that this had been\u00c2\u00a0the last seminar before a month of papers and presentations.\u00c2\u00a0She then said, “There was a really wonderful several minutes near the end, where students volunteered and shared what beauty and aesthetics mean to them individually, inspired by conversation after your video.”<\/p>\n

    Sounds like an great\u00c2\u00a0way to end a term!\u00c2\u00a0Many thanks to the students of Arts Organizations in Society at SAIC for the opportunity to consider these questions and to be part of your class.<\/p>\n

    The whole video runs just under\u00c2\u00a015 minutes.<\/p>\n