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Why We Love Visiting Art Galleries (and You Should Too!)
"Art galleries are a place that everyone should visit a least once in their life.Visiting an art gallery is not just for those who have a passion for the arts, it can be enjoyed by anyone and everyone." https://themarshall gallery.com
'Direct and significant' impact of visual arts provides advantages for regional economy, study shows
'Direct and significant' impact of visual arts provides advantages for regional economy, study shows - A new report finds that the visual arts - including artists, photographers, graphic designers and jewelry makers and the people who hire them - has a direct and significant economic impact on the regional economy. www.crainscleveland.com
Arts Education Transforms Society
Arts Education Transforms Society - Do you enjoy the sleek look of your new iPhone? You can thank Steve Jobs for taking a calligraphy class at Reed College. Have you or your kids scribbled on a pair of Vans sneakers? Vans' President Kevin Bailey credits the brand's creativity with the arts education many of his employees have taken. At her promotion and swearing-in ceremony a few weeks ago, Capt. Moira McGuire, assistant chief of Integrated Health and Wellness at Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, credited the arts as central to her practice as a caregiver for our wounded, returning military veterans. These are just a few of today's leaders crediting their success to arts education. www.huffingtonpost.com
Putting Art in STEM
Putting Art in STEM-Engineering and art were not always completely separate disciplines. Take Leonardo da Vinci, who seamlessly combined the two. “Five hundred years ago, you couldn’t really tell the difference between artists and engineers,” said James Michael Leake, director of engineering graphics at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign. But education has become balkanized and the field of engineering, in particular, more specialized, complex and math- and computer-oriented. Today’s engineering majors have little room for other pursuits. www.nytimes.com
The Andres W. Mellon Foundation Awards
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation Awards CAA and SAH a Grant to Develop Evaluation Guidelines for Digital Art and Architectural History - The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation has awarded the College Art Association (CAA) a $90,000 grant to partner with the Society of Architectural Historians (SAH) in the development of guidelines for the evaluation of digital scholarship in art and architectural history for promotion and tenure. www.prweb.com
Arts Education Transforms Societies
Arts Education Transforms Societies - Do you enjoy the sleek look of your new iPhone? You can thank Steve Jobs for taking a calligraphy class at Reed College. Have you or your kids scribbled on a pair of Vans sneakers? Vans' President Kevin Bailey credits the brand's creativity with the arts education many of his employees have taken. www.huffingtonpost.com
The Needs for More Arts Teachers in School
The Need for More Arts Teachers in Schools: Arts in Education Week took place last month, and since then arts education has been on my mind and in the air. A recent blog post by Alan Yaffe - here -- that contended arts education advocacy should be focused more on art-making than art-viewing got me thinking. www.huffingtonpost.com
Ben Folds Joins NCCAS in Launching National Core Arts Standards
Ben Folds Joins NCCAS in Launching National Core Arts Standards - Arts education activist and singer-songwriter Ben Folds joined the National Coalition for Core Arts Standards (NCCAS) for the formal launch of the new National Core Arts Standards this morning. NCCAS-ten national arts and education service organizations- banded together to create the 2014 Core Arts Standards. The previous version of the national arts standards were published in 1994. www.educationworld.com
Education: Operation art helps hospital
Education: Operation Art helps hospital- Lisa van den Dolder says her role as the Operation Art Project Officer for The Arts Unit, Department of Education and Communities, lets her combine a love for teaching with a passion for Visual Arts, and a strong belief...www.smh.com.au
