What should we ask of art education?

Phyllis Wattis Distinguished Lecture
Lois Hetland: What Should We Ask of Art Education?
Thursday 2 February, 7 p.m.
Phyllis Wattis Theater, SFMOMA

Lois Hetland is one of the leading thinkers on teaching, learning, and visual art. She is a key member of Project Zero, the educational research group of the Harvard Graduate School of Education. Few people can so powerfully make the case for the educational value of art as Hetland, who has long focused on creativity in personal development. For this lecture she considers creativity in relation to three other areas: product, process, and place. She explores the distinctive value of contemporary art, the role of cultural institutions, and the demands of the creative economy.

Hetland will begin by noting the ways in which art education is undervalued and how arts educators have attempted to justify it by extra-artistic qualities—achievement in non-arts subjects relevance to the creative economy—arguments that miss the spirit of a liberal education and, at K–12 levels, the “whole child.” Hetland will then discuss two key issues in detail: the value of Artistic Mind as the desired outcome of arts education and the wider value of creativity in society.

Her discussion will address the extended field of arts participants, contexts, and venues (including schools, community spaces, and museums); the value of basing art education on the work of living artists; and the four categories of creativity, as Hetland sees them: creative person, process, place, and product.

Her lecture will be followed by Q&A with Malissa Feruzzi Shriver, chair of the California Arts Council, and Dominic Willsdon, Leanne and George Roberts Curator of Education and Public Programs at SFMOMA.

http://www.sfmoma.org/exhib_events/events/2026

A DAY OF CREATIVITY AT HILLBROOK SCHOOL

Art teachers and all who are interested are invited to spend the day at the beautiful Hillbrook School campus where we will share our rich history and unique programming in the arts. The emphasis will be on how a rigorous and innovative art curriculum creates a holistic educational foundation for creativity in other disciplines. Spend a relaxing and enriching day of creativity and art-making. Hands-on workshops in fine art, ceramics, woodshop, and digital photography as well as other digital media will be offered. Attendees will also visit the new Innovation Lab, and learn how Hillbrook art teachers are integrating a one-to-one middle school iPad program into their classrooms. Lunch will be served. Contact Ken Hay at
khay@hillbrook.org, or by phone at (408) 356-6116.

http://www.caisca.org/page/22436_CAIS_Events.asp?pass=2&event=254

Books we brought to share

Botany for the Artist
Sarah Simblet

Vision and Art: The Biology of Seeing
Margaret Livingstone

Creative Drawing: Point and Line
Ernst Rottger and Dieter Klante

The Map as Art
Katharine Harmon

The Exquisite Book
Julia Rothman, Jenny Volvovski and Matt Lamothe


How to See Color and Paint it
Arthur Stern

Visual Literacy: A Conceptual Approach to Graphic Problem Solving
Judith Wilde and Richard Wilde

Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
Carol Dweck


Create
Lawrence Rinder

Teaching Mixed Media to Children
Karla Cikanova

The Art of Teaching Art to Children
Nancy Beal

Magic Books and Paper Toys
Esther K. Smith

Dynamic Art Projects for Children
Denise Logan

Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction
David Macaulay

Children, Clay and Sculpture
Cathy Weisman Topal

Observation Drawing with Children
Nancy Smith and the Drawing Study Group

Experience and Art: Teaching Children to Paint
Nancy R. Smith

500 Handmade Books: Inspiring Interpretations of a Timeless Form

Australian Aboriginal Paintings
Jennifer Isaacs

A Survival Elementary/Middle School Art Teacher
Helen D. Hume


Yardsticks: Children in the Classroom Ages 4-14
Chip Wood

James Doolin
Patricia Hickson

Pablo Picasso
Ernest Raboff

Van Gogh
Ernest Raboff

Beautiful Stuff! Learning with Found Materials
Cathy Weisman Topal and Lella Gandini

What It Is
Lynda Barry

A Question of Balance: Artists and Writers on Motherhood
Judith Pierce Rosenberg

Luke’s Way of Looking
Nadia Wheatley and Matt Ottley


Children, Art, Artists: the expressive languages of children, the artistic language of Alberto Burri
Reggio Children

Perspective Made Easy
Ernest R. Norling

You Can Weave! Projects for Young Weavers
Kathleen Monaghan and Hermon Joyner

Vitamin D: New Perspectives in Drawing

Leonardo’s Notebooks
Leonardo da Vinci, Edited by H. Anna Suh

The Natural Way to Draw
Kimon Nicolaides

Ish
Peter H. Reynolds

Drawing: 52 Creative Exercises to Make Drawing Fun
Carla Sonheim

How To Be An Explorer of the World: Portable Life Museum
Keri Smith

Art from Many Hands: Multicultural Art Projects
Jo Miles Schuman

Desert Realty
Ed Freeman


Art Forms from the Ocean
Ernst Haeckel

Dynamic Art Projects for Children
Denise Logan

Brown Bag Ideas from Many Cultures
Irene Tejada

Wonderful meeting!!

Thank you to everyone who came to MCDS last week! We had a great time and a lot of great conversations. After chatting over coffee and a mini book fair we broke into small groups to discuss topics facilitated by those interested in the topic. We managed to squeeze in three mini-sessions before coming together over lunch as a large group. After lunch we did a little sharing (via writing on the tables), and then broke into small groups for optional tours of the campus.

Here are some of the topics we covered:
Art as social commentary, Student Assessment, Fostering Creativity & Unique solutions, Technology in art class: iPads...etc, Art Shows, Self-Directed art centers, Middle Schoolers, World Cultures In Art:, Project sharing/ new project ideas, Digital Art/ Photography, Visiting artist program and ideas, Assistance in the Art Room


Here are some of the resources shared:
websites/Blogs/
Joannemattera.blogspot
Kesha Bruce studio
KierenDutcher.com
the artfull parent (blog)
teacherartexchange list
Art21 (pbs - contemporary artists - videos etc.)
Incredible Art Department (princetonol.com)
The National Gallery (have loaner project kits)
Deep Space Sparkle (blog)
Art 2.0
The Mac Lab
Ted Talks--april 1, 2011 Eric Whitacre
Lynda.com

Favorite local galleries & artists
Rex Ray
David Ellis-Barnstormers
Toomey Tourell gallery
Marin: Donna Seager Gallery (moving to MV)
Johanse Project- Oakland
Oakland Art Murmur first Fridays
Mission Cultural Center--gallery & classes 26th & Mission
Wayne Thiebaud
Hung Lui
Viola Frey
John Zurier
Mercury Zo Gallery

Special & Unusual Suppliers
Alemany Flea
Dumpsters, the beach
SCRAP
Parent donations
Depot for Creative re-use - Telegraph Ave. Oakland
Home Depot
Leslie Ceramics-San Pablo Ave, Oakland
RAFT (milpitas)
Urban Ore (ashby ave, berkeley)
The Container STore
Clay People (richmond)
Leftover building materials from my father, a general contractor
my basement
discount fabrics-berkeley
the school garden
NASCO, Blick
Welsh Products--thermofax and printing stuff, east bay
Artist & Craftsman Supply (SF & Berkeley)
Dharma Trading -San Rafael


How do you sustain yourself as an artist?
keep my sketchbook with me-draw whenever I can
Take time for my own art show & share with a local group
take classes
belong to a drawing book
do the projects with your students (or at home in your studio)
Travel
Be in a cooperative gallery
Maintain studio practice
visit galleries/museums
Relax
Do SF open studio annually
try to show work--sell/promote/blog/twitter/FB fan page
Be in nature to connect with my soul
Join an art meet up
DeYoung drawing classes Friday night
San Francisco Art Institute Free Friday evening figure drawing

Professional Development Opportunities
CAEA
School Arts
Crizmac
Tours
Leslie Ceramics classes for k-12 teachers
The Crucible
NAEA
Mosaic Institute of Art-Oakland
BAYVAC
Women’s Caucus for Art-National org. with local chapters
Developmental Designs
Center for the Book
Teachers for Social Justice conference (Mission High SF)
National Summer Learning Conference (nov. 15-16 SF)
BAYVAC
TiCA-grants for art teachers to make art over the summer @ Chicago Art Institute

Look for the list of books shared soon!

Meeting details!

We are looking forward to seeing you at Marin Country Day School on Wednesday, Oct 12th from 9-2. Here are some details:

-Please RSVP by Oct 4th (if possible) if you are coming to avalentine[@]mcds.org. If you could lead a discussion on a particular topic (or are excited about a particular topic) please include that in your RSVP.

-Please bring a book that has informed your teacher or that you love to use

-Please bring examples or photos of any projects that you are excited about!



Directions to MCDS can be found on the school website: www.mcds.org (in the "about us" area)

Tentative date- October 12th!

Hello all!

Marin Country Day School is pleased to host the next art teacher meeting on Wednesday, October 12th! Details and confirmation will be forthcoming.

If anyone would like to host a weekend meeting (perhaps in Spring?) let's talk!

Adra
avalentine [at] mcds.org

Happy Summer!

Have a great summer! We hope to host the next meeting at Marin Country Day School this fall- date tbd, but this one will probably be a weekday event. Looking forward to seeing you all! Adra