Posted by Dan Barney
Emily will post a summary of today's events a bit more in depth... but I'll just post a couple of things too. First, your quiz on chapter one was replaced with a question about what is important to know. I asked you how many of you have taken a quiz or a test to find that the teacher selected material that you didn't study? Today I asked each of you to write three questions about the chapter that you thought was significant and we discussed 1/3rd of the questions together as a class. It took a while to get through these but I think we learned a lot in the process. Second, we had the opportunity to see a contemporary artist's work in our very own museum. BYU Museum of Art has its own blog for each exhibition... Dan Steinhilber's is here. (http://steinhilberatbyu.blogspot.com/)
Last, we went over to the bookstore to talk about art supplies. Artists play with materials outside of these traditional supplies and materials, but it can be overwhelming to a novice to buy supplies that are unfamiliar. I hope our trip was helpful. Hopefully, when we get back from our week off we can actually start exploring some new processes and techniques. Homework: Read the Eisner chapter that I handed out. Document your socially engaged art project as discussed in class and post it on the NING blog. If you didn't work out your content area that you will focus on with your presentation partner (social studies, math, language arts, geography, physical education, etc.) make sure you do so. It should tie into the studio section in some way (Emily and I will help you with this). Don't forget, the treat you bring to share is for the preceding week of your presentation. The aesthetic theory that falls on the date you bring your food is the theory you should be addressing with your food. Thanks! See you in a couple of weeks, Dan
Posted by Emily
Here are some other topics we discussed today in response to the reading (chapter 1) as your quiz questions:
- what it mean to be an artist? (what options are there for me?)
- has photography changed art/the idea of realism?
- where does an artist get inspiration from? (its in everything, it's a way of knowing, making significant connections, etc)
- asking good questions/assessment/the whys in order to come to our own conclusion (ex. favorite art movement & why?)
- should we show an example (will that lead to copying?) or leave it open ended (will that lead to students asking, 'what do I do?'), or should we provide a 'buffet' of possibilities?
- should we allow students to use sharp tools or more 'advanced' things like photography? (EMERGENT LEARNING)
- art is a talent you can work for just like reading (you want to become a better reader: read...alleviating the pressure & get training required)
- are there wrong/right ways of teaching art? (there are lots of different ways of getting to one answer!)
- ENABLING CONSTRAINTS
- treat your students as capable Then we discussed what does AESTHETICS mean. Like an anesthetic allows you to lose feeling, aesthetic means feeling or it's the philosophical inquiry of art/a branch of philosophy (what is art...).
Then we discussed some the Essential Theories of Aesthetics:
- Mimetic/Realism (Plato): has to look real, the essence of
- Expressionist (Aristotle): feeling
- Instrumentalist: does it serve a purpose, is it a tool, does it educate?
- Formalist: Elements & Principles of Design, not context
- Neo-Rationalist: how does it compare to past art/the masters
- Institutionalism: if an institution (such as a prominent gallery) says it's art then it must be art
- Feminist: multiculturalism, marginalism
- Marxist: politics, culture, etc
- Queer: strange in order to unsettle beliefs
- Hedonist (Epicurus): does it bring pleasure/joy
- (mentioned Ecology & Complexity theory)
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