Come learn about the artist within you.
Elaine Cimino will be speaking about the the Born to Draw Children’s and Adult Drawing Program, as part of the Spirit, Mind and Body Month Series program at the HB Horn YMCA 4901 Indian School Rd. NE March 14th 2012 at 6 PM
Come listen, learn and experience the Born to Draw program. Children, Parents, Teachers all adults are invited.
By Hank Pellissier
Stress! Bad for the body! Bad for the brain! We’ve seen the articles, watched the 11 o’clock news reports on the “silent killer,” and complained to friends and family about how stressed-out we are. While we all know that adult stress can lead to serious illnesses such as ulcers and hypertension, we don’t associate these maladies with children.
We invite you to read the NYT article by Nicolas Kristof. There have been other studios that Elaine Cimino Studios has been working with who have seen the Born to Draw iBooks and have commented on the environmental aspects of the books and said they would not want to stress these type of issues in their children’s educational programming. I am glad to see that this article was published and that it gives others the courage to teach sustainability in their classrooms.
Born to Draw Presentation on IBooks Offereings
Check out the new presentation for iBooks offering and collaborative support materials.
Submitted By Les Krifaton, Reporter – email
Improving student grades through the arts
LAS VEGAS (FOX5) –
It’s called Any Given Child. The program aims to provide a more balanced education through the arts.
“I am a firm believer as has been my husband of how important art is to the development of the whole human being” said Las Vegas Mayor Carolyn.
Las Vegas is only the fourth of seven cities selected for the program by the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts based in Washington, DC.
New ways of learning in today’s classes
Tuesday January 17, 2012
A world first online art history program offered by the University of Adelaide and the Art Gallery of South Australia is setting a new benchmark for online learning.
Students enrolled in the Master of Arts (Studies in Art History) program are taken through a virtual tour of the Gallery’s most exquisite art collections, discovering Australian, Indigenous, Japanese and European Art from the comfort of their lounge room.
This exhibition features an early first edition of “Los Caprichos,” a set of eighty etchings by Spanish artist Francisco de Goya y Lucientes published in 1799. Included in the exhibition for comparison are other works by Goya.
To augment Goya’s “Los Caprichos” prints, the exhibition will also include the work of several contemporary artists including Enrique Chagoya, Jason Garcia (Santa Clara), Diego Romero (Cochiti), Roger Shimomura, Jaune Quick-to-See Smith (Flathead, Shoshone), and Masami Teraoka. Like Goya, these exceptional artists all incorporate social commentary and social critique as integral aspects of their work.
Dean of Arts and Science Alistair MacLean attributes this to the pending retirement of one of the program’s three full-time professors (“I was concerned with admitting new students without being certain we could fulfill course requirements,” he said).
… “For MacLean any crisis is a broader one. In a tightening funding environment — Ontario schools have been told to expect no funding increases for at least six years — universities chase dollars wherever they can find them. Art programs, he says “can be seen as boutique — they take up lots of space, they have small classes. So if they’re not healthy, they’re vulnerable.”…
Kniazuk’s arguments are locked and loaded, like live ammunition.
“You’ve got your art for art’s sake, you’ve got your quality of life, you’ve got your economic, you’ve got your tourism, you’ve got your education piece,” he said. “Then the last piece of the argument — and I’m probably forgetting a dozen other good ones — is [drawing] businesses and the creative class.”
“Quite frankly,” he continued, barely pausing to catch his breath, “it’s a model that other sectors of the economy should probably be trying to emulate.”
The Arts are imperative in education. Whether its music, drama, or painting, students should be encouraged to explore their creativity. They should not always be told what to learn or given a formula.The Arts empowers youth to express themselves and to be heard. Art gives students a voice.
