Doodlers Unite!

Visual Literacy and creative thinking triumphantly merge in the humble doodle! See this TED talk thanks to Sheryl Lamme: http://www.ted.com/talks/lang/en/sunni_brown.html

TED for teachers!

Today TED launched a website for educators Ed.TED.com. Check it out! Some of the TEd talks include quizzes, thought provoking questions, and resources for digging deeper into the topic. The talks, or YouTube videos, can be "flipped" by teachers and customized for their curricular needs then shared with others on the website. This TED talk about story and legacy is a good one to see. Http://ed.ted.com/lessons/stories-legacies-of-who-we-are

Making "Sense" of the power of the visual arts

I am very impressed with the depth and richness of the six "sense" experiences we shared together in our 8740 Curriculum in Art Education graduate class. We have built a community of creative and innovative scholars who continue to encourage me about the future of visual arts education and what that will mean for this generation of ikids.

Brain Pickings

I look forward to every Sunday when I receive my new edition of my Brain Pickings Newsletter.

(Thanks Amber!)

Please look at Sunday's newsletter and read about Steal like an Artist at http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/08/steal-like-an-artist-austin-kleon-book/

Also read about the Curators Code at http://www.brainpickings.org/index.php/2012/03/09/curators-code/

If you like it you could subscribe for free too!

Celebrate Rachel Nelson

See the wonderful article about Rachel in today's Columbia Tribune. http://www.columbiatribune.com/news/2012/mar/11/rachel-keren-nelson/

Janine Antoni letter to the viewer

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I was inspired by Janine Antoni as she spoke at NAEA this week. Please view her segment on Art:21 in Season 2. She described a recent work where she focused on the artist's relationship to the viewer and the art object to the viewer. After reading below please choose an art object of desire and write a letter from the perspective of the object and post both an image of the object and the letter on your blog.

Antoni said:

Janine Antoni: I wanted to start with a recent piece I made for a show that opened at the Hayward gallery and is presently at the Haus der Kunst in Munich. The show is called Move: Choreographing You and its theme explores how the art object choreographs the movement of the viewer. The piece I made for this context is a love letter written from the perspective of an artwork to its viewer. It is written on a torn-out floor plan from the gallery guide, and is slipped into people’s personal belongings when they check their stuff at the coat check. The letter reads:

The minute you saw me, you came straight over and then stopped. As if you couldn’t think and move at the same time, it seemed that you’d come to some conclusion because your thoughts started to lead you with such intensity. It was as though you had taken me into your body, I remained still, quietly absorbing my surrender to your desire. You came so close to me that I felt the breeze of your movement on my surface. Swept away by your burning attention, I felt as if I was made for you. I was completed by your presence. Will you carry me in your memory? Or is that too much to ask?

This letter sums up my relationship to my audience. I have a deep love for the viewer; they are my imaginary friend. When I’m making work I spend a lot of time fantasizing about what the viewer will do and think; I enter their body, and imagine them walking up to my sculpture—what they’re going to think at that moment, and what will call them to walk in one direction or another. I take great care in orchestrating how the meaning of the work will unfold through the physical discovery of the form.

Wire Photo Holders made for SAEA

I just finished making 10 prototypes for this year's SAEA fundraising art sale during Education Week March 5-9th. This year our president, Carrie Stephenson, chose Wire Photo Holders as our creative inspiration. The SAEA is meeting Monday at 7:00pm in 109 Townsend to begin production. Please join us for pizza and artsy fun!

Playing with forms

Our art education doctoral alumni Dong Hee Suh just had these pieces published in Ceramic Arts Journal and they reminded me of the paper sculptures created in our class. I thought you would enjoy seeing them.

Paik's work that inspired me.

Welcome to the Spring 2012 semester at MU!

I am looking forward to a great class Curriculum in Art Education and am already impressed by our group.

The NAEA Summer Vision experience was wonderful. Please see the adventures and pictures of our experiences at http://www.facebook.com/groups/160602843997493?ap=1. You will find me at all the museums https://naea.digication.com/Su​mmerVisionDC/SummerVision_DC_J​uly_2011_-_Day_One/published. As an extra surprise one of the participants was my former middle school student Andy Katz. He is now a fine art teacher in Maryland.

Olivia Gude's three new postmodern principles of art are:

Imagining a future

Elaborating fantasies

Believing

Welcome to MU Art Education Summer 2011

Welcome to our wonderful class. I am excited to get started!

Our new family member!

Fashion

Welcome to my new blog!

As an artist and art educator it is exciting to enter into a conversation about art, what we teach, how we teach art, and the value of art education to all of us!