Download or read book Color Expressions an Art Educational Voyage written by Dr. Lonnie G. Ford and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-08-28 with total page 102 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years ago, I enrolled in a graduate course on educational research that focused on closing the achievement gap for African-American children. The course was structured to explore issues, causes and concerns for the achievement gap. Studying different educational outcomes, reading books and articles, we regularly shared our insights about some leading causes. Most importantly, we were instructed to stay within our subject areas when finding any contributions to that gap. In my attempt to complete the assignment of researching possible causes, in my discipline of art education, I found myself frustrated and angry. Why? There were no research studies exploring how art education was a part of the equation leading to solutions in closing the gap. In addition, there were no basic instructions or curricula designed to make connections to the art student to develop critical thinking skills or to incorporate the use of students life experiences for learning. Furthermore, I felt that art education was used as a testing ground in urban schools, like the Chicago Public Schools using Teaching Artists to teach art with no teaching certification or teaching qualifications (Booth, 2003). The purpose of this approach was to use their knowledge and practices of art to influence change in students learning. This kind of experiment branched away from any real effort to integrate art education and truly recognize it as a viable core subject area. While conducting research for the course, I found that researchers defined the achievement gap between white and African-American students solely in terms of the four core subjects of math, science, social studies, and language arts, with no attention given to art education (e.g., Berlak, 2001, Honig, 2001, Limn, 2000, Sacks, 2000). A study by the National Black Caucus entitled Closing the Achievement Gap: Improving Education Outcomes for African American Children (November, 2001) reports: Make improving the literacy skills of students a top priority. Students who cannot read will experience little success in school. Reading is the key to academic achievement in every subject, ranging from math and English to science and history. We must put reading first by finding initiatives and programs designed to strengthen the reading skills of students, particularly low-performing students. Again, there was no mention of art. As both an African-American and an art teacher, I found it very disturbing that the recommendations of many national and local art educational organizations and schools failed to address the importance of teaching art education in African-American urban school settings. My dissertation research ultimately arose from this concern.
Download or read book Abstract Art Painting written by Debora Stewart and published by Penguin. This book was released on 2015-05-06 with total page 129 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Would you love to take your art in a new direction? In Abstract Art Painting, you will enter a realm of tactile, intuitive excitement, combining pastel and acrylic to achieve results as unique as you are. You'll learn how to explore the use of color theory in abstraction and to use underpainting to bring structure and depth to your art. In addition you'll begin to understand how to work in a series and how this can help you develop your own personal style. A sampling of what you'll add to your creative toolbox: • Pastel and acrylic techniques to use to complete your own paintings • The benefits of expressing your ideas abstractly • How to loosen up by using your nondominant hand and drawing to music • Ways to express emotions through mark-making • Using color and symbolism for expression • Working with photos for inspiration • Tips for using color studies Step into your own abstract frame of mind today!
Download or read book Color Expressions written by Lonnie G. Ford and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Several years ago, I enrolled in a graduate course on educational research that focused on closing the achievement gap for African-American children. The course was structured to explore issues, causes and concerns for the achievement gap. Studying different educational outcomes, reading books and articles, we regularly shared our insights about some leading causes. Most importantly, we were instructed to stay within our subject areas when finding any contributions to that gap. In my attempt to complete the assignment of researching possible causes, in my discipline of art education, I found myself frustrated and angry. Why? There were no research studies exploring how art education was a part of the equation leading to solutions in closing the gap. In addition, there were no basic instructions or curricula designed to make connections to the art student to develop critical thinking skills or to incorporate the use of students' life experiences for learning. Furthermore, I felt that art education was used as a testing ground in urban schools, like the Chicago Public Schools using Teaching Artists to teach art with no teaching certification or teaching qualifications (Booth, 2003). The purpose of this approach was to use their knowledge and practices of art to influence change in students' learning. This kind of experiment branched away from any real effort to integrate art education and truly recognize it as a viable core subject area. While conducting research for the course, I found that researchers defined the achievement gap between white and African-American students solely in terms of the four core subjects of math, science, social studies, and language arts, with no attention given to art education (e.g., Berlak, 2001, Honig, 2001, Limn, 2000, Sacks, 2000). A study by the National Black Caucus entitled Closing the Achievement Gap: Improving Education Outcomes for African American Children (November, 2001) reports: Make improving the literacy skills of students a top priority. Students who cannot read will experience little success in school. Reading is the key to academic achievement in every subject, ranging from math and English to science and history. We must put reading first by finding initiatives and programs designed to strengthen the reading skills of students, particularly low-performing students. Again, there was no mention of art. As both an African-American and an art teacher, I found it very disturbing that the recommendations of many national and local art educational organizations and schools failed to address the importance of teaching art education in African-American urban school settings. My dissertation research ultimately arose from this concern.
Download or read book Color Expressions written by G. Lonnie and published by . This book was released on 2009-08-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Chapter 1 focuses on my early childhood development in elementary school and how I used my environment as a tool for learning. My autobiographical narrative begins with a description of how I integrated art education concepts establishing a method for learning. Applying those self-taught methods and concepts, I became proficient in the four core subject areas and succeeded in school. The most significant obstacle that I encountered in my life, at this time, was the fact I lived in a high poverty area, also known as "The Projects". Most minorities are cut off from information, skills, and guidance that will prepare them for the pursuit of their desires to learn while living in a poverty area. Moving from elementary to the junior high school, my learning environment changed. Following the Brown v. Board of Education decision desegregating public schools, I was bused to the neighboring school which was located in a predominantly white and more affluent neighborhood. This experience showed me the stark disparity between higher qualities of educational learning environment versus the destitution of living in a ghetto! While in junior high my educational art integration methods were slowed by national conflicts and catastrophic deaths of famous African-American people and the burning cities in the late 1960s'. These were my first encounters of how race relationships were so important to learning. In spite of the conflicts and tragedies around me, I was determined to remain focused on my education. I used art as a coping mechanism to deal with the events that surrounded me, and I came to understand the value of art as a way of learning. During this time, I continually searched for the one teacher who would understand and endorse my use of art as a way of learning. The interesting thing about this search is that although I found several teachers like this in elementary and middle school, they were nowhere to be found in high school, college, and graduate school. I explain how this lack of guidance and understanding affected my academic success and achievements. With the school culture, social environment and unhappy classroom experiences, school became an illusion of unwanted relationships. For example, I was known more for my athletic abilities than for my unique artistic integrations in my learning, which I found extremely frustrating. While I enjoyed the attention that I received as an athlete, I longed for that one teacher or professor who would notice or appreciate the way I used art in my learning. Chapter 2 focuses on the history of my employment as an art teacher and how I began to integrate art with the four core subject areas. All I needed was a place in which to put my theories into practice. My first opportunity came when I was hired to teach at a boys' home for underprivileged African-American adolescents who were wards of the state and were at risk of academic failure. My strategies were extremely successful. Later, as an art instructor for adult education, I continued to conduct more strategies to refine my teaching skills. I also describe in some detail, other positions that allowed me the opportunity to gain more knowledge in art education, use my strategies and attain my certification of teaching art education. Chapter 3 consists of for my search for new ways to use art education for the purpose of teaching across the curriculum. This process began with my vision that all art teachers teach across the curriculum. I believe that a common set of standards, language and curriculum in art education can help teachers assess children's knowledge and skills. To accomplish this vision, it was imperative for me to attend workshops designed for teachers in the other core subject areas. While attending these workshops I would collect evidence that proved or disproved my strategies of the connections between art education and the core subject area. For example, attending a writing/reading workshop for language arts was
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