As another school year begins, so do our meetings. We will be meeting on the 1st Tuesday of each month, focussing our attention, through action research, on issues that affect the teacher student paradigm.
We also planted a seed: Our 2nd biannual exhibition will be next spring in conjunction with CAEA’s exhibition. Our initial theme suggestion is Radical Compliance, a term coined by Arnold Aprill. (click) for an article about the false dichotomy of direct/integrated arts instruction. Perhaps you have thoughts regarding the proposed theme? You should share them with me and I will make your voices heard. Perhaps there’s another phrasing that encapsulates the dichotomization of arts education in the CDE, or perhaps there’s some other binary opposition we should explore? This show is ours, so please contribute to the thematic exploration.
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Our introductory meeting began with snacks and small conversation before our evening’s activity began. We were instructed to venture into the gallery and spend some time with A New Fine Line. While taking in this incredible exhibition of Chinese art, we wrote automatic one-word responses to our interactions with the art. We then took these responses and used them to create word banks in small-ish groups. These word banks were then grouped into pairs, sparking conversation about the reasoning behind the pairing which informed the group about everyone’s thinking—it’s a sneaky, successful icebreaker. We then ungrouped the pairs and sorted the words into two groups: Radical and Compliance. We then had a walk-about to see what each group had come up with. Finally, we grabbed one word from each category and created a sketch to embody what that pairing means to us. Such an activity works to foster communication, reveal more about ourselves than our intro does, and foster camaraderie amongst the entire group.
Our Next Meeting will be October 6th. We will meet at the Center for Visual Art and we will have fun.
AssignmentPlease remember to bring some of your students’ work with you. If you could bring in three(3) student generated examples of one project to share: one that meets, one that exceeds, and one that is sub-par. *only bring these if you have them and are willing to share* |
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