Art Works:
The College Board, in partnership with the National Coalition for Core
Arts Standards (NCCAS), recently released two research reports designed
to support the revision of the National Arts Education Standards.
Building upon the 1994 National Standards, which were the result of a
collaboration of professional associations representing dance, music,
theater, and visual arts teachers, the next generation of arts education
standards will describe what students should know and be able to do as a
result of a quality curricular arts education program. According to the
NCCAS wiki, the new standards will “support the 21st-century needs of
students and teachers, help ensure that all students are college and
career ready, and affirm the place of arts education in a balanced core
curriculum.”
NOTCOT.ORG:
“Immersive Surfaces” is a publicly presented video projection
installation onto the Manhattan Bridge in Brooklyn during the Dumbo Arts
Festival from September 23 - 25, 2011. The multi- part video
projection, created by over 20 international artists and curators, will
cover over 30,000 sq. feet of the Manhattan Bridge Anchorage, Archway
and the surrounding cityscape, through the use of cutting-edge video
mapping technology.
guardian.co.uk:
But Pascal has a more interesting – and perhaps more controversial –
argument: that the woman issue can be better addressed through Arts
Council England. "I think unless we have equality being demanded at
funding level, equality of employment for women at all levels, this is
not going to change. I think the arts council needs to demand that this
is implemented. I think it is purely financial – nobody will change
unless they are forced to. There has been a massive push for disability
equality, but there hasn't been the same for gender."
guardian.co.uk:
In an era of job cuts, the redundancy of navy personnel and the
perilous future of hospital services, it seems perhaps frivolous to
expend pity on young actors – but spare a thought for the people who
could be the artists of the future. The people who would, if they were
only able to develop, bolster our tourist industry and entertain our
hearts in the depression and hard times on their way. Theatre, said
Lorca, is the measure of a nation's greatness. Our theatre is a jewel,
and we are throwing its future on the dung heap.
Sightlines:
For theatre artists, research is central to their work –particularly
visual research. It can also become one of those problem areas to teach.
Professors may ask, "Why don't my students get it?" and students chime
in, "Where am I supposed to find it?" Hearing these questions and seeing
students turn in undersized, pixilated images makes it an important
topic worth addressing.
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