Saturday, September 4, 2010

The Getty asks big-name contemporary artists to write curricula

While fun— and a wonderful statement about the importance of the work of teaching and learning to have such *famous* artists working on this project— to me, these lessons are lacking something.  Perhaps I’m missing the intellectual rigor I have come to expect from these individuals. Perhaps these lessons reveal something about the artists’ own histories of education. For example, take Kerry James Marshall. With all the social issues he engages up front in his work, his lesson is a pedestrian one about the mechanics of drawing.

The Getty also doesn’t showcase any teacher-generated content which looks to be a field-wide problem.

Take a look & see what you think.
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  1. CyberpedagogySeptember 6, 2010 at 7:45 PM

    I agree, Rachel. These don't seem all that in-depth or exciting. I'd be curious to know what the call/request of the artists was. Were they just asked for a short lesson? Was it a pretty wide-open request?

    Feels like maybe in general it was a limited approach and if it wasn't for the names, it wouldn't really draw much interest.

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