by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Last week I spoke about the art show my students set up. Today I watched it disassemble. And while I’m relieved the work is over it feels bittersweet. The kids work hard (and so do I!) to showcase their art and make it visible to people who may not even realize...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
An Art Show It is one thing to make your art and enjoy the finished product. It is an entirely different experience to celebrate your work and make an active choice to put it on display to showcase your time and effort. This weekend I’m watching students put...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
This weekend I’m chaperoning students in a Fine Arts Festival. The goal is for students to experience a mini workshop, which is a loosely structured art-making experience. It is evident to me the two women who conducted this activity have spent an enormous...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
This last week Tashkeel has announced its latest call to artists. Entitled Mawtini, which means my home in Arabic, artists are called to create works the define, represent or investigate notions of home. For a city filled with expatriates, I cannot think of a more...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
I teach a course called Theory of Knowledge (TOK), in which students are asked to become aware of the very frameworks that support their values, beliefs, morals and consider how this information is transmitted to individual/society/culture. It’s very nature asks...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Are competitions worth entering? To enter or not to enter, that is the question… I thought it would be worth sharing with my readers about several competitions I am entering. Several are free to enter and only some require UAE residency…all of them are due...
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