by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
As an artist, I have always battled with what I perceived as the selfishness of my endeavor. It seemed to me that creativity was something individual, personal and thus, somewhat selfish. And when people shared their attitude, asking what it does for the community or...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Putting the Arts in STEM Education Guest post on Artist Strong by Patrick Ross I received confirmation recently that educators of our children still understand the importance of arts education in our increasingly math-and-science-focused educational system. I...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Why the Arts are Important to Me: a Working-Class Perspective Guest post on Artist Strong By Lou Mycroft, Teacher Educator, Runner and Mum My mom was a visual artist, although as she didn’t raise me, that was hardly an influence on my life. I have no technical skills...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Why Do the Arts Matter: A Means of Understanding our Cultural Past The arts reflect the society and culture in which we live today. And I could take an entire post dedicated to that question (not to mention probably a book about it!). But what that statement did was...
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
I commend Antonia Carver and everyone who has helped Dubai build itself into an impressive center for the arts. In the 6 years I’ve lived here I’ve seen impressive, sustained, thoughtful building of art culture and community (in both Dubai and Abu Dhabi)....
by Carrie Brummer | Why do the Arts Matter?
Today is another Why do the Arts Matter post here at Artist Strong. There is so much talk right now in the Education world about the importance of the arts. But where is the practice? We can talk all we want, but if we don’t put money where our mouths are, we are...
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