Arts @the core
Student Artists Discover the Power Behind Human Art Making
  • Artodynamics
  • High School Theatre Arts
    • Thespian Troupe 7444
    • Freshman Introduction to Theatre >
      • Theatre basics >
        • Who's who in the theatre
      • Why do we make theatre? >
        • Roman Theatre - Comedy and Stereotypes
      • How to read a play >
        • Basic memorization tips and techniques
      • Children's Theatre (Folklore)
    • Freshman Theatre and Society >
      • Rumors of Polar Bears
      • Politics and Theatre
    • Sophomore Tech Theatre >
      • Concentration Research >
        • Set Design
        • Lighting and Sound Design
        • Costume Design
        • Stage Make Up
        • Properties
        • PR and Marketing
      • Final Design for Tech
    • Sophomore Movement and Voice >
      • The body and space
      • The voice and sound >
        • Radio Plays
      • Expression without words
      • Be Seen, Be Heard
    • Junior Contemporary Theatre >
      • The What, The Why, and the Wherefore?
      • Scenes
      • Laramie Project - 10 Years later
      • God of Carnage
    • Junior Classical Theatre >
      • Greek Theatre
      • Shakespeare
    • Senior Directing/Playwriting >
      • Senior Summer Assignment
      • The Silent Seven
      • Understanding the Collaborative Process
      • Structuring a Script >
        • Creating Convincing Characters
        • Thirty/One/Ten Creating Short Works
    • Senior Project Option 1
    • Senior Project Option 2
  • High School Visual Arts
    • Art Theory >
      • 20/20 project
      • Artistic Risk Unit >
        • Risky Business >
          • E-Zine
          • Discussion and Questions
        • Risk on the Street >
          • Virtual Stickers
          • Discussion and Questions
        • Uncovering Risk >
          • Models
          • Discussion and Questions
        • Nature of Risk >
          • Installation Presentations
          • Discussion and Questions
        • Redefining the "Box" >
          • Presentations
        • Unit Wrap Up
        • Resources for This Unit
        • Lectures
      • Visual Storytelling
      • Space Unit >
        • Building our World
        • Getting Some Perspective
        • Spatial Relations
      • 2D Art Final - Book Transformation
    • Anatomy Final - Transformation
    • Color Theory >
      • Transparent Color Study
      • Inverse Landscape Diptych Project
      • Fairy Tale Icons
      • Research/Master Study Project
      • Sophomore to Junior Summer Assignment
    • Painting Master Study >
      • The "Ists"
      • 20th Century Revolutionaries
      • Painting:Master Study Final
  • Educational Art
    • Capstone Project - Meeting in the Middle
    • Research and Methods
    • Globalization and Me >
      • St. Ann Arts and Cultural Center
    • The Creative Paradox - Contemporary Issues Final >
      • Annotated Bibliography - Creativity
  • Teacher Bio
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Welcome to Arts @ the Core with Jason Robert LeClair
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art
ärt/
noun
                  the expression or application of human creative skill and imagination, typically in a visual form such as painting or sculpture, producing works to be
                  appreciated primarily for their beauty or emotional power.
dy·nam·ics
dīˈnamiks/
noun
                the forces or properties that stimulate growth, development, or change within a system or process.

art-o-dy-nam-ics
ärt ō dīˈnamiks/
noun
                  
The forces or properties of learning that stimulate intellectual and cultural growth through the process of expression and application of human creative skill
​                in order to form a deeper understanding of the human condition.  


On Arts Education:

The Arts in most, if not all, cultures are integral to life: function, creation and learning are intertwined. The Arts are fundamentally instrumental, in both formal and non-formal ways, as vehicles of knowledge and the methods of learning different disciplines. This instrumental approach to Arts Education neither limits the Arts as a supplementary educational tool, nor simply aims at bringing arts into curricula as the main content or a study subject.

UNESCO basically promotes two main approaches to Arts Education, which can be implemented at the same time and need not be distinct. The “learning through the arts/culture” approach demonstrates how we can utilize artistic expressions and cultural resources and practises, contemporary and traditional, as a learning tool. It targets to draw on the rich wealth of culture, knowledge and skills of societies to enhance an inter-disciplinary approach to learning in a range of subject areas.

The “learning in the arts/culture” approach stresses the value of cultural perspectives, multi and inter-cultural, and culturally-sensitive languages through learning processes. This kind of approach contributes to engender understanding of the importance of cultural diversity and reinforce behaviour patterns underlying social cohesion.

The benefits of introducing the arts and cultural practices into learning environments showcase a balanced intellectual, emotional and psychological development of individuals and societies. Such education not only strengthens cognitive development and the acquisition of life skills – innovative and creative thinking, critical reflection, communicational and inter-personal skills, etc – but also enhances social adaptability and cultural awareness for individuals, enabling them to build personal and collective identities as well as tolerance and acceptance, appreciation of others. The positive impact it gives on the development of societies ranges from cultivating social cohesion and cultural diversity to preventing standardization and promoting sustainable development.

From the United Nations Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization website

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