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Art in Schools Is Virtually Gone!!

Posted by mda2009 • 10/06/09 • Subscribe to this Discussion [RSS] • Report This Topic
Topics: art in schools, kids art

Sad to say but I have small children and art programs in most public school systems have been virtually eliminated. Kids are so creative, it is an unfortunate time in America when you lose this vital part of education for our youth.

Katy
www.mydaughtersart.com/blog

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10/06/09

marcusmarcus

Art ain't gone.. Art has changed.. You don't have to paint on canvas to be artistic. When canvas was invented people of that time said "art is gone, no one paints on rocks anymore".. Many things kids do nowadays are so artistics but people don't recognize

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10/06/09

amybyrd21

All schools are cutting back non essential stuff. Art, Band, Theater, anything but sports. they get the extra money. I homeschool my kids and they have art, music, and theater. No sports here unless they want to do it.

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10/06/09

nothingprofound

Probably a good thing. Most schools kill art for kids, make it boring and meaningless. Totally destroy the child's imagination. Better to learn it out of school by venturing and exploring on one's own.

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10/06/09

calais50

My kids' school has art class weekly.

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10/06/09

Norski

I was in high school during like, the sixties, and - you know, art - was really gone then.

Oh, you mean "gone" as in "not there."

I don't know about that, for American government schools now.

My kids got 'artistic' anyway. The oldest dove back in, to get some kind of degree or certification in commercial art; the second-oldest is a music teacher and violinist, and handles some other interests; the third is a writer and guitarist. My son? He develops computer programs. He's thirteen, though, so there's still hope.

Seriously: I'm sort of with nothingprofound on this. Art, as taught in schools, can be a threat to creativity. My bunch wasn't adversely affected - and I had a really good high school art teacher (thank you, Mr. Walton, wherever you are!).

Still, if handled by a competent teacher who isn't a control freak - and doesn't insist that 'art' is restricted to a particular style and content - teaching art in elementary and high school probably won't hurt anybody. It might even give some kids an idea or two.

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10/06/09

Rivy

If the urge to create, self-express, is strong enough, it will emerge in one form or another, whether aided by others or not. Encouragement helps, but the essential need to write, draw, compose, play music, dance, act, perform - comes from within.

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