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Article: Considerations for A Contemporary ART CURRICULUM
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- Art Education
- Article date:
- March 1, 2008
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CopyrightCopyright National Art Education Association Mar 2008. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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Talking with students about contemporary art has always been my favorite way to teach. Perhaps it was from growing up with an artist in the family that I early came to think of what contemporary artists do as possessing vitality, as engaging in the intriguing, important stuff that makes up life. Contemporary art is about now\ It's about figuring out who we are, who we are becoming, and how to live, know, and act. Just as our students are looking at the worlds around them and wondering what their role might be, what events mean, or what difference they can make, today's artists are pondering the same questions through their art. When we teach with contemporary art, the potential is present ...