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education2 years ago

"Chicago Museum Paves the Way for Art Education"

The Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago has partnered with educator Romi Crawford to launch the New Art School Modality, a semester-long program that offers free courses in Black art history taught by scholars and artists of color. The program aims to provide an alternative mode of art education in response to the closure of traditional art schools and the high cost of studying fine art. The first semester will focus on the lessons of FESTAC 77, a Pan-African convening of Black artists in 1977. The program does not offer a degree or college credit but aims to create apprenticeships in the arts and make art more accessible.

via The New York Times|
#alternative-education#art-education#artists-of-color
arts-and-culture2 years ago

Fired Principal Visits Michelangelo's David in Florence and is Impressed.

Hope Carrasquilla, a US principal who was forced to resign after parents complained about an art lesson showing Michelangelo's David, visited the masterpiece at Florence's Accademia Galleria. The museum director invited her and her family to see the statue, which depicts an entirely naked David, the Biblical figure who kills the giant Goliath. Carrasquilla said she was impressed by the gallery and that there was nothing wrong with the human body. She was asked to resign from the Tallahassee Classical School in Florida last month after less than a year on the job.

via BBC|
#accademia-galleria#art-education#arts-and-culture
arts-and-culture2 years ago

From Controversy to Invitation: Italian Mayor Invites Ousted US Principal to Florence.

The mayor of Florence has invited Hope Carrasquilla, the former principal of a Florida school, to visit Italy after she was forced out of her job last week following complaints over a sixth-grade lesson on Michelangelo's "David." The controversy has prompted outcry from observers who believe Carrasquilla's removal was an act of censorship. The school insists she was reprimanded for failing to follow procedure and not because the 500-year-old statue itself was considered indecent. The incident highlights the ongoing debate over parental rights and censorship in education.

via CNN|
#art-education#arts-and-culture#censorship