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"The Arts - Who Needs It?" - Republic creator, Sally McLean's speech from Independent Schools Victoria's AGM #ArtsLearning #ArtsEducation

“The Arts – Who Needs It?” – Republic creator, Sally McLean’s speech from Independent Schools Victoria’s AGM #ArtsLearning #ArtsEducation

Sally McLean addresses the nearly 300 strong audience at the ISV AGM at the Park Hyatt Hotel in Melbourne earlier this month about the importance of Arts Learning.

Earlier this month, Shakespeare Republiccreator, Sally McLean was invited to address the Independent Schools Victoria AGM on a topic of her choosing.  She chose the title “The Arts – Who Needs It?” (and yes, she knows this is…

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Declaration of the Rights of All Students to Equity in Arts Learning...

Create CA, in partnership with the CA state department of education, created an online database tracking arts instruction across the state. According to the records, only 26 percent of middle and high school students last school year had access to the level of arts instruction required by state law.

California’s education code requires schools to give students access to music, theater, dance and visual art from first through twelfth grade. But it's not enforceable, and many districts aren't aware that it exists.

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In depth, long term, interdisciplinary projects are the result of collaboration between the Addison Gallery of American Art and local teachers.  Here are just a few of their projects that promote learning subjects like math through exploring and creating art.

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A Blade of Grass focuses its energy on artists willing to push beyond the context of the gallery.  According to their mission, they create "...interdisciplinary programming to foster broader, more inclusive contemporary art dialogue."  With Ernesto Pujol as one of their bloggers, I will hopefully find time to follow the ideas presented here.

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Last week, my Contemporary Practices in Arts Learning class discussed experimental museum spaces, specifically the BMW Guggenheim Lab, with Rosanna Flouty.  This week, the theme of experimental spaces seems to continue as my Body, Community, Globe class travelled to NY to meet with Ernest Pujol.  

I was incredibly impressed by Ernesto.  There are  four students in my class, all of us studying very different things and taking our practices in very different places, and the entire 2.5 hours spent with Ernesto was perfectly relevant and incredibly helpful to all of us.

Looking specifically at the connections to my work, through his performances and the field school, Ernesto strives to teach about histories and develop portraits.  Each site specific performance is based on local history, both the told and untold story.  He seeks to look beyond the official history of the place to find the unique details that make up a people.  By doing this, his performances become a portrait of the people who are participating.  They become a space for the participants to reflect on and see who they are and they become a space for the casual viewer to consider this as well.

I am not doing justice to the amazing talk we heard yesterday, but it has given me a lot to think about.

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What role does context play?  Addison Gallery offers an opportunity for students to manipulate and construct historical narratives through curatorial practices.

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The Lab is a prime example of experimental museum spaces.  It offers a site for public programming with absolutely no art.  Lectures, movies, tours, and games served as sites for social and scientific experimentation.