What are they? How can the visual arts promote disciplined habits of mind? “In the current climate of educational accountability, arts educators must answer two fundamental questions so that the arts will retain a place within public education: (1) What kinds of thinking skills do arts teachers strive to instill? (2) How can students learn …
Looking at Artists
Over the Winter break I had more time to LOOK and LEARN from some Contemporary artists: artists who are making work NOW. Below are some resources and links to a few artists to check out: Beatrice Coron Stories cut from paper Roman Ondak Roman OndĂ¡k discusses Performance 4, Measuring the Universe, at MoMA Jason Rogenes …
Term 2: What is happening in the Drawing Studio?
The artists in Drawing 1a started off the term thinking about composition, balance, rhythm, and movement. To gain inspiration, we looked at many other artists who are sensitive to line quality, pattern, space, and identity. These are some drawings created by the artist, Chris Ofili. Students began with a silhouetted space to tackle using a …
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Reflections on the Stanford Model United Nations Conference
On November 4-6 Bay's Model U.N. Club attended Stanford's Model United Nations Conference. Here are some of their reflections on that weekend. Julia Nierenberg – Junior At Stanford, I represented Mexico within the committee of United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO). The two topics we discussed were 1) Secondary Education in Developing Countries …
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African American Spirituality & Philosophy Class at Bay
Darrick Broudy, a humanities teacher at Bay, talks about his African American Spirituality and Philosophy class. Thanks, Darrick! The African American Spirituality and Philosophy course examines the African American experience with a particular emphasis upon the following: African American perceptions of the world around them from their arrival to America as slaves to the modern …
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