Comments on: It’s OK to Make Art… http://blog.art21.org/2011/11/09/its-ok-to-make-art/ The Official Blog of Art21, Inc. and the <i>Art in the Twenty-First Century</i> PBS series Fri, 17 May 2013 17:30:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 By: Getting Schooled at Hopper House | Art21 Blog http://blog.art21.org/2011/11/09/its-ok-to-make-art/comment-page-1/#comment-39232 Getting Schooled at Hopper House | Art21 Blog Wed, 14 Dec 2011 19:01:17 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=49968#comment-39232 [...] few weeks ago I wrote a post (public therapy, actually) about my anxiety as I organized a student exhibit at Hopper House here [...]

]]> By: Jack Watson http://blog.art21.org/2011/11/09/its-ok-to-make-art/comment-page-1/#comment-39114 Jack Watson Fri, 09 Dec 2011 05:50:10 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=49968#comment-39114 While they’re a drag, it’s heartening that deadline frustrations are universal, even in the context of something as engaging and meaningful to students as a show like this one! I’m really inspired by the shows you describe here, for several reasons but mostly because they demonstrate to your students the dialogic nature of contemporary art. It would be rewarding just for the students to see their own work on display in a gallery, but you’re showing them that their work speaks not only for themselves, but it speaks to the viewer and even to the works that informed it. To see it linked with common threads to their mentor’s work (Common Ground), or to see it as a progression from the work of a modern master (Reasons To Paint) is incredibly inspiring.

I think we will have to rethink our district art show format…

]]> By: Joe Fusaro http://blog.art21.org/2011/11/09/its-ok-to-make-art/comment-page-1/#comment-39080 Joe Fusaro Wed, 07 Dec 2011 02:31:21 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=49968#comment-39080 Yes, definitely… An upcoming post reflecting on the show and sharing some photos is in order. Thanks, Jeanine!

]]> By: Jeannine Bardo http://blog.art21.org/2011/11/09/its-ok-to-make-art/comment-page-1/#comment-38863 Jeannine Bardo Mon, 28 Nov 2011 15:56:11 +0000 http://blog.art21.org/?p=49968#comment-38863 Great post Joe. I love the assignment and I hope you post pictures of the student’s work. They always make you sweat, but somehow they come through. Good luck! Keep stressing the importance of making art. Because it is pleasurable and not considered “necessary” it is often considered unimportant, but we know better.

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