Academic art

Preserving Arts Education in New York City Public Schools When people think of education and the public school system, they usually think of the four core subjects such as english, math, history, and science. Often, forgetting about the importance of an arts education. Yet, it is performing and visual arts that enhance a student’s academic performance. Exposing children to the incredible world of dance, music, or even visual art allows them to think creatively. It allows them to think…

The Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation is a public art intervention that intends to offer not only a “public experience of space but rather public debate that becomes the work of art,” something that “can end with its acceptance or rejection” (Hein, 1996: 4) (North, 1990: 860–879). Labyrinth of Renewed Conversation seeks to demonstrate the somewhat ‘knotty’ situation that students have faced in South Africa with regards to the #FeesMustFall movement. Saleem Badat expresses that the #FeesMustFall…

schools offer arts programs, such as theatre and music, since 2000. Art improves students’ behavior as well as students’ math and reading skills. The No Child Left Behind Act mandates that the arts as a core subject. Students who study art are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement than students who do not study art. In public schools, art is needed for students who do not have much access to art programs. Art is a global activity included by a host of disciplines. Art…

Fine arts is put in schools to help give kids opportunities in life. Fine arts provides opportunities in dance, music, visual arts, and drama(“Arts Education in Secondary Schools”). I personally believe fine arts should be put in all secondary schools. Although some argue that cities have opportunities provided, I believe that they should be placed in schools. Fine arts is used to help students progress in many different ways. Fine arts helps students by increasing their senses and emotions.…

rationale of curriculum design and how to teach in school. I more prefer the curriculum is based on social needs. For example, I art education, many scholars consider that the purpose of art education is not to foster…

the chance for those children to get to know and love fine arts? The arts have had a big role in student’s life in past years, but recently there have been factors that result in the removal of fine arts in schools, some of the factors are budget cuts and common core standards. However, there are a lot of benefits that affect the behavioral and the academic life of children and teenagers in schools (Melta.) Students in a study about arts in schools called the Guggenheim Study in New York were…

math, science and social studies, surely it should be undertaken. Research shows that there is an encouraging correlation between art and academic subjects. A report by Americans for the Arts states that “young people who participate regularly in the arts (three hours a day on three days each week through one full year) are four times more likely to be recognized for academic achievement, to participate in a math and science fair or to win an award for writing an essay or poem than children who…

Art programs are constantly in danger of being cut from shrinking school budgets. Art is commonly viewed as a “filler” course that’s only purpose is to entertain children, almost as a second recess. That of course is not the case. Art has enough scientific evidence to demonstrate that it is a necessary part of every child 's life. In this paper, we will explore a few of the top benefits that art gives a child, including language, cultural awareness, inventiveness, work experience, motor skills,…

According to Kircher, (2015), the Renaissance period represented a time when beliefs and thoughts were revived, with a main objective of redefining human form in art as a realistic and natural form. The form is in three dimensions and has no obligation of symbolizing religious beliefs and ideas. In reality, Renaissance humanism represents emotions, elegance and strength of human beings. Humanism started during the Italian renaissance, with most people seeking their help rather than going for…

If art were not an option during my formative years, I would not be the person I am today, socially or academically. Growing up in a military family, I attended a different school about every three years. This is no easy task for a developing adolescent. The changing school curriculum left me feeling inadequate and unprepared for the next. Math being my most troubling subject. Simple addition and subtraction were easy enough to grasp, but computations involving multiplication, division and…