Art education

liberal arts education. Initially this did not excite me, as I did not see the use in focusing my time here on themes such as sustainability, civic knowledge, and intercultural competence. I had thought to accomplish this, I would need to take unnecessary courses to fill a checkbox. Halfway through my education, I still do not know how to be a nurse, but I do know that my initial feelings about receiving a liberal arts education were wrong. Through reflecting on my experiences with liberal arts,…

becoming an adult and making choices every day. David Foster Wallace uses "water" to symbolize life. During life, one thinks constantly, and a Liberal Arts education gives you the perspective of learning how to think. Without learning how to think, life becomes miserable, making it harder for one to be truly happy. The value of a liberal arts education is essential for not letting our thoughts control us. On a broader perspective, Wallace says that he is self-centered, in addition, he suggests…

Yoni Applebam’s essay titled “A Liberal Arts Education for Business Majors” was published in The Atlantic on June 28th, 2016.This article is about why business majors should consider getting educated in liberal arts. To summarize the article, it mainly talked about how business majors are too focused on their business degrees, when they should be focusing on liberal arts, too. The reason for this is while people can still get jobs in their field, more and more businesses and companies are…

support fine art classes. Some people think that dance, music, drama, and art classes are not a necessary component for students to participate in to graduate. These same people see fine art classes as a hobby to do on a student’s leisure time not an essential aspect to cultivate student learning. On the other hand, there are other people who think any form of art is vital for a student to be a well-rounded scholar…

attribute of scholarship that is essential to the definition is knowledge. Knowledge is expanded upon by learning learning from various forms of education and disciplines. By integrating scholarship into the workplace patient care as well as safety can be increased. In this essay I will discuss how the combination of knowledge from liberal education, a variety of disciplines, and how different forms of thinking…

Problems in American Education For decades, fine arts has been the first victim to be pushed out of the door in the American School system. Children need music in their life this is a bold statement. But in America the budget cuts are due to; the economics lack of money with the fine arts falling first to be cut in the United States and goes on the “not needed list.” in education. Music is needed in schools because it 's a proven fact that music and the other fine arts are indeed safer than…

of money towards art projects, not a hefty amount but an amount worth noticing. There has been much argument whether it really is worth it or if we are just throwing our money into a fire by paying for projects involving the arts. I believe that although it sometimes seems strenuous and tedious to pay for different projects that people feel may not have an actual impact on themselves personally, it still is a very important thing to continue to allow people to express through art. A good example…

to be destroyed afterwards. Thomas Demand, born in 1964 in Munich, is among the most outstanding artists of our times, primarily a sculptor-slash-photographer, active also as a curator. Demand began his art education at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich (1987-90), but it was at the Academy of Art in Düsseldorf (1990-2) and Goldsmith's College in London (1993-4), where his artistic language has been finally shaped. Instead of the photography class of Bernd and Hilla Becher, an origin of the…

Is Art the Ultimate Luxury? The British art market is one of the most powerful and influential in the world. It has gone global thanks to its collectors and dealers who have encouraged a steady supply of art into the capital. Nevertheless artists and collectors stand in a nervous balance between commercialism and creation. The rich have had a monopoly on art since the dark ages and without these rich patrons names like Turner and Holbein would be unknown. However some believe these patrons…

shows, and art to decorate our walls. Take away art, and life seems pretty boring; art makes life vivid. It is no secret that the K-12 arts programs has been declining for decades due to budget cuts and the reputation that core academics take priority. However, with this decline, kids of all ages have been missing out on crucial opportunities. Without the arts, kids may not have all of the tools they need to test their creativity and see all of the possibilities there are in the world. An arts…