The recent trend of cutting funding to art programs in public schools who are financially strained has sparked and interest in the impact of art programs on the wellbeing of students. This has led to a debate centered around whether or not fine arts education are beneficial enough to the students and staff to continue fighting for funding. Opposers argue that the money could be used in academics and that the arts provide no real life skills that are applicable after graduation. With more and…
the same. Many have differing opinions on how to worship depending on their preference. Some of the ways Christians worship include using visual art, music, and theatre. Each way of worshipping has its own unique qualities, but there are many comparisons between the worshipping styles. Although each way of worshipping has different tactics, visual arts, music, and theatre all enhance the quality of worship in multiple ways. Each style of worshipping is used to communicate messages of the bible…
There 's a connection between art and fashion design just like the connection between colors and fabrics . The same connection that drove Oscar de la Renta to pursue fashion design first as an illustrator coming from a fine arts background. The beauty about fashion design is the fact that every season the designer creates another story to add to the woman of today. And then again What 's more beautiful than dressing a woman? In the same way an artist adds another layer to their painting, Fashion…
focuses on the past (Aspillera, 2014). The University of Birmingham is amongst the top providers for accounting and finance due to its credibility, infrastructure and status making it one of the best routes towards a successful career. Accounting is “the art of recording, classifying and summarising business transactions” (Raun, 1962). The field of accounting covers a broad range of topics, and thus a single…
traditional view of art has changed over time just as most things have. Naturally, the act of perception has differed opinions on what society considers as art. Dance, paintings, photography, drawings, music, literature, and sculpting, are what comes to mind when contemplating the aspects of art. The limitation to defining a word so opinionated leaves out room for self-expression. The traditional ideas of what is considered art should be broadened; granted, although not tangible, art can be seen…
response human beings obtain. This unique feeling is what makes art so special. The ability to provide escapism in a world of chaos is an asset provided from art. Art is life and vice versa. Therefor, art must be given more emphasis in curricula. Due to its absence in the modern education system, society has grown to become more adapt at looking at art for the wrong reasons. Commercialized art has become the standard, and while commercialized art has its own place within society, so do the other…
you.” Ralph Steiner III, more commonly known as “T.R.” is Bluffton University’s fairly new ceramic professor. Like many students here who take a ceramics class to fulfill their fine arts credit, T.R.’s passion for ceramics began in the same way at Findlay College. Ceramics captured his imagination and he ended up adding an art major alongside his biology major. He also did not realize at the time that the professor there, Gregg Luginbuhl, would be a lifelong…
Sioux Falls’ own Battle for the Arts. Intended as a witty turn-of phrase, “the pen is mightier than the sword” has taken on new meaning where a Sharpie Magnum is the weapon of choice. With a keen eye, a skilled hand and a time limit, artists are wielding the mighty maker for victory in Sioux Falls own Battle for the Arts. Currently in it’s second season, Battle for the Arts began in January 2010, the brainchild of local artist Micah Luke. The first Battle for the Arts took place with…
can have a stronger meaning, On the website wie geht kunst, they have posted an interview with Mladen Dolar. Mladen Dolar, a Slovenian philosopher was interviewed about what art means to him. In this article, he discussed his meaning of the importance and the standing out of artistic work. Mladen Dolar states, “I think to make art is to make a break. And to make a cut.” What Dolar is trying to say is, people choose the best out of the choices they have, and to be chosen means you have made it to…
sudden increase in accessibility of university education and graduate degrees in fine arts in the mid 20th century. One such writer-artist was Dan Graham, who consistently published various written works related to his artistic production over more than four decades, tracing his journey through curation, performance, photography, video, installation and architecture. Graham’s work is based within conceptual art, an example of this being his ‘Schema’ (1966), which was a work he staged…