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The Central Role Of Creativity In Aging, Gay P. Hanna 
The Florida State University
The Central Role Of Creativity In Aging, Gay P. Hanna
Journal of Art for Life
This position paper examines the vital role of creativity in aging. In this context, it explains big C creativity and little c creativity as well as the late-in-life creative age and three types of potential participants in creative programs and activities: those who engage for the first time, those who re-engage, and those who are continuing on a creative trajectory. This paper then profiles aging artists and presents a framework for accessing creative potential later in life based on research by the National endowment for the Arts (NEA), in partnership with the U. S. Department of Healthy and Human Services ...
Incorporating Historic Preservation Into An Accredited Interior Design Program, Reasoning And Application, Jenna M. Woodcox 
Wayne State University
Incorporating Historic Preservation Into An Accredited Interior Design Program, Reasoning And Application, Jenna M. Woodcox
Mid-America College Art Association Conference 2012 Digital Publications
Due to the recent decline of the economic situation in the United States, more credibility needs to be established in regard to the professions that are deemed “luxury career paths”. This essay focuses on interior design and historic preservation integration. This literature is intended to bring more credibility and awareness to the interior design field to show outsiders the potential and importance it holds. Most importantly, this proposal is for current designers who are not working in the field, to not give up hope for their design careers and think of ways to reinvent themselves (like choosing a specialty) to ...
The Responsive Roles Of Campus Art Museums/Galleries In Urban Public Universities: A Case Study Of Organizational Adaptation, Daphne, Mei-Yuan Chao, Dawn 
Seton Hall University
The Responsive Roles Of Campus Art Museums/Galleries In Urban Public Universities: A Case Study Of Organizational Adaptation, Daphne, Mei-Yuan Chao, Dawn
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Sustainability Of Community Arts: A Case Study On Locust Street Art, Buffalo, Ny, Darlene García Torres 
The College at Brockport: State University of New York
Sustainability Of Community Arts: A Case Study On Locust Street Art, Buffalo, Ny, Darlene García Torres
Master's Level Graduate Research Conference
This presentation includes a brief history of community arts and their economic and public health benefits since the early 20th century. More specifically, it uses complexity theory to examine a case study of Locust Street Art (formerly named MollyOlga) located in Buffalo,NY. Locust Street Art is one of the longest running community arts organizations in the United States, and has been providing arts education to the surrounding community for 54 years. This case study investigates the factors contributing to the longevity of the organization. It aims to answer the question: How does a community arts organization sustain itself over ...
Remembering Through Art: Imaginative Reconstructions With Older Adults Experiencing Dementia, Christine Woywod, Melanie G. Davenport The Florida State University
Remembering Through Art: Imaginative Reconstructions With Older Adults Experiencing Dementia, Christine Woywod, Melanie G. Davenport
Journal of Art for Life
In this article, we examine remembering as imaginative reconstructions with older adults. We discuss two forms of remembering through creative engagement: first, helping individuals remember specific memories from their lifetimes as a reconstruction of identity; and second helping people remember feelings of productivity, engagement, and belonging to a group. We argue that creative engagement through art offers moments of remembering, where artists and art educators cannot only help individuals reconstruct identity through the remembrance of specific memories from their lifetimes, but they can help people meet higher level needs through remembering feelings of productivity, engagement, and belonging.
Accessibility For The Older Population: Seniors And Arts Participation, Sitthiporn Thongnopnua The Florida State University
Accessibility For The Older Population: Seniors And Arts Participation, Sitthiporn Thongnopnua
Journal of Art for Life
Understanding how seniors engage in art, from passive observation to active participation, helps art institutions address inclusion of the elderly by eliminating not only physical, but also communication and attitudinal barriers. The purpose of my study is to contribute knowledge that helps everyone become more aware of the benefits the elderly can receive from arts engagement and the potential contributions they are able to make for their family and our societies. To explore contextual influences on seniors’ access to an art center, I conducted a field study focused older people’s attitudes about arts participation. In this study, I have ...
How To Produce Articulate Artists, Peter J. Barr PhD, Christine Reising Wayne State University
How To Produce Articulate Artists, Peter J. Barr Phd, Christine Reising
Mid-America College Art Association Conference 2012 Digital Publications
This twenty-minute Powerpoint presentation will describe the team-taught, year-long Foundations Core Concepts Program at Siena Heights University in Adrian, Michigan. It has been in place since 2006 and has successfully integrated a course previously called "Language of Art" (taught by an art historian) with hands-on studio assignments previously taught in a stand-alone design course (taught by a studio professor). We have found that this hybrid approach is extremely effective in developing sensitive and articulate art majors who are prepared to integrate design concepts into all of their artworks and to analyze and describe eloquently both personal and historical works of ...
A Reflection: Art And Science In A Museum Gallery, Kaileena Flores-Emnace 
Claremont Colleges
A Reflection: Art And Science In A Museum Gallery, Kaileena Flores-Emnace
The STEAM Journal
Art education in a public space can be a venue for the blending of art and science. As a Contemporary Art Start educator for the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, I have experienced the many ways in which transdisciplinary education creates deeper student understanding and engagement. At MOCA we use Visual Thinking Strategies for student tours, a research-based teaching method that invites students to direct gallery discussions. We visit a few artworks for ten to fifteen minutes each to foster critical thinking and encourage students to bring personal knowledge and experience to the conversation.
Full Steam Ahead – A Collaborative Colloquium, Hilary Dito Claremont Colleges
Full Steam Ahead – A Collaborative Colloquium, Hilary Dito
The STEAM Journal
On February 2, 2012, Contra Costa County Office of Education organized its 2nd Annual STEAM Colloquium: Full STEAM Ahead. This forum brought together over 150 educators, business leaders and community members to discuss and share best practices in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (STEAM) education
Steam With A Capital A: Learning Frenzy, David Rufo Claremont Colleges
Steam With A Capital A: Learning Frenzy, David Rufo
The STEAM Journal
A student dipped a brush into a bowl of viscous tempera paint and in a few quick strokes formed thick magenta letters on a large display board. Nearby a handful of students were working together to attach string to paper cups and balloons. Across the room a small group of girls were lying on the floor carefully adding multi-colored text to a poster. Two others created characters out of Popsicle sticks for a puppet show...This is how the integration of Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, & Math (S.T.E.A.M.) happened with the fourth and fifth graders during the ...
Keeping Abreast With Liberal Arts And Science Through Steam, Tanya Rivas, Gregory Knotts Claremont Colleges
Keeping Abreast With Liberal Arts And Science Through Steam, Tanya Rivas, Gregory Knotts
The STEAM Journal
The integrated unit on breast cancer described here includes biological science and visual art standards and was targeted at high school juniors and seniors. The goal was to make a potentially controversial and taboo subject relatable through an art-science approach
Reflections ~ How Stem Becomes Steam, Ruth Catchen Claremont Colleges
Reflections ~ How Stem Becomes Steam, Ruth Catchen
The STEAM Journal
Reflections from designing a STEAM class for high-risk students.
Broad Vision: The Art & Science Of Looking, Heather Barnett, John R. A. Smith Claremont Colleges
Broad Vision: The Art & Science Of Looking, Heather Barnett, John R. A. Smith
The STEAM Journal
Undergraduate students and academic staff from diverse disciplines in the arts and sciences investigated questions of mediated vision through a year-long interdisciplinary research project at the University of Westminster, London, United Kingdom. The Broad Vision project explored the perception and interpretation of microscopic worlds, and investigated the benefits and challenges of working across disciplinary divides in a university setting. This article describes the three-phase model for interdisciplinary learning and research developed through the project, providing a valuable case study for inquiry based art/science education.
Merging Science And Art: The Bigger Picture, Natasha Hall Claremont Colleges
Merging Science And Art: The Bigger Picture, Natasha Hall
The STEAM Journal
It has been stated that artists comprehend and chronicle the completeness of the visible world (Wallach & Bret, 1987), defining Art as the creative expression of knowledge about the visual world. But to what extent does that awareness extend into a scientific appreciation of the world? The acronym STEAM is an abbreviation of Science, Technology, Electronics, Arts and Mathematics. Weaving interactions between Science and Art, have been shown by Clarke and Button (Clarke & Button, 2011), to intensify interconnections between nature, with Landscape, and ultimately with sustainability.
Getting Real About The E In Steam, James Catterall Claremont Colleges
Getting Real About The E In Steam, James Catterall
The STEAM Journal
STEM and STEAM are in the news. Researchers and educators in my field (cognition, art, and creativity) argue reasons for adding the A to STEM. While I visit this below, my focus is elsewhere. In this brief essay, I want to explore the meaning and importance of the E appearing in both STEM and STEAM. What’s engineering doing in this mix? And what are some reasons for affirming the arts when the role of engineering is clarified?
Enhancing Teacher Preparation Through Intergenerational-Based Service-Learning, Karin Tollefson-Hall, William Wightman The Florida State University
Enhancing Teacher Preparation Through Intergenerational-Based Service-Learning, Karin Tollefson-Hall, William Wightman
Journal of Art for Life
Like most art teacher preparation programs throughout the United States, practicum experiences that have pre-service students conduct classroom observations and deliver instruction to public school aged students are an integral component in our art education program. The addition of a service learning program at a local retirement community, as an alternative site for teaching, has contributed to substantial growth and understanding of art education as a lifelong learning process for our students and the residents whom they teach. Supported by both theoretical and practical concerns, this program addresses the inherent value of an intergenerational arts-based experience in a non-traditional art ...
In Situ Vision: The Student Experience Of Collaborative Learning In A Virtual Drawing Class, Annette Cohen 
Antioch University
In Situ Vision: The Student Experience Of Collaborative Learning In A Virtual Drawing Class, Annette Cohen
Dissertations & Theses
The purpose of this study was to elucidate the construct of collaboration and the co-construction of knowledge in a distance learning drawing class. Distance learning drawing classes are rare, due to resistance by fine arts departments holding onto traditions that date back to Renaissance times. As a result, there is a paucity of literature on the subject. This multiple method study seeks an understanding of how students collaborate in critiques, form virtual communities and socially construct knowledge about learning how to draw. The study commences with the following three research questions: what social processes facilitate learning to draw from the ...
Effect Of Alternative Assessments On Behavior Of Students In A Secondary Art Classroom, Kristy Jo Carper 
Indiana University – Purdue University Fort Wayne
Effect Of Alternative Assessments On Behavior Of Students In A Secondary Art Classroom, Kristy Jo Carper
Master's Theses
Regular paper tests are used in the classroom as a way to test learned knowledge, but students with learning disabilities often have trouble successfully passing these tests. It is plausible to examine this learned-knowledge through alternative assessments. Student behavior may also be a factor in successful test completion. Alternative assessments will be implemented in the art classroom as a way to positively influence behavior. This thesis will compare the scores of high school students on a regular paper test to their scores on an alternative assessment and see if their behavior is affected by the change of assessment.
Artist/Teacher: Toward A More Creative Curriculum, Matthew L. Auch Moedy 
University of Nebraska - Lincoln
Artist/Teacher: Toward A More Creative Curriculum, Matthew L. Auch Moedy
Theses, Student Research, and Creative Activity: Department of Teaching, Learning and Teacher Education
This thesis investigates the formation of my teaching identity. It seeks language for why I orient my teaching toward artistic thinking in my preparation and content. Features of artistic thinking discussed include students have personal interests, teachers need to expose and build on what students bring to class, artistic thinking is not linear and creativity invites the unexpected, play and creativity require both time and space and are best accomplished through situated freedom, process ought not be separated from product, making process visible and valuing process will make a positive difference in a student’s future. Vignettes from my teaching ...
Creating Flickr Photo-Narratives With First-Year Teacher Education Students: The Possibilities And Pitfalls Of Designing Emergent Learning Tasks, Marta Kawka, Kevin M. Larkin, Patrick Danaher 
Edith Cowan University
Creating Flickr Photo-Narratives With First-Year Teacher Education Students: The Possibilities And Pitfalls Of Designing Emergent Learning Tasks, Marta Kawka, Kevin M. Larkin, Patrick Danaher
Australian Journal of Teacher Education
This paper explores the implementation of a Flickr (Web 2.0 photo sharing software) learning task in a first year primary education course. The context for the task was a Multiliteracies course where students designed digital media activities for later use with primary age students. The Flickr task was constructed to determine how a learning activity might be designed to afford the best opportunities for emergent learning (Kawka, Larkin, & Danaher, 2011). Emergent learning describes learning situations where: the student is self-directed; the content is created and distributed by learners; and the learning destination is open-ended and unpredictable (Williams, Karousou, & Mackness, 2011). In discussing this emergent learning environment we also make explicit reference ...
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