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Issues Posed By The Study Of Folk Art In Art Education, Kristin G. Congdon
Issues Posed By The Study Of Folk Art In Art Education, Kristin G. Congdon
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
The study of folk art processes and products reveals several issues concerning the study of art and our educational methodologies. This paper will address the following issues and how they relate to the field of art education: (a) the learning process which takes place in folk art settings and the notion of the folk artist as educator; (b) aesthetics, art criticism, and art history from the folk artist's perspective; (c) the many functions of art and the value of one function over another in our society; and (d) the existence of elitism in folk art categorization by academics.
Audience Discussion
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
Following the panel presentations, the audience offered comments, questioned emphases, and asked for clarity on issues related to the Feldman Method. Some of these concerns are related here. Feldman's responses are included.
The People’S Show: Promoting Critical Response, Mary Stokrocki
The People’S Show: Promoting Critical Response, Mary Stokrocki
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
An exhibition of artwork done by local artists was sponsored by a midwestern university gallery to promote greater community involvement. It was open to all artists and all media for a small entrance fee. A questionnaire of provocative categories was given out at the opening to elicit spectator reactions to the work and to help them vote. They were asked to decide which works best represented the particular categories. Responses to the show were mostly positive; however, certain artworks evoked much controversy and publicity. Two artworks, bordering on the pornographic, raised the question: Is art anything one can get away …
Feldman On Feldman, Edmund Feldman
Feldman On Feldman, Edmund Feldman
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
The inadequacy of writing on the sociology of art has been mentioned. We know the names of those who have taken a sociological approach--Frederick Antal, Arnold Hauser, Anthony Blunt, John Berger, and Tim Clark. Much of the sociology of art has been written by Marxists who have a political as well as a sociological axe to grind. Still, we in art education should be doing more sociological analysis, more work on the consumption of art --with art defined to include every type of man-made image. I fought for the admission of this Social Theory Caucus as an affiliated group of …
The Feldman Approach: A Catalyst For Examining Issues In Art Criticism Instruction, Karen A. Hamblen
The Feldman Approach: A Catalyst For Examining Issues In Art Criticism Instruction, Karen A. Hamblen
Journal of Social Theory in Art Education
In this discussion, I would like to address four issues in relationship to the Feldman (1981) method as well as to the larger concerns of art criticism implementation. I assume that a goal we have in common is to have art criticism be part of the curriculum. The problem needs to be looked at not just in terms of the Feldman method, although that can serve as a framework, but to the larger issues of art criticism instruction per se. There needs to be an assessment of what may be present or missing in literature on art criticism. The issues …