Massarted has been undergoing some upgrading during November. We have reintroduced some features such as robust integrated courseware and forums, and installed a new simple blogging system for all registered users that you can use to post events, discussions and images.
New and old users are encourged to log-in and update their profiles to take advantage of all of the new features. Look for the user menus on the right. New accounts must be submitted to Deborah or Eleanor for approval.
Marianne Taylor (TPP 1989) has been teaching elementary art and media literacy in the Brookline Schools since 1991 and has been the Supervising Practitioner for nine of our student teachers.
In recent years she has also been pursuing a writing career and has had short stories published in Ms. Magazine, where she won the 2005 Fiction Contest; The Boston Review; and other publications. Her second book The Book of Cool: What Is It? Who Decides It? And Why Do We Care So Much? was published in June 2009. It’s a sociological investigation of the social label “cool.” Marianne details the history of cool and its current manifestations. She charts the evolution of cool from the sidewalks to the marketplace, separating who creates cool from who merely markets it.
Photo by Bill Brett, Boston Globe
The launch of Toai Thach’s bow tie business took place November 2, 2009 in the Art Education Office, where John Crowe was fitted for his new plaid bow tie by Toai himself. Deborah was amazed and astonished at the scene unfolding in front of her eyes and managed to get hold of a camera in time to record the events.
The fitting begins. John is Toai’s first customer, and he chooses the plaid tie.
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Pasion por la Vida
Teaching Artists in Ecuador
An exhibition of art produced by the students and faculty who went on the trip to Ecuador this past July.
Arnheim Gallery
November 2-13, 2009
Artists Talk: November 4, 4-6pm
Reception: November 4, 6-8pm
Gallery Hours:.
Mon – Fri 10-6, Sat 11-5
Steve Locke recommends this program:
MassArt Film Society
WHAT OF THE NIGHT
10.21.09 , 8pm
Film Dept. Screening RM 1
Featuring:
Observando El Cielo by Jeanne Liotta
Moonplay by Marie Menken
Songs 9, 10 by Stan Brakhage
The Stars Are Very Beautiful by Stan Brakhage
Nocturne by Phil Solomon
night side by Rebecca Meyers
By Night with Torch and Spear by Joseph Cornell
Mass Visual Culture
Massachusetts Art Education Association Conference
November 13–14, 2009
at The University of Massachusetts /Dartmouth
Student fee: $45 pre-registration; $55 at the door
Dan Serig will be presenting “Matter and Metaphor: Imagining Identities in a Globalized/Tribalized World.”
This presentation considers influences of Ecuadorian globalized/tribalized material culture on the art making of a group of transcultural art educators. Material culture as a conceptual framework for art education is discussed.
John Crowe and some of his students will be presenting “Visual Culture STORIES.”
As Curriculum building blocks, stories have sticking power. The presenters will share thoughts, research and a catalog of examples applicable to visual art study.