"A lot of parents believe that their children are either born with artistic talent or they're not. But research suggests that artistic creativity, along with other kinds of creativity, is more of a skill than an inborn talent, and it's a skill parents can help their kids develop."
Greater Good Magazine | Everyday Art by Christine Carter
Wednesday, November 25, 2009
Sunday, November 22, 2009
Speaking of Faith | Learning, Doing, Being
"November 19, 2009
What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization and reflection. What nourishes the human spirit, the whole person, it turns out, also hones our minds."
What Adele Diamond is learning about the brain challenges basic assumptions in modern education. Her work is scientifically illustrating the educational power of things like play, sports, music, memorization and reflection. What nourishes the human spirit, the whole person, it turns out, also hones our minds."
Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Papercutting... a beautiful piece of art
allaboutPapercutting: Inner Thread.
I came across this website through a link from another blog (sorry I can't remember which one, maybe WhipUp?) anyway, the art of papercutting is so beautiful and intriguing to me - I've cut paper for collages, but nothing like this - it's amazing. so delicate. so powerful. This image is titled Inner Thread and the artist dedicates it to her sister who has been battling Schizophrenia for a long time. Read the entire post. It's beautiful.
I came across this website through a link from another blog (sorry I can't remember which one, maybe WhipUp?) anyway, the art of papercutting is so beautiful and intriguing to me - I've cut paper for collages, but nothing like this - it's amazing. so delicate. so powerful. This image is titled Inner Thread and the artist dedicates it to her sister who has been battling Schizophrenia for a long time. Read the entire post. It's beautiful.
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Mental Illness & Art Therapy | Art Therapy Helps Treat Mental Illness, Study Shows
post taken directly from the Art Therapy Blog. I'm always glad to see research about Art Therapy...
Mental Illness & Art Therapy | Art Therapy Helps Treat Mental Illness, Study Shows: "Mental Illness Treated With Art Therapy
July 10th
The latest news from Spain is that art therapy helps treat mental illness. The University of Granada recently performed a study that confirms the contribution of art therapy to aid in the treatment of mental disease.
About the Mental Illness and Art Therapy Study
One of the researches, Elizaberta Perez, said the study is founded on psychoanalysis principles. Perez worked for over a year with 20 acute mental patients from the Therapeutic Community of the Northern Area of the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital of Granada. The patients volunteered to take part in the sessions two days a week. During the sessions they adapted paintings of artists like Amedeo Modigliani, Edvard Munch, Vincent Van Gogh, and contributed their own visions.
The patients used their paintings to project repressed desires, feelings and emotions from their hearts and minds. During the artistic process, they were able to bring these feelings and emotions to life, or abolish them as they saw fit, Perez said.
Filed as Mental Health & Art Therapy"
Mental Illness & Art Therapy | Art Therapy Helps Treat Mental Illness, Study Shows: "Mental Illness Treated With Art Therapy
July 10th
The latest news from Spain is that art therapy helps treat mental illness. The University of Granada recently performed a study that confirms the contribution of art therapy to aid in the treatment of mental disease.
About the Mental Illness and Art Therapy Study
One of the researches, Elizaberta Perez, said the study is founded on psychoanalysis principles. Perez worked for over a year with 20 acute mental patients from the Therapeutic Community of the Northern Area of the Virgen de las Nieves Hospital of Granada. The patients volunteered to take part in the sessions two days a week. During the sessions they adapted paintings of artists like Amedeo Modigliani, Edvard Munch, Vincent Van Gogh, and contributed their own visions.
The patients used their paintings to project repressed desires, feelings and emotions from their hearts and minds. During the artistic process, they were able to bring these feelings and emotions to life, or abolish them as they saw fit, Perez said.
Filed as Mental Health & Art Therapy"
Sunday, July 20, 2008
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
Calm Down or Else - article by Benedict Carey
Often Unsure How to Handle Behavior Disorders, Schools Turn to Forcible Restraint - NYTimes.com
This article really illustrates the problems with mainstreaming students - teachers and staff are not prepared to handle the additional responsibility of students with disabilities. Obviously, this doesn't apply to all schools, however taking one class in grad school does not make me, or anyone else, 'highly qualified' for teaching students that have been mainstreamed. I am really torn on the issue because I think there are pros and cons to the situation, but most of all I think one teacher for a classroom is not enough most of the time - teacher aids are necessary for a large classroom but schools don't always have the budget to support the extra staff. what a dilemma.
This article really illustrates the problems with mainstreaming students - teachers and staff are not prepared to handle the additional responsibility of students with disabilities. Obviously, this doesn't apply to all schools, however taking one class in grad school does not make me, or anyone else, 'highly qualified' for teaching students that have been mainstreamed. I am really torn on the issue because I think there are pros and cons to the situation, but most of all I think one teacher for a classroom is not enough most of the time - teacher aids are necessary for a large classroom but schools don't always have the budget to support the extra staff. what a dilemma.
Monday, July 07, 2008
The Urge to End It - Understanding Suicide - NYTimes.com
The Urge to End It - Understanding Suicide - NYTimes.com
for anyone in the mental fields, this is a great article about suicide and the potential of preventing so many deaths by restricting the means or slowing down the process thereby taking away the impulsiveness of the action.
for anyone in the mental fields, this is a great article about suicide and the potential of preventing so many deaths by restricting the means or slowing down the process thereby taking away the impulsiveness of the action.
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