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How Not to Teach Art History

August 7, 2017 / Michelle Kamhi / Art Education, Art History / 16 Comments

Just in time for a new school year, the September 2017 issue of Scholastic Art magazine features ten paintings that students should know, because they form part of “our collective cultural history.” Surely a worthwhile undertaking for a publication aimed at middle school and high school visual art education programs—until one examines the works selected […]

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10 Paintings to Know, Arnolfini Portrait, art education, avant-garde, Basquiat, cubism, Dora Maar in an Armchair, Grace Lin, Picasso, Scholastic Art

Contemporary Art Worth Knowing

June 9, 2017 / Michelle Kamhi / Art Education, Contemporary art, Exhibitions / 4 Comments

Two exhibitions this spring have powerfully belied the artworld pretense that all contemporary art is in an anti-traditional “cutting-edge” vein. And unlike the contemporary work that fills today’s leading museums and galleries, they offer art lovers something to rejoice in. The smaller of the two shows is Self-Portrait (April 20 – June 20)—at the Eleventh Street […]

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art education, Art Renewal Center, Classical Realism, contemporary art, self-portraits

“See something, say something” Redux

September 23, 2016 / Michelle Kamhi / Art Education / 1 Comment

Last weekend’s terrorist events in New York City have again reminded me of the dangerous folly of some in academia who purport to be art educators. In a blog post last December on the horrific terrorist attack in San Bernardino, I referred to “art educator” Kevin Tavin, now Professor of International Art Education at Aalto […]

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art education, Kevin Tavin, see something say something

How NOT to Be an Arts Advocate

September 1, 2016 / Michelle Kamhi / Art Education, Arts Advocacy / 5 Comments

Google my first and last name with the words “art education” and the first item you will find dubs me “The Joe McCarthy of Art Education.”1 Which prompts me to respond at this late date to that scurrilous blog post written in 2010. The author, Richard Kessler, then headed The Center for Arts Education—a non-profit […]

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art education, arts advocacy, avant-garde, Joe McCarthy of art education, John Cage, Mannes College of Music, Mark Morris, Merce Cunningham, politicizing art, Richard Kessler, social justice in education

Barking Up the Wrong Trees in Art Education

May 12, 2016 / Michelle Kamhi / Art Education / 4 Comments

What’s being taught in art classrooms these days? Lacking a comprehensive survey, I can’t offer a definitive answer to that question. But I can point to some prominent examples that should trouble anyone who regards visual art as a potent component of civilization and thus an important part of children’s general education. Abstract Art 101 […]

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Alex Garant, art education, contemporary art, Mark Rothko, Michael Beitz

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