Whiteness in Visual Arts CurriculumSUMMARY: My paper, available to download below, has the thesis and title of Whiteness in Art Education, but I have written it in such a way that I bring the value of expressing, engaging with, and educating of different cultures in the classroom. As a cornerstone of the paper I express how important the Harlem Renaissance was as an art movement and that it should be taught in a meaningful way for several reasons. Some reasons are that it will strengthen the self image of our African American students, this art era was influential to several mainstream artists including Picasso and Matisse, and the materials and processes used by Black artists do not really differ from that of White [European] artists who are typically presented in the K-12 visual arts classroom. There is no taboo or big secret that's scary to teach or learn. Through this journey in researching for this essay, and through the valuable lectures and literature presented in this course by Dr. Emily Hood, I have learned that it is great practice to find out about your students' cultures and help them explore it. In doing so this will help all students to better understand and appreciate one another, and create wonderful works of art along the way.
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Literature on the Harlem Renaissance, Art, and Art EducationProposed Citation for final paper
Thesis Statement for Whiteness in Art EducationThis paper will explore the concept of Whiteness in the Art Education Curriculum and classroom. The idea of Whiteness in Art Education is explicitly made evident through the exemplary artists chosen by educators, as well as the choice in techniques and methods offered and suggested to students in the context of art-making.
Keywords: Whiteness, curriculum, art education Visual Notes on excerpt readingReference:
Kimmerer, R. W. (2013). Braiding Sweetgrass: Indigenous Wisdom, Scientific Knowledge and the Teachings of Plants. United States: Milkweed Editions.
Visual Notes from TED TalkMuseum in Progress: Decolonizing Museums | Hannah Mason-Macklin | TEDxKingLincolnBronzevilleReference from YouTube Post: (Dec 9, 2019)
From museum-insiders to blockbuster films to grassroots activism, many people are questioning the colonial foundation of museums, and what role museums should play in our society today. In this talk, Hannah Mason-Macklin shares a new initiative used to decenter whiteness and western values in a recent exhibition of West African objects from the 19th and 20th centuries. Through honest acknowledge and genuine collaboration, museums can become spaces of healing, connection, and progress. From museum-insiders to blockbuster films to grassroots activism, many people are questioning the colonial foundation of museums, and what role museums should play in our society today. In this talk, Hannah Mason-Macklin shares a new initiative used to decenter whiteness and western values in a recent exhibition of West African objects from the 19th and 20th centuries. Through honest acknowledge and genuine collaboration, museums can become spaces of healing, connection, and progress. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx. Visual Notes from the TED TalkPedagogy of the Decolonizing | Quetzala Carson | TEDxUAlbertaNotes from the YouTube post: (Aug 25, 2017)
“Panic is not prayerful”, notes Quetzala Carson, while speaking on the challenging nature of the dialogue surrounding colonial violence; colonial violence is difficult to engage, because it often involves dialogues on questioning narratives that we’ve known to be normal. Quetzala explains the tenets of colonialism, how our normative narratives are built, and also shares some strategies on how to engage and combat colonial violence with compassion. Quetzala Carson is Mestizx from Mana ahuac, Nicaragua. The child of two special needs educators, pe spent per summers in Managua and winters in Amiskwaciwâskahikan. A professional musician from age 13, pe's current solo project is FRYZZ LYFE. For Quetzala, music is a platform from which to communally discuss and transmute trauma. Pe released an album this year titled Mecayotl Tlazohcamati Axcammochipa (thank you kin into perpetuity) availably at FRYZZLYFE.com. Per last album was heavily influenced by Indigenous Studies and per times on the front lines. Quetzala studied Māori Studies at the University of Otago and is currently finishing per degree in Native Studies and Latin American at the University of Alberta. There Quetzala serves at the president of the Native Studies Students' Association where pe organizes with students towards decolonial futures. This talk was given at a TEDx event using the TED conference format but independently organized by a local community. Learn more at https://www.ted.com/tedx. Featured artist, Mary CassatI first studied Mary Cassat’s work in Painting II. My professor recommended looking into Cassat, as we both often portrayed motherhood and children in our compositions. Although Mary was never a mother herself, she wanted to capture the sentimentality and domesticity of mother and child in intimate moments of everyday life: Play, bathing, sleeping, and cuddling. Cassat was an impressionist who’s quick brush strokes captured both the energy and the soft tenderness of the moment.
Resource: https://www.artsy.net/artist/mary-cassatt Visual Notes from 1892, forward
Reference: Chapter Seven: Resistance (p. 209-238) Adams, D. W. (1995). Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928. United States: University Press of Kansas. Visual Notes from 1882Reference: Chapter Seven: Resistance (p. 209-238) Adams, D. W. (1995). Education for Extinction: American Indians and the Boarding School Experience, 1875-1928. United States: University Press of Kansas. |
Author & AboutDorothy Smith (smithdb1) is an Art Education Major at Appalachian State University (Fall 2020). This visual blog will reflect the study of the cultural, empirical, and personal image of the child and how Archives
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