Why Study Art?

 

Why Study Art? This short video provides insight into the importance of arts education from a variety of professionals.  This is a part of the series TateShots produced by the Tate Institution (https://www.tate.org.uk/). There have been many studies performed and organizations devoted to the importance of arts education.  Check out ArtsEdMatters for more information about the importance of arts education and ways to get involved.  

 

Are you here for a Motivational Monday? If so, watch the video and create a short response to the question what do you think about what was said?  Is there anything you disagree with? Do you feel that it is important to study art?  You may prepare a written response (~ 150 words), a short video (less than three minutes), or propose another way to respond.

 

Building creative confidence…

In order to build creative confidence, it helps to understand the nature of creativity.  There has been a great deal of study devoted to creativity, what it is, what it looks like, how important it is and more. 

We are interested in offering information relevant to building one’s creative confidence.  What you will find is a growing collection of thoughts, facts, and exercises to foster creativity. 

There is very clearly an issue around declining creativity in this country. Metrics from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, a test of creativity and divergent problem-solving skills among other aspects, have shown that there has been a general decline in creativity markers since the 1990s. Having analyzed data from the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking, Kim (2011) found there to be a general decrease in scores over an approximate twenty-year period from 1990-2008.

Kim, K. H. (2011). The creativity crisis: The decrease in creative thinking scores on the Torrance Tests of Creative Thinking. Creativity Research Journal, 23(4), 285-295. doi:10.1080/10400419.2011.627805