A Model Program in Comprehensive Arts Education

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A Model Program in Comprehensive Arts Education

• Dr. Donalyn Heise
• Art Education Program Coordinator
• University of Memphis
• dheise2_at_memphis.edu

Dr. Emily Boo Ruch National Board Certified Art
Teacher, Overton High School, Memphis City
Schools eruch1_at_midsouth.rr.com
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A Model Program in Comprehensive Arts Education
Todays Topics

• Comprehensive Arts Education
• Teacher Training in the Mid-South, U.S.
• School-Community Partnerships
• Student Art Work from a Creative and Performing
  Arts High School
• Community Art-based Collaborations for Gifted and
  At-risk Youth

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Comprehensive Arts Education (CAE)

• Includes 4 disciplines of art aesthetics,
  art criticism, art history, art production
• Characterized by thematic, cross-cultural,
  interdisciplinary, inclusive curriculum
• Supports sequential age-appropriate learning
• Promotes originality, problem solving, higher
  order thinking
• Encourages interaction with real works of art

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Teacher Training

• Bachelors of Fine Arts (BFA) with Concentration
  in Art Education
• Studio art courses
• General education courses
• Professional education courses
• K-12 Licensure in Art Education

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Partnerships

• Practicums - Field Teaching
• Student Teaching
• Internships
• Collaborative art
• projects

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Vertical TeamingVertical Teaching
University Professor
Planning
High School Art Teacher
Brainstorming
Co-authoring grants
Middle School Art Teacher
Co-Teaching
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Vertical TeamingVertical Teaching
College Student Pre-service Art Teacher
Planning
Brainstorming
High School Art Student
Problem solving
Middle School Art Student
Making art
Cultural Exchange
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Dimensional Dynamics
A collaborative art educational project that
utilizes vertical teaming and vertical teaching
for college, high school, and middle school art
students in the creation of 60 Identity Dolls
representing 12 different cultures

• Funded by Memphis Rotary Foundation, P.I.P.E.
  and the Teacher Initiative Grants

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Debra Flanagan Country United States Culture
Native American Universal Theme Spirituality
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Andrew Guttu Country Mexico Culture
Mexican Universal Theme Sprituality
Deborah Young Country France Culture
French Universal Theme Play
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Ashley Hammond Country Australia Culture
Aboriginal Universal Theme Stories Memory
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Advanced Placement 2-D Design Portfolio

• A college-level course for students interested in
  exploring expressive design techniques as applied
  on a two-dimensional surface.

Ashley Taylor Geisha Watercolor, fabric,
wooden skewers
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Santez Walker Celebration of Title IX
Integration of Womens Sports into Male Dominated
Athletics Acrylic Orpheum competition 2nd place
winner Scholastic competition American Vision
Award
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Tajiaha Miller Hanging On Acrylic
Ebony Robinson Bellows Watercolor
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Painting
Elizabeth Njuguna Red Oil
Jennifer Kisner A Cool Drink Acrylic
Marshun Brooks Complimentary Playground Acrylic
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Collage
Taylor Smith Self-Portrait Collage
Jason Richmond Aspen Solace Collage
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Printmaking
Ronald Herd II Crucifixion Linoleum block
print, 1999
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Ronald Herd II Beale Street Blues Pen and
marker, 1999
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Ian Ghandi Corel Painter
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Portraits
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Ebony Robinson My Mother and Sister Gouche on
paper sack
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Silkscreen
DeAndrea Nichols
Donta Foster
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Silkscreen
Truc Ho
Van Nguyen
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Kevin EvansSilkscreen
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Advance Placement3-D Design Portfolio

• A college level course for high school students
  interested in exploring design principles as they
  relate to depth and space.

Taylor Smith Metallic Assemblage 59 Caddy
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Krystle Boland Constructive Wire Sculpture Wolf
Ebony Robinson Cement Carving Organic Form
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David Brown Cement Carvings
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Figurative and Non-FigurativeSculpture
Aaron Eglsaer Hydrostone Casting Bust
Shelby Prince Organic Assemblage Counter Chair
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Architectural Models
AIA and Brooks Barkitecture Competition
Architectural Model dog House for a Boxer 1st
Place City Wide
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Metalwork
Ceramics
Amanda Patrick Ceramic Sculpture and Textile
Weaving
Margaret Ross Welding Book and Hands
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Mosaic Tiles
George Spake
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Casting
Ebony Robinson Direct Plaster Mask
Margaret Ross Life Casting Hands
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DeAndrea Nichols Cubist Portraits
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Students working on a collaborative installation,
Outer Space Garden, to compliment the
nationally touring exhibition, Almost Warm
and Fuzzy Childhood and Contemporary Art,
held at the Memphis Brooks Museum of Art
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Echoes of Truth

• A collaborative art program for gifted and
  at-risk youth
• Utilizes visual and performance arts
• Gives all students a means of expression

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Questions?
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Thank you for coming!