PRINCIPLES AND POSSIBILITY: CONSIDERATIONS FOR A 21ST CENTURY ART & CULTURE CURRICULUM

     I recently read Olivia Gude's article Principles and Possibility: Considerations for a 21st Century Art & Culture Curriculum which is about how teachers and students are not really motivated to make art that is controlled by standards and principles. Gude says, 

    " The essential contribution that arts education can make to our students and to our communities is to teach skills and concepts while creating opportunities to investigate one's own experiences generating personal and shared meaning". (pg. 1)

     I agree with this statement, not that the elements and principles of design are not important, its just art curriculum's should not be based solely around them any more. There are so many other ideas that an art lesson should touch upon such as self-investigation, community, diversity, and deconstructing culture just to name a few. The standards for the visual arts may be should include these new ideas Gude proposes.