Integrated Arts?

The Integrated Arts is a model designed to offer support, extension, and supplementary experiences in content areas through interdisciplinary arts activities. The Common Core Standards' emphasis on developing depth and rigor in thought and the ability to communicate relevant information with increasing skill provides the necessary impetus for this model. Content will be viewed through many lenses, allowing the entirety of relevant ideas to be processed and applied broadly and with added depth. Work with visual arts, music, drama, literature, writing, technology, and design will be incorporated and collaboration with classroom teachers will be ongoing. As Yeats wrote, "Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire". The Integrated Arts is an opportunity to light a very purposeful, very directed fire.

Sunday, December 15, 2013

ArtPartners visit with Dragan Radoicic: artist, architect, and engineer


 
Machine is aloft in the upper-right section of this image


ArtPartners at Del Mar Heights School: A program to connect students to artists and their work


Students at Del Mar Heights Elementary School will have the opportunity to learn about the work of professional artists through a new program at their school. ArtPartners is an initiative created and coordinated by art teacher Andrew Smith. ArtPartners brings local artists into the school classrooms to share about their life, work, motivation, and process of creation. “I want to demonstrate to our students that creativity and art in practice is not limited to the classroom or to the world of the art show.” reflects Mr. Smith, “I want students to understand that art is a living, active part of the lives and livelihoods of adults and artists in our community.” Artists scheduled to visit Del Mar Heights as participants in the ArtPartners program include local painters, sculptors, textile designers, photographers, surfboard designers, and performers.


Sixth grade students had the opportunity to explore the creative process of Dragan Radoicic, a local architect, engineer, and artist who uses ground-controlled flying machines to create stunning films for both artistic and professional purposes. Mr. Radoicic shared about his education and the pleasure he finds in blending his creative nature with the technical aspects of his training. The session highlight was watching the flying machine launch on our own field as it took film of the students. Keep your eyes peeled here as it will be posted in the future. Please enjoy a sample of his work below.







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