By the final years of high school, something begins to change. For many students, curiosity gives way to routine. Learning becomes increasingly focused on completing assignments, preparing for exams, and earning grades. The sense of wonder that comes so naturally in childhood (remember that feeling?) can slowly be replaced by simply getting through the next semester. Recent research highlights some of the challenges students face in today's classrooms. According to...
Read MoreCREATIVE ARTS TEACHER Cécile B Evans explains Art By Telephone, a recent activity students participated in with artists and audience members across the globe. In one afternoon, TGSers became creators of global art along with Timur Si-Qin, Lindsay Lawson, and Lucky PDF.
The event was live streamed in Australia at an arts festival with onlookers taking part in the constructive dialogue. Within minutes of completion of an art piece, a screenshot of the students’ work infiltrated the internet. Artists immediately engaged with the students on Twitter and dispersed these images far and wide.
DIS Magazine published the full 45-minute video chat session with the students and the artists.
Art By Telephone is a project initiated by Rebecca Lamarche Vadel and Cécile B. Evans. ABT is a mobile format in which the process of art making is broken down to it core elements, from idea to production, via video chat. For more on Art By Telephone, visit: http://artbytelephone.blogspot.de/