Berlin Art Institute’s Post

🔍 Delve into the evolving landscape of art education! My latest blog post examines artistic discourse through the lens of contemporary themes, featuring insights from NEWWORK24 and 8 diverse collectives. 🌐👥 Read the full article here: https://lnkd.in/dYBquekR

This month's collection of art and education articles is now available on the blog at https://lnkd.in/gB5VCGEi. Read about topics such as Prop 28, cultivating belonging in the classroom, and more. #ArtsEd #RECAP #ArtNews #EducationNews

“As chief curator, I want to take advantage of our really rich and deep holdings of American art and interpret them and contextualize them and activate them in a way that is relevant to today.” Read more from Wendy Nālani E. Ikemoto, our newly named chief curator and vice president, in the latest interview from the New York Times. https://nyti.ms/3TrMxlx

Art exists within the political and societal conditioning that it is being produced in. Art is, therefore, a product of, and an impact on, society. When engaging with art, as a creator, artivist, or consumer it is important to engage with social-cultural history operating in the back of our mind. Looking at art in the context of larger political and societal histories helps us to think critically about the kind of artists we want to be, and how to divest our creative practices from hegemonic ways of being. With that being said, we offer to you this non-exhaustive reading list for politicizing your artistic practice.

Midnight Oil Collective: Breaking Barriers: Transforming the Starving Artist Myth into Sustainable Creativity - Ideas (June 29th, 11:00AM at the Humanities Quadrangle) Artists are passionate catalysts for change, envisioning a world transformed for the better through the power of art. Yet, they often face a persistent struggle: the dream of art inspiring change versus the systemic barriers of scarcity of funding, resources, and support. This tension stifles their creative potential and their role in driving societal progress. Our seminar seeks to ignite a conversation about the roadblocks artists encounter in bringing their visions to life and connecting with their audience. We're set to break down these barriers, viewing them not as impenetrable walls but as challenges that can be overcome. Join us as we pave the way to dismantle the enduring myth of "the starving artist" and unlock new possibilities for artistic innovation and impact. 🌐 Learn more at buff.ly/3yudFt4

T4T (Thought for Today) Discuss SENSITIVITY and it's importance to artists, viewers of art, as a subject of art? What effect does it’s presence or absence have on our lives? Can it be taught? Taken away? Subverted? How do different cultures approach this concept and behaviour? What might society look like without it? Is there a set of rules for it? Develop your own talking points. Try this but substituting another subject for visual arts.

Anyone can talk to kids about their art, but here are some helpful, open-ended questions to support their early learning and development in the process. 1️⃣ “Tell me about your art…” 2️⃣ “Where did you get your idea?” 3️⃣ “What is your favorite part?” Learn more about why these kinds of questions matter, AND how we bring promising practices in early childhood and museum education together in The cARTie Curriculum at www.cARTie.org. [Video Description: The text “3 Questions to Ask Children about their Art” is followed by three questions: “tell me about your art,” “where did you get your idea?,” and “what is your favorite part?” with a video of students working on a collaborative activity on the museum bus playing behind.]

Looking forward to presenting my paper titled ‘Photographic ‘Disturbance’, Ontological Poetics and Politics in Northeast India’ tomorrow at this symposium 🌿