This man is a genius! Listen to Sir Ken Robinson’s latest TED Talks as he follows up from that last special moment that we’ve all listened to and loved over and over again. He makes the case for a radical shift from standardized schools to personalized learning — creating conditions where kids’ natural talents can […]
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Learning from Kids
ADORA SVITAK ADULTS CAN LEARN FROM KIDS!! When are we going to listen, become proactive and change instead of just playing lip service to great ideas? How can you assist to make changes for the next generations? Listen to Adora and be inspired! Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold […]
ART WITH A PURPOSE
Art For Healing Foundation at North Bay Regional Arts Centre, Ontario – Canada What a fabulous story!! Congratulations Earl Pinchuk and Gary Blair on being involved in bringing art into this hospital. It’s exciting to see that, this time, it’s established right from the beginning that art can have purpose and is being valued. It’s […]
THE ART OF GOOD HEALTH AND WELLBEING
International Arts & Health Conference Port Macquarie 2009 Why isn’t Arts in Health a priority in Education? Is it because children already know it? Have you ever been given a drawing from a child when you are not well? Have they ever said ‘I hope this makes you feel better’? Pretty simple really… when you […]
Operation Art at the Art Gallery of NSW
Operation Art’s top fifty artworks were opened at the Art Gallery of NSW on 6 October by Michael Coutts-Trotter, the Director General for the NSW Department of Education and Training. The Director-General said, they were an “exercise in imagination and empathy through art. Who better to know what can comfort a child than another child […]
Operation Art in the LA Times
How many little Aussie battler visual arts education programs receive international recognition? Recently, I was contacted by the Los Angeles Times with a request about using children’s artworks in their Creativity Corner on the Kids Reading Page. My good friends, Earl & Gary, at the Art For Healing Foundation in Montreal had steered them towards […]
Behind The News
Great news story on Behind the News , ABC TV about Operation Art and the positive effects on all the children involved. It doesn’t matter if you are a young patient in hospital or a talented young artist… everybody feels good! Follow the link www.abc.net.au/news/btn/story/s2639929.htm or Search: Behind The News – Episode 20 – 4 August – […]
Creativity in schools: Every story needs a picture
Recently, I was emailed this fascinating story and while I advocate teaching our children through the arts, I do believe that Art must also be taught for Art’s sake. The alarm bells are ringing: Why do so many people say: ‘I can’t draw’? The answer may lie in schools, says the children’s laureate Anthony Browne […]
How Are YOU Intelligent?
Today I listened to my favourite creative thinker! Dr Ken Robinson spoke with Margaret Throsby on ABC Classic 95.7FM. Check the podcast out at: www.abc.net.au/classic/throsby Once again, he reminded us how our education system needs to change if we are to encourage individuals to find their passion and become the best. […]