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 […]
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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. […]