Category: Artistic Expression

BANDING TOGETHER Big Ideas Shape Thriving Arts Environments

Post author By Patricia Hoy
Post date August 21, 2018

Different art forms are often placed in a position to compete with one another. While everyone has passion for the art they create, or support, or understand, we’re often placed in a position in schools and communities to take a competitive stance because of limited funding or economic issues. Beyond the need for funding is the powerful role competition plays in our society. Competition is fun, and it can be even more fun when you win. Although competitiveness can be a useful way to achieve a short-term goal in the arts, it can also be a zero-sum game for the arts to truly thrive long-term.

Big Things Happen in the Arts

Post author By Patricia Hoy
Post date March 16, 2017
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Remarkable things happen when you allow yourself to become fully engaged with creating art or performing music. At every level, you learn how little things make big things happen. The arts allow you to experience things from a global perspective and to bring real world meaning to basic knowledge and skills.

Tags artistic process, Creating Art, creating music, Music Education

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Imaginative Possibility

As you walk through the many museums in Arizona, you learn that the history and cultures of Native American people of the area are inseparable from their expression as artists. From various symbols to geometric designs, there are similarities that inspire you to want to learn more.

Tags Artistic Expression, artistic process, Creative Process, Imagination

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A Leap in the Dark

Highly creative artists do their work in a world of unpredictability. They don’t force a clear picture of the end result. While they may set restrictions and principles, they don’t create such strong boundaries that limit flow or their ability to move in new, more inspired directions. They trust themselves and the artistic process.

Tags Agnes de Mille, artistic process, Oklahoma!, Pablo Picasso

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Creative Space—A Canvas to the Imagination

Post author By Patricia Hoy
Post date February 9, 2015
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Artists are open to the world around them. That openness allows them to see, hear, and feel things that may go unnoticed by others. It allows the creative space for observations and ideas to develop with artistic outcomes that are often surprising and unique.

Tags Creative Space, Imagination, Simon Beck, Snow Art

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Make Momentum a Priority

Post author By Patricia Hoy
Post date January 26, 2015

Artists know how to create momentum in at least two ways. First, there is a sense of movement in nearly every work of art, whether visual, aural, physical, or a combination.

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Artistic Expression Arts and 21st Century Learning The Arts and Lifelong Learning

Begin with Your Senses

As I entered a familiar room recently, I realized the multi-sensory impact of the music that was playing in the background. The room not only felt different than before, but there was a definite quality in the room mingling among the others that called to mind the sights, smells, and even tastes of past experiences that truly moved me. The sound was greatly enhanced by this awareness.

Tags Senses, Sensory Awareness, Sensory Capabilities