Sunday, October 31, 2010

Discipline Based Art Education versus Visual Culture Art Education

This is from a workshop I gave at the NESA conference in Bangkok.

Discipline Based Art Education (DBAE)
def. a comprehensive Art Education Program combining skill, knowledge, and understanding art.

The 4 main components of a DBAE classroom are: 


Art Making

Art History

Art Criticism

Aesthetics


Visual Culture Art Education (VCAE)
def. A combination that includes elements of art history, cultural studies, anthropology, critical theory, philosophy, and visual imagery.


What makes a Visual Culture?
  
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Web/Computer Design

Architecture and Urban Design

Fashion

Television and Media

Film and Video

Print Media

Fine Arts and Photography

Digital Multimedia


Social Networking


 How important are images to us? 


Object ≠ Art but is a product of one's Visual Culture.

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