Tuesday, October 7, 2014

Nothing Common about the Visual Arts Core!

The new national standards for art have changed within the past few months, and here is what I have concluded:

In the state of CT, the standards have not changed much...there may be a few extra fancy words, however, I think the Arts were way ahead of the curve! As they say... "There is nothing common about my core!"

Here are some great links that provide you with more information about the new Visual Arts Standards:

Standards at a Glance

10 Lessons the Arts Teach

Happy Teaching!

-Miss Coles

Artist Study - Amedeo Modigliani

So, I have just started to look over my old art history books, and rediscovered the work of Amedeo Modigliani. I forgot how much I loved his slightly strange elongated figures with somewhat blank eyes. I have selected three of my favorite works by him: