Expertise:

Multicultural Art Education, Art Education For Children, The Development of Great Artists, Childhood Works of Great Artists

Language(s) spoken:

English

Professional associations:

PhD

"I think that, in terms of the basics, it's about creating people who are comfortable using the tools of art for their own purposes.  In the 21st century, that covers a huge range of media and approaches, but essentially, art education's basic task is literacy. You give people tools for being analytic, and you give them enough information - enough of an overview - that they can come to some conclusions of their own, which they can also defend."

"I would also say that the criteria for judging whether something works or not artistically haven't changed that much.  I don't care if you're using a cryogenic, multi-million dollar computer as a tool, ultimately you're still going to end up with something which has to be judged.  And those criteria really don't change - it's still the same organism doing the processing. I'm not saying you can't make great art on the web, for example, but it's still going to be consumed by the same organism that was consuming, say, Renaissance frescoes."

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