Multicultural+Art+Education

== [|PBS ART:21] =**What is Multicultural Art Education?**= artists who are marginalized creating rich lessons with complex multiple personal meanings questions the idea of a masterpiece Whose masterpiece? allows for students to internalize what they learn about the culture so instead of mimicking it, they incorporate it into their world view effective art teachers discourage trite cliché symbols complex identities religious and ceremonial arts gender issues (women) families children’s art outsider and insider artists (prison artists, non-trained artists, artists with disabilities, graffiti)

=Ownership Issues=

Shouldn’t we teach that artists interpret and create meaning rather than copy that which is already created?
=Authentic Voices=

=How do I teach art in a way that makes my students take pride in their own culture while gaining respect and appreciation for the art and customs of other cultures?= = = What is backwards design? (Governor's Institute for Arts Educators, 2008) 1. Start at the back - What are big ideas? Lasting concepts 2. What is acceptable evidence? 3. Plan learning experiences… Where to? 4. Start a theme/topic (nature) 5. What do I want my students to understand?

=What Authentic Multicultural Art Education Isn't..= Inappropriate Examples: African masks Egyptian cartouches Godseye weaving Crafts that fill time but don’t teach concepts Activities that don’t require thinking Activities that tokenize a culture (for example having students do a lesson on totem poles and saying that you are teaching a Native American lesson) or have the students create stereotypical symbols of their native lands that reinforce stereotypes (potatoes for Irish, spaghetti for Italians)

[|Blick Multicultural lessons] (This site has several lessons ideas some of which are inappropriate, but many that can be adapted to involve learning)
 * Multicultural Lessons:**