It's the end of the world as we know it!

Not really. Well maybe? Again, in an effort to find my own blog voice, I’m writing exactly what I’ve been thinking about this week. So here goes nothing…

This legislative session is proving to be the most exhausting yet. In education, what programs should go, which ones should stay? What funding should be reduced and should any be increased? It seems like the only institutions that are safe in Florida right now are prisons.

This has me wondering, “If students were only provided one experience in Art (K-12), what would the course look like?” Should students know design through studio art experiences? Would experiences in visual culture through the media be a better choice? I believe it is time to start teaching like, “It’s the end of the world as we know it.”

One benefit of teaching art, I believe, is that we do have some flexibility in curriculum design. Through your own informal program evaluation, can you justify every lesson you teach? Or are there areas in which you need to revamp? I’m curious as to what art teachers think about the idea of teaching like it was the last art experience our students will ever encounter.