Saturday, April 16, 2005

DBAE and Craft- Well, looking at the example given, The Artistic Heritage of Clay, it seems that the the actual making of a piece is not on the blackboard.  Of course the title does lead one to believe it is more a historical couse, than a studio course. However, the example is cited as being "A unit from a high school ceramics course with a studio emphasis was enriched with content from art history, art criticism, and aesthetics."TAHoC I don't see a well thought of tie-in with the studio portion of the class. Further, the final part of the course, applying what ones knows, ends up with: Instruct groups to spend 15-20 minutes describing, analyzing, interpreting, and making judgments about the visual and aesthetic qualities of their ceramic object (reproduction). When the groups return to a class discussion, each spokesperson will report their group's findings to the class. Their task is to present evidence that will convince the teacher, who is posing as a collector or museum representative looking to purchase only one object, to buy theirs for the collection. TAHoC So perhaps DBAE is not going to be where we will find a formal meathodology for art/craft criticism.  At least not one that is proper for someone who focuses on making the stuff (the artist) or is interested in non-commercially driven works. 9:53:27 PM