Art Education
‘UK school art curriculums should reflect diversity efforts in our institutions’
In the UK, we have recently enjoyed a wealth of long-overdue solo and group exhibitions celebrating the rich and varied practices of minority ethnic artists at the heart of our shared visual culture. However, our research with Runnymede Trust exposed that the picture of this visual culture presented in schools looks like a different universe. Only 2.3% of artists named in GCSE art papers over the last five years were Black or Asian, and some exams did not reference a single non-white artist. Over three years, we spoke to teachers, students and artists across England to understand what and how young people are taught in art lessons, and why this narrow curriculum is so disconnected from the ideas and practices flourishing in the sector.
Art Education
University receives a second stunning and symbolic globe through ground-breaking national arts project
The University of Exeter has received a second poignant art installation in support of a national project that is seeking to redefine how the country understands the Transatlantic Trade in Enslaved Africans and its lasting impact.
The striking globe, called Uncertain Voyage: A Complex Triangle, has been unveiled on the University’s Streatham campus at a special ceremony to mark the occasion, as part of its celebration of Black History Month.
THIS year’s BA (Hons) Photography and BSc (Hons) Visual Effects students from the University of West London in Ealing held their graduate show at the Coningsby Gallery in London’s Fitzrovia.
Photography on display included depictions of night-time walks along the Thames, explorations of cultural heritage, collages of the metropolis and botanical still life
Read More: https://www.ealingtimes.co.uk/news/24403050.central-london-venue-ealing-arts-students-show/
A Paisley woman has turned her back on making a name for herself in fine arts to rebuild the lives of patients who have suffered cancer or trauma.
Danielle Adair is a trainee reconstructive scientist who combines science and art to create lifelike prosthetics for people who have lost body parts through catastrophic illness or injury.
