Research Idea
Brenda McCullers
Research Statement
In the History of Art Education class I was introduced to the philosophy of Victor D’Amico. His ideas and beliefs relating to art education intrigued me. As a result, I created my final project for the class around D'Amico's Art Carnival, a program he developed for MoMA. During my research I found D’Amico’s philosophy to be a student directed method of teaching that resembles a choice-based art education approach to teaching art. For my capstone I will be researching how the philosophy of Victor D’Amico can be applied in the art classroom of today. I intend to create a website that documents my research and the transition of implementing D’Amico’s philosophy in my classroom. I believe this research is needed because it addresses the importance of studying pioneers in the field of art education and it will provide a guide for other art educators interested in transitioning to a student directed method of teaching that promotes and encourages critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity.
I have found the following references.
Bowman, R. (1969, November). Views on Art. In WNYC. Retrieved January 19, 2015, from http://www.wnyc.org/story/victor-damico/
D'Amico, V. (1960). Experiments in creative art. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art.
Douglas, K. M., & Jaquith, D. B. (2006). Engaging learners through artmaking: choice-based art education in the classroom. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Hausman, J. J. (2010, November). On remembering Victor D'Amico. Arts & Activities, 148(3), 17.
Rasmussen, B. (2010, October). The laboratory on 53rd street: Victor D'Amico and the Museum of Modern Art, 1937-1969. Curator, 53(4), 451-464.
Southeast TAB/Choice art teachers facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/412477138866957/
Teaching for Artistic Behavior website, http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org
Yahoo TAB-ChoiceArtEd Group, TAB-ChoiceArtEd@yahoogroups.com
Brenda McCullers
Research Statement
In the History of Art Education class I was introduced to the philosophy of Victor D’Amico. His ideas and beliefs relating to art education intrigued me. As a result, I created my final project for the class around D'Amico's Art Carnival, a program he developed for MoMA. During my research I found D’Amico’s philosophy to be a student directed method of teaching that resembles a choice-based art education approach to teaching art. For my capstone I will be researching how the philosophy of Victor D’Amico can be applied in the art classroom of today. I intend to create a website that documents my research and the transition of implementing D’Amico’s philosophy in my classroom. I believe this research is needed because it addresses the importance of studying pioneers in the field of art education and it will provide a guide for other art educators interested in transitioning to a student directed method of teaching that promotes and encourages critical thinking, problem solving, and creativity.
I have found the following references.
Bowman, R. (1969, November). Views on Art. In WNYC. Retrieved January 19, 2015, from http://www.wnyc.org/story/victor-damico/
D'Amico, V. (1960). Experiments in creative art. New York, NY: Museum of Modern Art.
Douglas, K. M., & Jaquith, D. B. (2006). Engaging learners through artmaking: choice-based art education in the classroom. New York, NY: Teachers College Press.
Hausman, J. J. (2010, November). On remembering Victor D'Amico. Arts & Activities, 148(3), 17.
Rasmussen, B. (2010, October). The laboratory on 53rd street: Victor D'Amico and the Museum of Modern Art, 1937-1969. Curator, 53(4), 451-464.
Southeast TAB/Choice art teachers facebook group, https://www.facebook.com/groups/412477138866957/
Teaching for Artistic Behavior website, http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org
Yahoo TAB-ChoiceArtEd Group, TAB-ChoiceArtEd@yahoogroups.com