Tonight, I joined twenty-nine Saint David's colleagues in a three hour course in CPR, AED and Basic First Aid. Trainers from Rapid Response Training LLC led the course. It was a hands-on learning experience for all of us. Joining members of the coaching staff, administrative staff and faculty in learning, for some of us refreshing, these basic life saving skills was eye-opening and enjoyable. The unique, balanced mix of humor and seriousness set the perfect tone for the evening. As a parent, I feel an incredible sense of comfort in knowing of the dedication and commitment of so many at Saint David's.
Yesterday evening, independent scholar and critic Michelle Marder Kamhi ( www.mmkamhi.com ), co-editor with husband Louis Torres of Aristos , an online review of arts; author of Who Says That's Art? A Commonsense View of the Visual Arts ; and grandmother of two Saint David's boys, gave a thought provoking talk on art for our grandparent community. An advocate of objective standards in arts scholarship and criticism, Ms. Kamhi focused her talk on the ways in which art critics such as Clement Greenberg promoted the shift from representational art to abstraction. Kamhi argues that the abstract and post-modern art prevalent today, which often requires explanation by docents in order to be understood, goes against art's purpose. Taking issue with Greenberg's contention that representation is an expendable convention of painting, she quoted the late art critic John Canaday: "Art is the tangible expression of the intangible values that men live by." ...
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