ChildrenOnline is a group we have frequently invited to Saint David's. Here is some of their latest research on the activities of children on-line. It may be of interest to you.
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." ...
Really interesting. Thanks for sharing. Some of the findings were encouraging, others cause for concern. Not sure why any 5th grader should have a Facebook account. I'd be curious to also know how many children are bullied in person vs. online, and the overlap between the two.
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