Start Date
11-8-2010 1:30 PM
End Date
11-8-2010 3:00 PM
Description
Everything in Arts is communal and participatory as the stage in the African context is different. There is always an exchange between performers and the audience. Our students during their hands-on workshop on Batik, Visual arts and music and dance share those wonderful moment s with their families the community of artists working with them. As stated by one British artist John Ruskin “Fine Art is that in which the hand, the head and the heart of man goes together”. Most of our students during these workshops find Fine arts as integrating and a liberating tool to culture learning. During this presentation we will share through slides show and quotes, sharing wonderful moments spent by our students during various workshops in doing things in different learning style where observing listen and doing are key elements of learning skills in Arts. If time allows two alumni of our last program will perform playing a Kora and a Djembe two traditional music instruments from Senegal and the West Africa region.
Hands-On or On-Hands: an Approach to Fine Arts Learning in the Senegalese Context
Everything in Arts is communal and participatory as the stage in the African context is different. There is always an exchange between performers and the audience. Our students during their hands-on workshop on Batik, Visual arts and music and dance share those wonderful moment s with their families the community of artists working with them. As stated by one British artist John Ruskin “Fine Art is that in which the hand, the head and the heart of man goes together”. Most of our students during these workshops find Fine arts as integrating and a liberating tool to culture learning. During this presentation we will share through slides show and quotes, sharing wonderful moments spent by our students during various workshops in doing things in different learning style where observing listen and doing are key elements of learning skills in Arts. If time allows two alumni of our last program will perform playing a Kora and a Djembe two traditional music instruments from Senegal and the West Africa region.