Overview
- This book is unique in its eclectic and practical survey of craft across the curriculum/through various disciplinary lenses of art, including histories, sample curricula, and questions and resources framing each chapter.
Part of the book series: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness (ACAG, volume 14)
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This nine chapter volume explores creativity in art teaching through contemporary craft. A variety of artists, educators and historians share with readers their wealth of practical resources and frameworks for utilizing craft media (fiber, ceramics, baskets, needlepoint, knitting, etc.) and craft approaches (grassroots projects, digital communities, craftivism, etc.) within contemporary K-12 art education, museum and community programming, and teaching artist residencies. Authors representing a variety of specialties in craft, art, and education examine the resurgence of the handmade and homemade in contemporary youth culture, digital implications of how we define and teach craft creatively, and the overlap of design, function, and beauty in artists’ work.
The anthology also describes the challenges and potentialities of working with craft in education settings, including the overarching craft of teaching practices. Each chapter provides a range of creative frameworks and practical models that educators can use comprehensively: from dynamic digital resources, to community groups, and lesson plans and activities in craft with art classes and special needs classes. The book serves to propose a working definition and rationale of the functions of craft in daily life, popular and youth culture, and larger social issues (including craft, D.I.Y., and activism/“craftivism”).
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Crafting Creativity & Creating Craft
Editors: Courtney Lee Weida
Series Title: Advances in Creativity and Giftedness
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-6209-839-8
Publisher: SensePublishers Rotterdam
eBook Packages: Humanities, Social Sciences and Law, Education (R0)
Copyright Information: SensePublishers-Rotterdam, The Netherlands 2014
eBook ISBN: 978-94-6209-839-8Published: 04 November 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: X, 76
Topics: Education, general