  Lesson Plans  Fine Arts Night  [ Thread ][ Subject ][ Author
][ Date ] Larry Seiler ( Fri, 5 Nov 1999 17:31:40 -0600
>Parents come in, walk around and view the artwork, = >then go
to the auditorium to watch the performance. I guess I'm looking
= >for some ideas to add more WOW to the visual arts, so that
patrons would = >linger longer or at least express more emotion!
Every year my students = >work extremely hard on their exhibit,
and they get so excited about it, = >yet there is always this
"let down" afterwards. I'm missing something - = >WHAT? The
exhibit is in the spring, but I'm starting on it now. Thanks!
Mine is a long response, one I hope teachers will muse over....
I think this is a most interesting post. It parodies life as in
artist in the real world as well.  Artists that spend much of
their lives developing their talents only to discover 30 years
later that only other artists appear to possess the aesthetic
and technical understanding to appreciate their body of work. I
have won some major r