Kevin Tavin Video

1) Three things of interest. Why were they interesting to you
a)"Visual culture: Suggests a cultural condition where human experience is profoundly affected one way or another by new technology, for looking, and various practices of seeing, showing, and picturing." I enjoyed his definition of visual culture and wanted to make note of it.
b) "Visual culture revolves around everyday life, and the relationships we have with screens and our own identity." I liked his analogy and understanding of visual culture and our relationships with our screens. Think about it, can you really go anywhere without a screen in your face?
c) "Learning perspective as a foundation for art." Why do we have people sitting outside in the hallway, or why does one student say" Because my teacher told me to." versus. "My teacher told us to so that we could better understand how to draw." Thinking about the importance of explaining the importance of each step taken within an art classroom is imperative for them to understand and grow rather reject and say "I did it because my teacher told me to."
2)Discuss the role of an art educator in regards to visual culture. is it important why or why not
As an art educator, it is possible to not be a teacher of everything. We are scientists, the hitorians, the English teachers, the math teachers, and the artists. It is so important for us to teach other subjects and in-turn visual culture. We cannot teach without the context of history and the knowledge and practices that come to form other subjects. As we have so many images thrown at us on a daily basis it is important to realize we have to be an educator of all subjects and to teach kids to approach ar through other forms of media and subjects in order to come to a better understanding about what artwork can be.

3) what did you take away from this lecture and how can you apply it to your classroom as an art educator
I found when he was talking about the half and half painting to be fascinating. His perspective on how media culture and artists have this invisible divide that could be easily crossed yet there is always this push-pull on both topics meeting. I hope to do further research on incorporating modern media technologies into my classroom other than for research purposes. (As that is already the common way to incorporate technology into the classroom). Maybe being inspired by artists who use sound to make work or videos would be the next way to go!