InsideOut

Future Leaders Need Art-Infused Education

Mon, 03/15/2010 - 12:15 — ArtsEd As Harvey White and Pete Garcia, both former executives on the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corp. board of trustees, have argued, "We need STEAM, not just STEM" to ensure our leadership in the 21st century. We need to put art back into our curricula.

White, who is co-founder of both Qualcomm Inc.

Art Blooms at McKinley Square

Fri, 03/12/2010 - 16:54 — ArtsEd A rundown section of Potrero Hill will soon host an art installation created by Downtown High School (DHS) students.

San Francisco's Exploratorium gets $90M in gifts

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:56 — ArtsEd

SAN FRANCISCO - San Francisco's Exploratorium science museum has received two anonymous donations totaling $90 million to help it move to a new home on the city's waterfront.

Who are those people in the paintings?

Wed, 03/10/2010 - 11:53 — ArtsEd SAN FRANCISCO - Between the departure of the King Tut exhibit March 28 and the arrival of the Musée d'Orsay Impressionists on May 22, there remains a wealth of art in The City, in the permanent collections of the de Young Museum and the Legion of Honor, where "Cartier and America" runs through May 9.

What should the spring visitor look for?

16 State Finalists for U.S. School Grants

Tue, 03/09/2010 - 15:50 — ArtsEd WASHINGTON - New York, Florida and Pennsylvania are among the 16 first-round finalists in the federal grant competition known as Race to the Top, in which states compete for a share of $4 billion in school improvement money, the federal Department of Education said Thursday.

Education Secretary Arne Duncan will pick the grant winners.

Elisa Stephens is changing the role of art

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 17:03 — ArtsEd Academy of Art University remains focused on expanding its curriculum to accommodate a growing demand for multimedia artists in today's technological world.

Elisa Stephens is a texting addict, which makes her fit in with all the students at the Academy of Art University. There's a catch, though: She's not enrolled at the school. She's the president.

Articulating the Value of Arts Education to Corporate Funders

Mon, 03/08/2010 - 11:33 — ArtsEd It's one of the great anomalies of our society that the arts are both valued and underfunded; both praised and looked upon as a frivolity. A Harris Poll found that 93% of Americans find arts education to be a vital party of a well-rounded education.

California Students Rise Up Against Massive Education Cuts

Fri, 03/05/2010 - 14:05 — ArtsEd Californians by the tens of thousands spoke as one yesterday demanding the primacy of public education in the state's budget. Up and down the state, students held scores of demonstrations, rallies, marches and teach-ins were at governmental centers, universities, community colleges, high schools and elementary schools.

The actions come as the 2010-2011 budget process looms and Republican Gov.

White House Cuts National Endowment for the Arts Funding in 2011 Budget Request

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 15:48 — ArtsEd On February 1, the Obama administration released its FY 2011 budget request to Congress, which included requested funding for the nation's cultural agencies and programs: the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH), Institute for Museums and Library Services (IMLS), and the Department of Education's Arts in Education program (AIE).

Ann Weber turns cardboard into art

Mon, 03/01/2010 - 13:42 — ArtsEd Artist Ann Weber, a delicate woman, relies on some indelicate tools: a $25 Arrow P-22 stapler from Ace Hardware, a box cutter, shellac and loads of cardboard pulled from trash bins.

Weber cuts cardboard into strips and staples pieces together until forms take shape. Sometimes the shapes are primal, looking like pods and seeds. Sometimes they are woven or coiled abstract figures.