Graffiti and Art Education: "They Don't Understand How I Feel about the FUNK"

Autor/in	Hampton, Rosalind
Titel	Graffiti and Art Education: "They Don't Understand How I Feel about the FUNK"
Quelle	In: Art Education, 66 (2013) 5, S.52-55 (5 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
Schlagwörter	Foreign Countries; Art Activities; Popular Culture; Subcultures; Art Education; Artists; Risk; Canada (Montreal) + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Ausland; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Popkultur; Subculture; Subkultur; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Artiste; Artist; Künstler; Künstlerin; Risiko
Abstract	On the morning of October 31, 2010, three adolescents were killed by a rail Passenger train in Montreal, Canada, in a well-known area for Graffiti writers to paint. The engineer did not see five boys walking on the tracks and the children did not hear or see the train coming. 17-year-olds Dylan Ford, Ricardo Conesa, and Mitch Bracken-Guenet lost their lives, and the survivors were deeply traumatized. Dylan "JAYS" Ford was a member of FUNK Crew, a Montreal group of roughly a dozen graffiti writers ranging from adolescence to their early 30s. Devastated by the loss of their friend, the crew plunged themselves into their work, becoming involved in fundraising for the Dylan Ford Art Scholarship Fund intended to support and encourage young artists and perhaps to limit the personal and legal risks they take to become recognized graffiti "kings." This article aims to bring together the perspectives of three senior members of the FUNK crew--DARE, HYKE, and JUICE--based on their experiences as graffiti artists, and Rosalind Hampton's perspectives as a parent and community art educator. Hampton states that, rather than a research study in the formal institutional sense, the four authors of this article have formed a small community of inquiry to which each brings their multiple, unique perspectives and ways of understanding graffiti. Since the horrifying accident, FUNK Crew members continue to paint and to weigh the pros and cons of more and less dangerous practices. [This article was written with DARE, HYKE, and JUICE.] (ERIC).
Anmerkungen	National Art Education Association. 1916 Association Drive, Reston, VA 20191. Tel: 703-860-8000; Fax: 703-860-2960; Web site: http://www.arteducators.org
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2017/4/10