Don't Be Afraid of Religious Art: Thinking through and Resources for Art Educators

Autor/in	Huard, Marie
Titel	Don't Be Afraid of Religious Art: Thinking through and Resources for Art Educators
Quelle	In: Art Education, 73 (2020) 1, S.24-30 (7 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0004-3125
DOI	10.1080/00043125.2019.1672496
Schlagwörter	Art Products; Religion; Art Education; Christianity; Judaism; Buddhism; Islam; Teaching Methods; Elementary Education + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Künstlerische Produktion; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Christentum; Judaismus; Buddhismus; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Elementarunterricht
Abstract	In the United States, Christianity is the religion of the majority, about 70% of people. Almost 23% are unaffiliated, and slightly less than 7% practice other religions (Sandstrom, 2016). While 7% may not sound like a lot, it means that a growing number of Americans have neighbors, schoolmates, and colleagues who practice diverse, often unfamiliar, faiths (Ackland Art Museum, 2012a). Globally, the Pew Research Center (2012) reported that Christians account for a little less than one third (31.5%) of the world population, while Muslims, Hindus, and Buddhists make up almost half (45.3%). Yet many Americans lack even the most basic knowledge about these religions (Wertheimer, 2015). In this article, the author presents five artworks that introduce stories that are at the foundation of each of five religions: Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Islam, and Buddhism. She chose these pieces because she has shared them with her students and because they allow something of a crash course in world religions. Naturally, there are many stories and countless works of art one could include. She also outlines the lessons that she implemented with her middle school students as a practical way to think about what students might make. Finally, she provides resources for learning about religious art, talking about it with students, and gaining support from colleagues in the hope that teachers who consider teaching about religious art may feel empowered to do so. (ERIC).
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Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01