Tim Rollins and K.O.S.

I just wanted to make a point to mention Tim Rollins and K.O.S.. I see it as a modest ideal to aspire to (and possibly beyond) in art teaching. It more or less sums up some of the most pertinent aspects of teaching art. Not so much the, 'community' aspect (however important), but just taking students with the interest and doing something with it.

Asperger's Syndrome

The American Psychological Association has removed Asperger's Syndrome from their big book of diagnoses. This is fairly widespread news by now, but I'm just wondering what kind of effect this will have on teaching. I also thought it would be a good opportunity to plug my professor's book:
Art and Disability

(That's Judy on the cover btw. She's a sweetheart!)

For teachers it should make things somewhat easier. I'm sure the term will still be used for the sake of clarity. The term Austism is so broad, but at the same time, even Asperger's did very little to narrow that down. Either way, a nominal change such as this won't change how valuable the arts are to these children's development.

Pinball Mania!

This is just a quick post about a neat art project. A college student basically just took a pinball machine and created blank posters to cover over the board. The flippers are still shown and somehow ink is injected (he doesn't make that clear exactly).