Colour Them Happy

Autor/in	Paskell, Anthony
Titel	Colour Them Happy
Quelle	(1969), (6 Seiten)Infoseite zur Zeitschrift PDF als Volltext kostenfreie Datei Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
Schlagwörter	Stellungnahme; American Indians; Recognition (Achievement); Museums; Foreign Countries; Methods; Teaching Methods; American Indian Education; Art Education; Art Activities; Reservation American Indians; American Indian Reservations; Student Participation; Art Products; Exhibits; Whites; Racial Relations; Consciousness Raising; Canada; United States + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? American Indian; Indianer; Soziale Anerkennung; Museum; Museumswesen; Museen; Ausland; Method; Methode; Teaching method; Lehrmethode; Unterrichtsmethode; Arts; Education; Art in Education; Kunst; Bildung; Erziehung; Künstlerische Tätigkeit; Indianerreservat; Schülermitarbeit; Schülermitwirkung; Studentische Mitbestimmung; Künstlerische Produktion; White; Weißer; Bewusstseinsbildung; Kanada; USA
Abstract	This article came about as the result of a chance meeting of the author, Anthony Paskell with Bob Aller, (a West Coast artist) and the remarkable experience that evolved. Mr. Aller held a series of art sessions on various Indian Reserves, all based on his unique approach to the teaching of Art (and art-related experiences)--a non-teaching methodology with no pressures put on children to participate. The author had the opportunity to watch and learn as these sessions took place at the Birch Island Indian Reserve School in the summer of 1969. The article followed the stunning results of Mr. Aller's methodology--first the creation of thousands of magnificent pieces of child-created art. Then, international recognition, as many of these artworks gained attention at galleries and art museums across Canada and the U.S. (including a showing at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York). Perhaps as impressive as these paintings were, was the achievement of Mr. Aller himself, in beating the odds stacked up against him (in this case a built-in distrust by Indian children of all authority figures and especially anyone with white skin trying to take over the summer holidays!). By managing to draw people together over the period of one summer, he single-handedly broke down barriers accumulated from 500 years of humiliation and degradation of First Nations people. For just a while, in a few isolated spots in Canada he succeeded in demonstrating the potentiality of his methods in education generally. The article reflected on how children react when presented with a blank canvas of possibilities... color them happy! (Author).
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Update	2017/4/10