At first glance, this short blog post by an art teacher, entitled "Common Core in ART?!", about how she created an "art lesson based on color theory and (*GASP!*) writing. That's right, folks...descriptive writing in the art room" seems like a very clever idea. I mean what's not to admire in the way she seamlessly combined two art forms in meeting the needs of the Common Core?
But examine this a little more, and you will come to understand that to try to bring linear thinking to art classes is an atrocity. So many kids who are not linear thinkers go into the arts... dyslexics and others who literally see things differently. And this may to turn them off to taking classes that can help them define their craft; that can help them define themselves.
Forcing a left-brained exercise such as writing, on a right-brained class like art, is a huge mistake; right-brained learners might stop taking these classes if they are going to be graded on left-brained exercises.
This lesson was not a lesson about color theory that some extra writing was thrown in on, for kids who might want to take their art in that direction. The lesson was "based on color theory and writing"; it was created with writing as part of the requirement. Art. With writing as part of the requirement.
As a proud owner of a BFA (Bachelor of Fine Arts) the revelation that Common Core is invading the arts is hitting me especially hard.
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