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May 16, 2012

Is it a Plane? Is it a Bird? No! It’s a CLICHÉ (Part 2)

Hi Greg, I agree – there is usually nothing intrinsically or necessarily wrong with a clichéd image.

When first seen it was (obviously) not the overfamiliar thing is has since become.

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April 13, 2012

Create a Virtual Exhibition

I first blogged about the Google Art Project in February 2011.

Since then this project has grown in size and usefulness.

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September 20, 2011

CULTURAL CONVERGENCE (by Greg Morgan)

Greg is a friend, colleague, and fellow DP art teacher and examiner, and I have known him for a number of years. I have been consistently delighted by, and impressed with, his passion for our subject – visual arts – so I invited him to contribute something to this blog, and I am pleased to report that he has indeed written a thoughtful and thought-provoking piece.

Please welcome our first ‘Guest Blogger’ – Greg Morgan!

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June 18, 2011

Surrealism Today?

Ultimate Dog Tease 

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June 2, 2011

THE VENICE BIENNALE

Venice Biennale

http://www.labiennale.org/en/Home.html

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March 7, 2011

WATER (phase 1)

Hi all,

Its World Water Day on March 22nd – http://www.unesco.org/water/water_celebrations/

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February 5, 2011

Art Initiative from Google

You and/or your students may be interested in a recent initiative from Google. Google have collaborated with some well known art museums to enable people to discover and view more than a thousand artworks online in great detail.

This could be a very useful teaching and learning resource: for example, in  the Investigation Workbook, students should be analysing and comparing art from different cultures and times, and considering it for its function and significance.

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