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Are We Losing Traditional Art Instruction and Should we be Concerned?
- April 10, 2022
- Posted by: Crystal
- Category: Blog
An Artful Debate is happening!
There is a debate going on over the need to maintain traditional art practices, or to let them go due to the modern day costs and constraints on creativity they may impose on the art student.
Art Critics Perspective
Some art critics, like Jacob Willer argue we need to restore standards in art schools, and that today’s fine art degrees do not offer the necessary teachings, that being in both painting and drawing, neither of which he feels many teachers have the skills to even teach. He points students back to study the classics, Rembrandt to name one.
Then again there are those in the ideological camp of Michael Archer, who think that moving away from tradition should be welcome. Art is evolving. He calls traditions “misguided.”
What do you think? Should we be in with the new and out with the old when it comes to art practices, or is there a need to maintain, or even re-educate art instructors on classical art instruction. Where these teachers can then tackle both drawing and painting…