Global Art Education Association
President Kurt's Speech - Who We Are
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About GART
The Global Art Education Association is the professional membership organization focus on sustainability and art design.
The goal of GART is to encourage, strengthen and promote the vital role of art and design in all sectors of the global economy by promoting high quality instruction in visual arts and design education through professional development, research, and international dialogue and exchange.
The Association will advance its mission and purpose by: sponsoring public discussions, institutes, conferences and programs; publishing research articles, reports and surveys; and showcasing works by its members to promote worldwide best practices in art and design education.
Mission
Advance high-quality arts education through a focus on a cross-cultural approach to visual arts and design for all ages and to promote best practices in art and design instruction through international dialogue, professional development, and research.
Vision ( From NAEA)
Students of all ages benefit from comprehensive, balanced, and sequential learning in the arts, led and taught by qualified teachers who are certified in art education. Art educators meet ethical and rigorous standards of excellence in preservice preparation, ongoing professional development, pedagogy, and inquiry in the field. School-based arts instruction surpasses national, state, and local standards and is enhanced through access to art museums and other community resources. The power of arts to enrich human experience and society is recognized and celebrated throughout the world.
Core Values (From NEAE)
GART staff and members work to support professional growth, change, and leadership through:
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Mentoring
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Networking and collaborating
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Participating in art education conferences
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Developing and disseminating exemplary resources on art education
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Building a professional community by contributing our time and talents to others
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Valuing our diversity and committing ourselves to equity
Feedback By Art Educators
Weston Dripps
Associate Professor of Earth and Environmental Sciences and and Executive Director of the David E. Shi Center for Sustainabilitym Furman University
-- “Some great thinkers among the group! Always fun to see inspired youth!”
Nathan Philips
Professor of Earth and Environment, Boston University
-- “All essays were excellent, and it was hard not to give all 10's.”
Jenny Isler
Director of Sustainability, Clark University
-- "I found them to be of excellent quality with original ideas and a broader than expected level of knowledge and awareness. It was a true pleasure to read the words of these young students wrestling with the most complex and urgent problem that the world has to face! It was actually rather hard to be a judge and assign numbers to the heart-felt work of the students!"
Jason Jay
Director of Sustainability, MIT
-- “This was very inspiring.”
-- “I like the systems approach – seeing how these issues are interconnected.”
-- “I think it takes courage to look at the technologies out there and say, “I can do better.” That is the innovator’s sensibility. And I like how you have applied your ingenuity to efficient motors, pollution mitigation at the car level, and pollution mitigation at the city level. These are all good problems to solve.”
Don Rosenfield
Former Professor of Operations and Director of MIT Leaders for Global Operations program, MIT
-- “This is an excellent paper. It is well written backed up by data, and identifies one of the biggest issues in sustainability.”
Lester Thurow
-Former Dean of MIT Sloan School of Management
-- “I am truly inspired.”
-- "Environmentalism is not ethical values pitted against economic values. It is thoroughly economic."