Overview of
the Readings
In the table
below an overview is given of the readings handed out during the course
and the week in which they were handed out. For reference the activity
of that week is indicated between brackets.
Week 1
(15 Aug) |
(paper
activity)
Eric
Booth – “The Everyday Work of Art” (pp. 202 – 203)
Arthur I.
Miller – “Einstein, Picasso: space, time and the beauty that
causes havoc”, 2001 (pp. 185 – 194) |
Week 2
(22 Aug) |
(clay
activity)
Joan
Mowat Erikson – “Vital Senses: Sources of lifelong Learning”,
1985 (pp. 85 – 96) |
Week 3
(29 Aug) |
(nails
activity)
Raymond
J. Christman – “Sensory Experience”, 1979 (pp. 1 – 19) |
Week 4
(05 Sep) |
(painting
activity)
James L.
Adams – “Conceptual Blockbusting: A Guide to Better Ideas”, 2001
(chapter 3, pp. 39 – 51)
Leo Paul
Cyr – “A conversation between sculptor and stone”, 2000 (chapter
6, pp. 263 – 268) |
Week 5
(12 Sep) |
(Singapore Dreaming) |
Week 6
(19 Sep) |
(charcoal
activity)
Ellen
Dissanayake – “What is art for?”, 1987 (chapters 3, 4) |
Week 7
(26 Sep) |
(break
week) |
Week 8
(03 Oct) |
(“Painter’s Eye video” & Artist talk by Jun Kit)
The
Air-conditioned Nation (chapter 3, pp. 144 – 150)
Various
newspaper clippings on art that defies the norms, teacher
etiquette, Singapore school system |
Week 9
(10 Oct) |
(exhibition Vijayan Priamalar)
|
Week 10
(17 Oct) |
(plaster
activity)
Ng Aik
Kwang – “Why Asians are LESS creative than Westerners", 2001
(chapters 4 – 6)
Csikszentmihalyi – “Flow”, 1990 (chapters 3, 4) |
Week 13
(07 Nov) |
(closure)
Alfie
Kohn – “Punished
by Rewards, the trouble with gold stars, incentive plans, A's,
praise, and other bribes"(chapter 11)
|
Additional readings:
Howard
Gardner - "Creating Minds: An Anatomy of Creativity Seen Through the
Lives of Freud, Einstein, Picasso, Stravinsky, Eliot, Graham, and Gandhi
", 1993.
New Scientist
magazine, issue 29 Oct 2005 - "Creating Minds" (pp. 39 - 54) |