Under Educated Politicians Cutting Your Kids Educations
~Artist~
City of San Francisco School Board is trying to completely cut the
arts from the schools tonite.
Please attend the School Board Meeting if you can and forward
these stats to your artist buddies.
Ask them to email the Mayor.
Obvioulsy they are under educated in the business of the arts.
Stats you need to know -
Especially if you want your kids to score higher on their tests.
Especially if you are trying to sell art computers or hire artists for
your tech gigs.
Stats from the Magnet School at the Kellogg School District in
Chula Vista.
Kids who have art in their cirrcullums in early school years score 35%
higher overall in math and science.
The Harris Poll of Americans
They favor Federal, State and Local invlovement in the arts.
56 % of Americans are willing to be taxes and xtra 10.00 for the arts
Econoimic Impact Report 1994 Sate of California
Spending on not for profit arts directly supports 115,00 jobs and adds
1 billion to the CA econmy.
Arts are magnet for tourism creating 288 million from tourists that
generates 158 million in income for Ca and 4,200 jobs
Not for Profit Arts organizations add 2.19 billion to the CA economy
Arts festivals generarte 11$ for each 1$ spent.
Artist are active citizens
86% of Artists Vote
(Politicians Take Note!)
50% of Artists Volunteer
74% of Artists Contribute to Charity
173,000 Californians invest ther time as voulnteers for the arts
Not for Profit Arts Organizations add more than 77 million in State
and local tax revenue.
At 15 I scored so high on my College Entrance tests they wanted me
to skip the first year of college. I told my Dad - Dad!, thats not why
you go to school - to get out!!!! - besides, I want to learn and I am
going to be an Artist!
Living Proof the Arts Matter. Thanks Mom! and Dad!
Mattison Fitzgerald
Artist
http://www.rhinodev.com/M
Recently archived ~ National Museum of Women in the Arts D.C.
First Film from Cannes Fim Festival on the Internet
Whos Who in the World, America, and the West ~ Arts
Nominated for Outstanding Young Californian
Recognized by the National Association of American Penn Women
for Outstanding in the Arts ~ Oldest Organization of Women Artists
and Writers in America off shoot of the National Press Club
Woman of Achievement - SiliconValley
More to think about....
Hi Steve, My mom asked me why my generations saves the whales
and trees and the next is killing each other.
RE: FLOWER POWER
Artist Mattison Fitzgerald adds Columbines to 'Flower Power'
Series
May 15, 1999
Over the last year, I have been working on a series of paintings
called 'Flower Power'. Today, I added a grouping of columbines to
the series as a message to American Artists and parents world wide
to stand up for support of creativity and the arts in your schools and
neighborhoods and communities. It is apparrent to me that why we
are seeing youth in America today continue to destroy each other is
that we are witnessing the first generation of kids who were raised
without the arts in their schools.
The fad for cutting the arts from schools has appeared to have
caught up with us in a very destructive trend of killings and suicides
as a release of frustration. Cutting of the arts has become a grave
and destructive mistake and our youth are paying for it in many
ways and even with their lives.
It is important for people to understand that when the arts were
removed from schools that what was removed was a venue for
understanding differences. When they cut the music programs they
removed a venue for developing achievement. When they removed
the dance and drawing classes they removed a mode of
communication that consistently allowed the arts to give a venue
and a way to support differences in everyone and allowed an
avenue for improvement of self esteem for young people.
The arts are of great importance to the cultural fabric of developed
countries and as we see a decline of the arts we see a decline of the
culture in total. Just like the romans verses the greeks in art
history. Today the demise of the arts can be translated to what we
are experiencing in the shootings of young people like in America
or suicides of youth in Japan. It is important that the arts be
employed at very heightened levels in our societies and cultures in
order to seek improvement and healing of the individual.
Heightened attention to coursework in the arts in schools around
America and elsewhere will allow people to understantd
themselves, will allow them to grow, develop, heal and improve in
areas where science and sports do not reach. Heightened support
of the arts will allow young people and communities to reach into
their souls, it will give them places to succeed in ways they would
never have tapped without the christening of a mural, without the
applause after performance. The arts allows the ability for kids to
dance at the sea and feel comfortable in simply expressing joys or
sorrows in forms that words cannot.
Just like the columbine in a series of paintings as a mark in time, the
ability to express feelings in ways that connect us without words
has geat value. The arts ability to empower thought that can
inspire others can build self esteem through symbolism and
symbolism is a powerful tool for leadership. This type of thinking
and communicating is learned through the arts.
By requiring the arts in the neighborhoods and in your childrens
lives you will be giving these kids a place to create, a place to grow
strong, a place to vent, a place to understand themselves, a place
to understand each other and a place to celebrate differences. By
allowing the arts in schools you will at the same time be allowing
the kids to develop key and important differences in themselves
that can also aid the development of strong self images and their
ability to understand the differences in others.
As it appears today, your kids lives quite well may depend on it. It
is important to demand that freedom of expression and arts
programs be added back into the National Education programming
for American kids and teens.
As I think back to my school years in a place just like Columbine
High School I can still remember the first and last names of jocs
who picked on the nerds. I remember as an artist at that school
how I hated seeing people treat each other that way.
I can remember how happy I was that my family valued creativity
enough to let me mature in mine as a place to escape and develop
on my own. I can remember that they allowed me to use the arts to
become an individual that valued my own differences and used
them as strengths to value other differences and strenghts for me
to succeed. I remember thinking how sorry I felt for the kids whos
parents did not allow the arts or did not value the arts they seemed
to have been missing so much.
Today, I wonder if all those kids at Columbine High might have
developed better images of themselves and their peers had they
been cultivated more each in their own creativity and freedom of
expression through the arts? I wonder had they had more
opportunities in the arts in their early years that they might have
understood differences of others and learned to be more tolerant of
those differences? I wonder had they had more exposure to the arts
and various dimensions of differences might they still be alive
today?
Artists know how understanding artwork adds to understanding
self. Artists know that through understanding you learn to accept
cultural differences by being different yourself. Artists learn that by
being different you are ok and you learn to tolerate more in
yourselves and in others. Artists learn all this through the arts and
artists bring much to the world through diverse thought and
questioning and sharing of ideas. All the things those parents at
columbine wish now that they could have shared with their kids to
understand what was really going on behind that tradgey but it is
now to late to ask.
The columbine blossom is now added to the 'Flower Power' series.
That series of paintings was concieved from a poetic dimension of
life which included personal and global tradgies, leadership,
moments, color, love and a positive wish for the future.
I think we would all agree that is what 'Flower Power' is about. I
think we would all agree that the columbine belongs in that flower
series as a symboic reminder that we all need to address the
symbolism of the flower power meanings through the arts. I think
we all need to pray that it is not to late to reach a generation of
kids. I think we need to recognize that the arts can teach the kids
that peace, love and creativity are important values that can be
cultivated through differences and revered in ourselves and others
throught the arts and we can teach them through the arts that care
matters.
Mattison Fitzgerald
Artist
http://www.rhinodevcom/M
matt...@att.net
~Artist~
Juanita Owens
Chair Board SF Unified School District
1.415.241.6000
FAX.....415.241.6429 The meeting is tonite Fax Today!
135 Vaness
San Francisco, Ca 94102
~Artist~
Discuission on cutting the arts in SF.
450 Church Street
Evans Middle School
7:00 pm
Timberwoof
Darn. I didn't see this until almost 10PM. Where's a Tardis when you need one?
--
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Ice Hockey QA Engineer (Goalie), 1998 BMW R1100GS rider, and
not your ordinary noncomformist. "You may have the right to say that,
but I will defend to the death my right to disagree."
Erik Johnson
Under Educated ~Artist~ calls the kettle black.
Perhaps if you spent less time in art classes you'd be able to spell...
which would result in people taking your post seriously. You raise
important issues, but undermine them by not at least proofreading your
post....
> Romans - Greeks or Geeks ?
>
> City of San Francisco School Board is trying to completely cut the
> arts from the schools tonite.
> Please attend the School Board Meeting if you can and forward
> these stats to your artist buddies.
>
> Ask them to email the Mayor.
>
> Obvioulsy they are under educated in the business of the arts.
Among other things, obviously.
>
> Stats you need to know -
>
> Especially if you want your kids to score higher on their tests.
>
> Especially if you are trying to sell art computers or hire artists for
> your tech gigs.
>
> Stats from the Magnet School at the Kellogg School District in
> Chula Vista.
>
> Kids who have art in their cirrcullums in early school years score 35%
> higher overall in math and science.
Kids who can spell curriculum score consistantly higher on their tests.
>
>
> The Harris Poll of Americans
>
> They favor Federal, State and Local invlovement in the arts.
I think I would favor invlovement too, if I knew what it was.
>
> 56 % of Americans are willing to be taxes and xtra 10.00 for the arts
I'm not willing to be 'taxes'... but I might be willing to be taxed.
> Econoimic Impact Report 1994 Sate of California
Econoimic? Are you in the mob? And is the Sate of California near the State
of California?
> Spending on not for profit arts directly supports 115,00 jobs and adds
> 1 billion to the CA econmy.
only 115,00 jobs? econmy?
> Arts are magnet for tourism creating 288 million from tourists that
> generates 158 million in income for Ca and 4,200 jobs
>
> Not for Profit Arts organizations add 2.19 billion to the CA economy
>
> Arts festivals generarte 11$ for each 1$ spent.
generarte? sounds like some form of art for gen x'ers.
> Artist are active citizens
Only one Artist is an active citizen?
> 86% of Artists Vote
> (Politicians Take Note!)
>
> 50% of Artists Volunteer
>
> 74% of Artists Contribute to Charity
>
> 173,000 Californians invest ther time as voulnteers for the arts
How can I be a voulnteer?
> Not for Profit Arts Organizations add more than 77 million in State
> and local tax revenue.
>
> At 15 I scored so high on my College Entrance tests they wanted me
> to skip the first year of college. I told my Dad - Dad!, thats not why
> you go to school - to get out!!!! - besides, I want to learn and I am
> going to be an Artist!
Good thing spelling or writing wasn't on your test!
My goal here isn't to be obnoxious in pointing out all your numerous
errors... but to point out that if you want people to take you seriously,
*especially* on the topic of education, you've got to at least come off as
educated yourself. And, if you cannot get the words right, how can anyone
expect you to get the statistics right?
Erik Johnson
er...@edj.net
www.edj.net
Kay
Kay
Erik Johnson wrote in message <37714538...@edj.net>...
:Perhaps the subject should be.
:Under Educated ~Artist~ calls the kettle black.
:
:Perhaps if you spent less time in art classes you'd be able to spell...
:which would result in people taking your post seriously. You raise
:important issues, but undermine them by not at least proofreading your
:post....
:
:> Romans - Greeks or Geeks ?
:>
:> City of San Francisco School Board is trying to completely cut the
:> arts from the schools tonite.
:
:> Please attend the School Board Meeting if you can and forward
:> these stats to your artist buddies.
:>
:> Ask them to email the Mayor.
:>
:> Obvioulsy they are under educated in the business of the arts.
:
:Among other things, obviously.
:
:>
:> Stats you need to know -
:>
:> Especially if you want your kids to score higher on their tests.
:>
:> Especially if you are trying to sell art computers or hire artists for
:> your tech gigs.
:>
:> Stats from the Magnet School at the Kellogg School District in
:> Chula Vista.
:>
:> Kids who have art in their cirrcullums in early school years score 35%
:> higher overall in math and science.
:
:Kids who can spell curriculum score consistantly higher on their tests.
:
:>
:>
:> The Harris Poll of Americans
:>
:> They favor Federal, State and Local invlovement in the arts.
:
:I think I would favor invlovement too, if I knew what it was.
:
:>
:> 56 % of Americans are willing to be taxes and xtra 10.00 for the arts
:
:I'm not willing to be 'taxes'... but I might be willing to be taxed.
:
:> Econoimic Impact Report 1994 Sate of California
:
:Econoimic? Are you in the mob? And is the Sate of California near the
State
:of California?
:
:> Spending on not for profit arts directly supports 115,00 jobs and adds
:> 1 billion to the CA econmy.
:
:only 115,00 jobs? econmy?
:
:> Arts are magnet for tourism creating 288 million from tourists that
:> generates 158 million in income for Ca and 4,200 jobs
:>
:> Not for Profit Arts organizations add 2.19 billion to the CA economy
:>
:> Arts festivals generarte 11$ for each 1$ spent.
:
:generarte? sounds like some form of art for gen x'ers.
:
:> Artist are active citizens
:
:Only one Artist is an active citizen?
:
:> 86% of Artists Vote
:
:> (Politicians Take Note!)
:>
:> 50% of Artists Volunteer
:>
:> 74% of Artists Contribute to Charity
:>
:> 173,000 Californians invest ther time as voulnteers for the arts
:
:How can I be a voulnteer?
:
:> Not for Profit Arts Organizations add more than 77 million in State
:> and local tax revenue.
:>
:> At 15 I scored so high on my College Entrance tests they wanted me
:> to skip the first year of college. I told my Dad - Dad!, thats not why
:> you go to school - to get out!!!! - besides, I want to learn and I am
:> going to be an Artist!
:
:Good thing spelling or writing wasn't on your test!
:
:
David Safar
Kids who can spell consistently also score higher on tests. ;)
>errors... but to point out that if you want people to take you seriously,
>*especially* on the topic of education, you've got to at least come off as
>educated yourself. And, if you cannot get the words right, how can anyone
I disagree. Sometimes an example of the problem can underscore the point.
-Lister
~Artist~
LOl
Also when the geeks showed up in first grade with scantrons - I
thought it made for better dot to dots. Actually a new form of art
they should pull my old forms = great for arte'.
Still cleped out of the year.
ahhahahaah
Don't u just love ... it!
chicky boom....
Mattison
lol
~Artist~
~Artist~
the usenet is invented for fast communitcations
means = type fdast aonxc no looking bck ..
get it or a life
no mail please
~Artist~
~Artist~
Where is that quote by the ever faoums Hutto n.e.way ?
Delete delete delete another geek trying to do art.
No wonder ther eare sdo many complaints about the junk on the
web.
Mattison
Erik Johnson
> >Kids who can spell curriculum score consistantly higher on their tests.
>
> Kids who can spell consistently also score higher on tests. ;)
>
Too true! I knew someone would manage to find an error in my post. Good job!
> >errors... but to point out that if you want people to take you seriously,
> >*especially* on the topic of education, you've got to at least come off as
> >educated yourself. And, if you cannot get the words right, how can anyone
>
> I disagree. Sometimes an example of the problem can underscore the point.
The only point that was underscored for me was that perhaps our educational
system is actually spread to thin to adequately cover art (which saddens me)..
If the resulting 'art' is as ill-formed as the prior post, then what's the
point?
Erik Johnson
er...@edj.net
www.edj.net
Erik Johnson
Not as much as I'd like. Haven't had time to pursue my own artistic
endeavors or even visit rec.arts.fine for over a year; I have been
swamped developing software that should at least allow me to buy a life
one of these days. My computer is busy processing 10 gigs of tiger
data, so I can justify the visit for once.
> the usenet is invented for fast communitcations
> means = type fdast aonxc no looking bck ..
> get it or a life
I type fast... backspace is even in my arsenal of keys. I wouldn't care
how you spelled or mangled just about any message. But when you called
people uneducated then made arguments about the educational system, it
irked me to stumble over all those errors. Even though I AGREED with
you, I couldn't take your post seriously. So if you want people to
respect what you have to say, you might put a little effort into it.
Otherwise why waste your time? I guess you have life to spare.
> no mail please
I wouldn't think of it.
cheers
Erik Johnson
er...@edj.net
www.edj.net
Alison A Raimes
For all you poor folks on the other groups who haven't the faintest idea
what this space cadet is talking about: I am Alison - greetings ! My
work can be viewed at www.raimes.demon.co.uk. Alternatively, if you are
in London in the next couple of weeks at Cable Street Open Studios,
Limehouse, London, where I am based, 2/3/4th July and at Skylark
Gallery, Waterloo, London where work is on permanent display. I am also
represented by an art consultant group in Fulham, London, who not only
sell my work but also lease it out on short term contracts.
Just another geek trying to do art ....
Alison
ali...@raimes.demon.co.uk
http://www.raimes.demon.co.uk
Cable Street Open Studios, Limehouse, London E1
2nd July 6-9pm; 3/4th July 12-6pm
k...@tsoft.net
> Those who comment in usenet like you have not a life.
Those, which in the USENET commentates, there you do not have one life
span.
--
KarlHiller [] Systems Librarian, INTP
"Buy my bad translation performance art!" - Precious Roy
Continuing my .sig serialization of James Joyce's _Ulysses_:
episode 12 [] sight of Stephen Dedalus, he bent towards him and made
~Artist~
and they still can't get it right more fire for my fuel or is it fool.
~Artist~
matter how less of one you have today...mark the calendar geekers...
one time and the last more than the like
~Artist~
~Artist~
Alison A Raimes
>Self promotion.
And I really must thank you for the opportunity, Mattison.
Unfortunately I haven't quite reached your state of self-promotion at
any cost, preferring to use it, for now, as a weapon against your
continuous deformation of my art.
BTW, how was the de-tox programme ? if you don't mind me saying, it
doesn't seem to have worked. Better luck next time, dear.
David Safar
>Praise be ERic - I finally followed up to something in your life no
>matter how less of one you have today...mark the calendar geekers...
>one time and the last more than the like
Just curious... Do you EVER say anything intelligible?
-Lister
David Safar
~Artist~ wrote in message <3776F5...@att.net>...
>He who has time for spell check in usenet has no life.
Who said anything about using spell check? Some of us are educated, you
know.
I have to wonder about you... Whether you're any more coherent in real life
than you are on Usenet. I do applaud the mission of your post, though. The
arts do belong in the classroom... Along with English, History, Math, and
other subjects which are suffering due to funding issues and bureaucracies.
-Lister
k...@tsoft.net
> duh. I suspect you helped them with the date too...spell check and all
> and they still can't get it right more fire for my fuel or is it fool.
duh. I assume that you helped it them with the examination of the period
to many date... and and he can still begin all not with him, in
order to rectify more fires for my fuel, still it idiotic am.
> k...@tsoft.net wrote:
>>
>> In ba.general ~Artist~ <matt...@att.net> wrote:
>> > Those who comment in usenet like you have not a life.
>>
>> Those, which in the USENET commentates, there you do not have one life
>> span.
--
KarlHiller [] Systems Librarian, INTP
"You're a bot, aren't you?" - Precious Roy
Continuing my .sig serialization of James Joyce's _Ulysses_:
episode 15 [] sleepy, leaned his arms on top of the staircase and
~Artist~
>
> In ba.general ~Artist~ <matt...@att.net> wrote:
> > duh. I suspect you helped them with the date too...spell check and all
> > and they still can't get it right more fire for my fuel or is it fool.
>
> duh. I assume that you helped it them with the examination of the period
> to many date... and and he can still begin all not with him, in
> order to rectify more fires for my fuel, still it idiotic am.
>
> > k...@tsoft.net wrote:
> >>
> >> In ba.general ~Artist~ <matt...@att.net> wrote:
> >> > Those who comment in usenet like you have not a life.
> >>
> >> Those, which in the USENET commentates, there you do not have one life
> >> span.
>
> --
> KarlHiller [] Systems Librarian, INTP
> "You're a bot, aren't you?" - Precious Roy
> Continuing my .sig serialization of James Joyce's _Ulysses_:
> episode 15 [] sleepy, leaned his arms on top of the staircase and
How much are they payin gyou to write that sig?
M
~Artist~
All Said.
Mattison
k...@tsoft.net
>> KarlHiller [] Systems Librarian, INTP
>> "You're a bot, aren't you?" - Precious Roy
>> Continuing my .sig serialization of James Joyce's _Ulysses_:
>> episode 15 [] sleepy, leaned his arms on top of the staircase and
> How much are they payin gyou to write that sig?
Buck fifty.
--
KarlHiller [] Systems Librarian, INTP
"Buy my crypto-fascist poker-playing dogs!" - Precious Roy
Continuing my .sig serialization of James Joyce's _Ulysses_:
episode 17 [] him, equine in its length, and at the light untonsured
David Kaye
" Not as much as I'd like. Haven't had time to pursue my own artistic
" endeavors or even visit rec.arts.fine for over a year;
Sounds like a candidate for Balkan music camp; 8 days in the middle of a
redwood forest learning, playing, singing, dancing music of the Balkans.
I'm really saddened to be back in the real world again. I'll be posting
more about it in ba.motss after I've re-compressed. (There's an East
Coast balkan music camp coming up in about 3 weeks, too.)
--
(C) 1999 In 1990 there were some 906 million Roman Catholics,
David Kaye approximately 18 percent of the world's population.
dk at wco.com