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    Visual culture has become a major part of art education with the rise of the internet and social media. Artists now use their artwork to bring attention to important issues in visually pleasing ways that engage students. As students are heavily exposed to visual media, art teachers must educate them about the contemporary visual world. The document proposes that teachers inspire students by showing popular artworks that highlight major subjects and having students recreate those works in their own style, allowing flexibility given the many aspects of visual culture.

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    Visual culture has become a major part of art education with the rise of the internet and social media. Artists now use their artwork to bring attention to important issues in visually pleasing ways that engage students. As students are heavily exposed to visual media, art teachers must educate them about the contemporary visual world. The document proposes that teachers inspire students by showing popular artworks that highlight major subjects and having students recreate those works in their own style, allowing flexibility given the many aspects of visual culture.

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    BarbieNolan

    ProfessorWard
    Art133pm
    24September2015
    Unit2
    Withtheriseoftheinternetandpopularmediasitesasasourceofinformation,visual
    culturehasbecomeamaincomponentofarteducation.Thebigideaofvisualculturehastaken
    onmany.Artistsarenowusingtheirartworkstoconveyanideaorbringlighttoasubjectthat
    mayoftenbedeemedasunimportantorunrelated.Studentsinschooltodayhavetrouble
    connectingtothesebigissuesbecausetheyhavebecomeaccustomedtovisualpleasing.
    Becausestudentsaresoinvolvedinvisualmedia,includingmagazines,billboards,shopping
    malls,andamusementparks,andbecausetheimagesprojectedfortheirconsumptioncanbeso
    influential,arteducatorshavehaverecognizedaresponsibilitytoeducatestudentsregardingthe
    contemporaryvisualworldinwhichtheylive(Hurwitz&Day2007,p.282).Seeingthisissue,
    artistsarenowusingmediaasawaytogettheattentionofstudents.
    AsateacherIfeelthatitisimportanttobeawareofwhatstudentsareinterestedinand
    applyittomyteaching.Withtheideaofvisualcultureinmind,Iwouldinspiremystudentsby
    showingthemsomeexamplesofsomepopularartworksthathighlightmajorsubjects.Asthe
    teacherIwouldhavemystudentspickoutsomeoftheirfavoriteartworksandthenrecreateitin
    theirownways.Sincevisualculturehasmanydifferentaspectsitwouldallowstudentsmore
    flexibilitytocreatewhatevertheywouldlike.
    Hurwitz,A.,&Day,M.(2007).
    Childrenandtheirart:Methodsfortheelementaryschool,
    (8th

    ed.).ThompsonWadsworth.

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