DEBATE: CAN ART BE TAUGHT? - Part 3/8

Last week an impassioned debate took place at the Saatchi Gallery as part of its Art Prize for Schools run in association with the Sunday Telegraph. On the panel were Turner Prize-winning artists Grayson Perry and Antony Gormley; philosopher Alain de Botton; design expert Stephen Bayley and Camila Batmanghelidjh, founder of the children's charity Kids Company. The debate, which you can watch in full here, was chaired by Dame Joan Bakewell and presented by Intelligence Squared.

The full debate can be seen on the Saatchi Gallery website:
http://www.saatchi-gallery.co.uk/blogon/view_video/2783/

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Education

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• saatchi gallery
• art debate

[MsAKSfan]

One can teach a student to develope their own innate artistic nature. I did it for 12.5 years. Once you can get through to a child that a teacher cannot do a hocuspocus and turn them into an artist, but we can teach the student to develope their own style or technique. Everyone is an artist looking for a voice. Sadly someone said somewhere along the way "I can't" or "you can't" and that was internalized. I taught my students they were artists, and they proved me right! ;)

[ImpliedBodyMan]

Adjectives. Fought. Adjectives. Finking. Adjectives. 

[Whatever3114]

Camilla Batmanghelidjh simply made us fall into a deep comatic state.

[kepplescolumn]

What a WEIRDO. ( And a member of 'Common Purpose' also ).