Learning mind : experience into art / edited by Mary Jane Jacob and Jacquelynn Baas.

Other author Jacob, Mary Jane.
Other author Baas, Jacquelynn, 1948-
Format Book
Publication InfoChicago, Ill. : School of the Art Institute of Chicago ; Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2009.
Description285 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 26 cm
Subjects

Contents Introduction / Mary Jane Jacob and Jacquelynn Baas -- On the being of being an artist : The gap between art and life / Arthur C. Danto -- What art is and what artists do / Jerry Saltz -- Multiple personalities : a how-to manual for artists and other creative types / Marcia Tucker -- Meditation as art/art as meditation : thoughts on the relationship of non-intention to the creative process / Mark Epstein -- Our barefoot practice / Ernesto Pujol -- Making not knowing / Ann Hamilton -- Fate and art / Magdalena Abakanowicz -- It is difficult / Alfredo Jaar -- Radical agency, massive change : social agendas in art and design / Kerry James Marshall and Bruce Mau with Lisa Wainwright -- On making art and pedagogy : Teaching discourse : reflection strong, not theory light / Mika Hannula -- Practicing Rauschenberg / Lisa Wainwright -- Pedagogy, art, and the rules of the game / David J. Getsy -- Zones of activity : from the gallery to the classroom / Ute Meta Bauer -- Toward a new critical pedagogy / Lawrence Rinder -- Fail again, fail better / Ronald Jones -- Coming back to our senses / Alice Waters in conversation with Walter Hood -- On experiencing art : Being with Cloud gate / Mary Jane Jacob -- This is nowhere / Christopher Bedford -- The look of the artist / Michael Brenson -- Headless/heedless : experiencing Agora / W.J.T. Mitchell -- Unframing experience / Jacquelynn Baas -- The unknown child : art mediation/mediation art / Ulrich Schötker -- Looking at an exhibition / Ronen Eidelman, Oǧuz Tatari, and Carolyn Bernstein -- The empty conversation / Jacquelynn Baas, Mary Jane Jacob, and Ulrich Schötker.Introduction / Mary Jane Jacob and Jacquelynn Baas -- On the being of being an artist : The gap between art and life / Arthur C. Danto -- What art is and what artists do / Jerry Saltz -- Multiple personalities: a how-to manual for artists and other creative types / Marcia Tucker -- Meditation as art/art as meditation: thoughts on the relationship of non-intention to the creative process / Mark Epstein -- Our barefoot practice / Ernesto Pujol -- Making not knowing / Ann Hamilton -- Fate and art / Magdalena Abakanowicz -- It is difficult / Alfredo Jaar -- Radical agency, massive change: social agendas in art and design / Kerry James Marshall and Bruce Mau with Lisa Wainwright -- On making art and pedagogy : Teaching discourse: reflection strong, not theory light / Mika Hannula -- Practicing Rauschenberg / Lisa Wainwright -- Pedagogy, art, and the rules of the game / David J. Getsy -- Zones of activity: from the gallery to the classroom / Ute Meta Bauer -- Toward a new critical pedagogy / Lawrence Rinder -- Fall again, fall better / Ronald Jones -- Coming back to our senses / Alice Waters in conversation with Walter Hood -- On experiencing art : Being with Cloud gate / Mary Jane Jacob -- This is nowhere / Christopher Bedford -- The look of the artist / Michael Brenson -- Headless/heedless: experiencing Agora / W.J.T. Mitchell -- Unframing experience / Jacquelynn Baas -- The unknown child: art mediation/mediation art / Ulrich Schötker -- Looking at an exhibition / Ronen Eidelman, Oǧuz Tatari, and Carolyn Bernstein -- The empty conversation / Jacquelynn Baas, Mary Jane Jacob, and Ulrich Schötker.
Bibliography noteIncludes bibliographical references and index.
LCCN 2009027921
ISBN9780520260764 (cloth : alk. paper)
ISBN0520260767 (cloth : alk. paper)