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ARTS INTEGRATION
When I discovered this map—drawn from Alliance for the Arts in Research Universities’ (A2RU) 2019 report New Perspective, Understanding, Awareness: Impacts of Arts Integration and Interdisciplinary Practice—I was instantly struck by the way it complicates the reductive binary that’s often assumed of audiences either “getting it” or not “getting it” when they encounter the unfamiliar. The reality of what folks experience is way more complex and rich. It’s a kaleidoscope of growth, aversion, destabilization. I was reminded of the words of Liz Lerman, who (paraphrasing here) has characterized moments of discomfort as opportunities to court curiosity. While this piece has particular relevance to university-based presenters charged with fostering arts integration across disciplines, I think it’s useful to all in the arts ecosystem as we seek to better understand our audiences and ourselves when faced with the enigmatic.
Jon Catherwood-Ginn
Associate Director of Programming Moss Arts Center at Virginia Tech
Read the report HERE and read more about the map HERE. IA
Engagement with the arts 1 Appreciation for the arts 2 Broader perspective 3 Open mind 4 Beyond disciplinary boundaries 5 New understanding 6 New experience 7 Thinking differently 8 Refreshed thinking 9
Appreciation for the physical world 10 Connections to other people and other resources 11
Promotes cross-cultural awareness and tolerance 12 Challenge habits and certitude 13 Frame familiar problems in new ways 14 Confusion, cognitive dissonance 15 Upset worldview and knowledge structure 16 Upset values 17 Offense 18 Threat to identify 19
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Arts
EXPOSURE TO THE ARTS
PROMOTES NEW PERSPECTIVE, AWARENESS, AND UNDERSTANDING
Interdisciplinarity
DIVERSE THINKERS COME TOGETHER
WORKING TOGETHER
UNIQUE WAY OF KNOWING
This graphic was originally published in Arts in Research Universities’ (A2RU) 2019 report New Perspective, Understanding, Awareness: Impacts of Arts Integration and Interdisciplinary Practice.
