I was directed by the delightfully creative Jeffery Baumgartner (he deserves his own awe inspired post…watch this space) to a recent article in Wired Magazine that Jonah Lehrer wrote entitled “Cultivating Genius in the 21st Century“. The basic premise of the article is that ideas are direct contributors to economic growth. Want better growth? Cultivate thinkers and idea [...]
Singapore invests heavily in arts education
March 19, 2012 by · Leave a Comment
A warming headline I read recently on the ArtsHub newsletter that I subscribe to. I loved the quotes throughout the article, the rationale for the change in the structure of the school awards framework. “[is]…to encourage greater student participation and engagement.” “Head of the aesthetics department at Paya Lebar Methodist Girls’ Secondary School (PLMGSS), Adeline Loh, puts it [...]
The Art of Thinking
April 5, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
I have been a proponent of thinking and creativity for a very long time. I can’t remember when I first started reading studies about ideas and thinking and creativity – but it was long before I developed the ARTrox Imagination Station concept. I was excited by the thought that encouraging creativity and participation in the [...]
Freedom to Discover!
January 4, 2011 by · Leave a Comment
When I ran the ARTrox Imagination Station I was always amazed at the fantastic ideas that children developed on their own. Children had access to junk modelling, cellotape, glue sticks, glitter, paper punches, patterned and plain scissors and various other scraps and collage materials. Whenever I collected bits and pieces I had wonderful ideas for [...]
