Art, Ecology, and Art Education: Practices & Linkages

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Are art and ecology linked, and if so, how? Two traditional linkages between art and ecology have dominated up to now: (1) ecology has been viewed as nature and has served either as a background in art or as the major theme in landscape art, and (2) art is a tool for illustrating ecological concerns and a technology for conveying messages about ecology. Art & Ecology was a col loquium that questioned pre-existing premises about linkages between art and ecology and suggested implications for art education curriculum. The colloquium was sponsored, in part, by the Getty Education Institute for the Arts and several Ohio arts organizations and institutions, including the Department of Art …