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		<title>The Importance of Visual Arts in Education</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Feb 2011 08:15:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Visual arts are a class of art forms that include: painting, sculpture, photography, and other disciplines that focus on the creation of artworks which are primarily visual in nature. Visual arts are said to be important in schools since they tend to develop the intelligence, as well as the overall personality of students. Likewise, students [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Visual arts are a class of art forms that include: painting, sculpture, photography, and other disciplines that focus on the creation of artworks which are primarily visual in nature. Visual arts are said to be important in schools since they tend to develop the intelligence, as well as the overall personality of students. </p>
<p>Likewise, students who are greatly exposed to visual arts have been observed to exhibit refined manners and develop a much-matured outlook on life. Most educators have also noticed that students perform better in class when visual arts are incorporated in their curriculum.</p>
<p>Moreover, visual arts provide meaningful self-expression of all students. This is also the reason why a great number of educators have integrated visual arts in some of their subject areas in the curriculum. Visual arts educators make use of rich arrays of content to design curriculum that will enable students to be able to meet various standards at different grade levels.</p>
<p>In order to meet the standards, students must be able to learn vocabularies as well as some concepts that are associated with diverse types of work in the visual arts. Likewise, students are expected to exhibit their competence in various levels in visual, oral, and written form. As early as kindergarten, children are taught how to make choices that would enhance the communication of their creative ideas.</p>
<p>Students that are in the middle grades are expected to apply the knowledge as well as the skills in the visual arts to their ever-expanding personal world. Students at this level tend to consider visual art works within its historical concepts that creates in them a deeper appreciation of their own values, and likewise appreciate the values of others and somehow discover the connection of visual arts to the universal needs of people in terms of their values and beliefs.</p>
<p>Students in the higher levels are expected to create more complex and insightful works of visual arts that will reflect the maturation of their creative as well as their problem-solving skills. And although, visual arts classes make use of varied tools, techniques, and processes, students are expected to understand the relationship of different types of media, styles, forms, techniques as well as some of the processes involved in the creation of their own form of visual art.</p>
<p>Visual arts are also used in therapy procedures for aiding child development. Visual arts assist in educating disabled children, especially those who are blind and have hearing problems. Aside from that, visual arts also help in building communities, mural projects, and are also used to provide education for mentally ill individuals.</p>
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		<title>Culinary Arts Education Challenge</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 20 Apr 2010 07:27:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Kevin Kelly</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The culinary arts are more than simple cooking these days they’ve expanded into an academic pursuit. People all over the world see cooking and food preparation as an art. Restaurants build their reputation and profits off the skill and expertise of their team of chefs. The saying “the way to a man’s heart is through [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>The culinary arts are more than simple cooking these days they’ve expanded into an academic pursuit. People all over the world see cooking and food preparation as an art. Restaurants build their reputation and profits off the skill and expertise of their team of chefs. The saying “the way to a man’s heart is through his stomach” certainly rings true in this respect. A restaurant relies on its chefs and good preparation to build repeat customers using unique recipes and ground breaking ingredients. Many large food retailers and manufacturers utilise the skills of culinary artists for their ready to eat named products. Most of which are of such a high standard they could be served in restaurants.</p>
<p>These days more and more traditional institutions that cater for culinary arts students are beginning to appear in all walks of life. Students are being employed in holiday resorts, cruise liners, hotels and restaurants. World famous chefs are opening schools to train the future master chefs. The best culinary arts schools supply hands on and real time training in fully functional kitchens. The students of today are very well prepared for the trials of their future.</p>
<p>Few culinary art study courses are focusing on the science of cooking, others on food decorating methods and ingredients. These courses also split training into soups, meats, stocks, poultry and pastries. Other schools are beginning to run courses on exotic cookery. All students today are very well trained with regards to food safety and sanitation.</p>
<p>As is par for the course with virtually all professions, the newly graduated culinary arts student will find himself at the bottom of the ladder. This is common in the highly discriminatory food preparation industry. Only after years of toil and effort will a chef qualify to the status of a master chef. Highly talented chefs probably won’t wait long to reach this coveted and elevated status though, as long as they apply themselves well and build a solid reputation. </p>
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		<title>The Brief History of Painting</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 17 Dec 2009 04:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Painting can be simply defined as the arrangement of an assortment of colors in a specific shapes, design or figure. The history of painting goes a long way back into the history of the entire world. Many famous artists have created magnificent works of art that are still being talked about; and purchased. One of [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Painting can be simply defined as the arrangement of an assortment of colors in a specific shapes, design or figure. The history of painting goes a long way back into the history of the entire world. Many famous artists have created magnificent works of art that are still being talked about; and purchased. One of them is the famous Mona Lisa portrait which has been intriguing people all through these years.The Mona Lisa was a 16th century oil painting portrait by Leonardo da Vinci during the Italian Renaissance. </p>
<p>Today, painting primarily brings to mind the spreading of colored material onto the walls and ceilings of our homes. However, there are a whole lot of other applications for this skill. The meaning of painting has expanded outward in all directions. Over the years, it has evolved to include many different aspects. For instant, lets talk about glass drawings. As the word suggest, it is simply sketching on a special kind of glass; using a special formulated painting material. These artists try to encompass many different styles and themes. Only a true artist can appreciate the effort that has to be put into creating a glass painting. First of all, creating the specific design requires a lot of planning. Preserving the work is another tedious procedure; let alone choosing the appropriate framing technique.</p>
<p>On the other hand, painting walls does involve a lot of time and labor. Although this work is not as stress filled; almost anyone can do it with a successful outcome. However, nowadays, the format of covering the walls with color has also evolved. We currently see many more patterns and designs appearing on the walls of homes. Sometimes, we even see cartoons and other figures painted on the sides of a bedroom. This gives a nice feeling and certainly looks very appealing. So, as you can see, painting of any kind can be fun. </p>
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