In a globalized world overloaded with experiences, are we aware of the power of sound? Can the presence of live music create intimate and multifaceted conversations? Can it amplify ideas, create new connections and feed our bodies better than words? Cellist Rebecca Merblum would like to invite a new conversation that integrates musical language into speech, expression and ideas. Musicians share this within their community, but does it have to be limited to musicians? And who is to say…

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Artful Writing’s Big Idea Students will learn that both art and writing are based on communicating ideas. Both provide meaningful opportunities to heighten perception, engage emotions, deepen thought, and broaden one’s understanding of the world. Through the practice of inquiry-based writing, reading, art viewing, and art-creating activities, we hope that students find an enduring understanding of the value and power of both art and writing to express ideas. The collaborative authors of this resource used tools from the Artful Teaching…

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Can Skates Pants from Terry Hempfling on Vimeo.   TERRY SPEAKING                                 RACHEL TYPING [But here’s the real conversation.] I was a dishwasher in a cafeteria. [What was your first job growing up? Where?] [What do you do…] At Antioch College.                               [Do you hate that question?] Antioch. College.         …

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