Skill-building can be valuable without it also needing to be creative. I agreed that it demonstrated painting techniques and that people shouldn’t be shocked at the abilities of children. The other day some art teacher dude actually blocked me and deleted my comments because I didn't agree with him that a completely teacher-directed, copypasta painting activity wasn't "SO CREATIVE." ? Instead, I saw the artwork as the epitome of adult's-idea-of-art executed by a child. Is This the Truth? is presented in partnership with Urban Arts Space's Hybrid Arts Lab, a multi-venue learning lab that experiments with how art is imagined, made, viewed and understood."Ĭhallenging what folks assume to be or not to be creative can be a sensitive subject. They may not know what the truth is exactly, but they certainly know that they’re being misled.
dissertation by James O’Donnell (Arts Administration, Education, and Policy). Through the project, undergraduate students were invited to respond to prompts by creating their own visual media in whatever form they desired. O’Donnell examines online critical media literacy through the lens of artmaking and explores how students visualize their relationship with online media. The resulting series of images reflects their doubt, distrust, confusion, fear and concern on topics ranging from social media to news media to advertising. So how do they relate to online media? Is this the Truth? is a collection of images created by Ohio State undergraduates as part of a Ph.D. They've grown up with smart phones and social media.
"Generation Z is the first generation to have access to the Internet their whole lives. Thank you to Urban Arts Space for the opportunity to exhibit my dissertation research and share my students' work. I've been collecting artworks made by undergraduate students since 2018 for my dissertation. Please visit my online exhibition Is This the Truth? open through 4/18 featuring selected works created by undergraduates showing their relationship with online media, considering the possibility of being manipulated or misled.