Simple really.
I love drawings, paintings, sculptures, songs, dance and theatre. Probably, you do to. Given our mutual love of the arts, why do we not act when the arts are consistently the least funded programming in schools (elementary or high school)?
An interruption is necessary to enact change. This blog will be a narrative on how to incorporate the "non-academic" into academia.
For example: need to supplement the history of Manitoba and Louis Riel? Easy --> Louis Riel by Chester Brown. Not only does this graphic novel trace the roots for rebellion in the Red River, it also gives an astute history lesson on the politics of Sir John A. MacDonald and freshens up the biographies of lesser known Canadian heroes (or freedom fighters or terrorists; really it's up to your interpretation). Artistically, Brown uses the stiff and mechanical 6 panel per page style but it never feels tired. Clean and simple drawings make it a compelling read. As are the pages of notes and evidence to support all of his claims.
Change comes from the desire to correct inadequacies. Arts education getting short shrift needs to change.
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