Artwork in Schools: Joe Cardenas on the Buildings that Build Us
From the very start, the founders of The Heights understood education to consist in the communication of a culture. As culture often enters a boy's mind through his senses, an important means of this transmission is the art and architecture of a school. Indeed, in many ways buildings embody the ideals of an institution.\xa0
This week Joe Cardenas, head of mentoring and long-time art history teacher, joins us for a conversation on the importance of beauty in education. Rooting the conversation in the American tradition, Joe helps us see why and how the art and architecture of schools is as important as the books in its curriculum.\xa0
As we hear from Joe, the art on a school\u2019s walls become the images adorning a student\u2019s soul. If we want to help our boys be at home in their very selves, the art of schools is an indispensable means to this end.
Chapters
- 1:25\xa0An evening of art for parents at\xa0The Hawthorn School
- 4:40\xa0Art and beauty in the American tradition
- 5:35\xa0Washington\u2019s leadership at Valley Forge
- 7:23\xa0Why does beauty matter?
- 9:00\xa0The museum of our soul and the archive of our experiences
- 10:43\xa0What is the role of beauty in a school building?
- 14:13\xa0Pope Benedict XVI on Beauty
- 16:00\xa0Cardinal Newman on Beauty
- 17:22\xa0Beauty and the daily reality of boys
- 21:25\xa0Beauty in business
- 24:00\xa0Robert Jackson and the early years of The Heights
- 28:30 Churchill\u2019s speech on rebuilding the House of Commons
Additional Resources\xa0
Adoremus.org's explanation of the Four Seasonal Marian Anthems (includes history and translation)
PDF of Music and Lyrics to\xa0Alma Redemtoris Mater from gregorian-chant-hymns.com
Speech on the Rebuilding of the House of Commons by Winston Churchill
Steve Jobs\xa0by Walter Isaacson
The Feeling of Things, the Contemplation of Beauty\xa0by Joseph Ratzinger
A Catholic Eton?\xa0by Paul Shrimpton
Also on the Forum\xa0
School Tone, the Most Powerful Teacher\xa0with Alvaro de Vicente
Building Little Houses: Why Random Art Projects Are Awesome by Joe Bissex
Manners: The Art of Happiness\xa0by Robert Greving
Why Our Politics Needs Poetry\xa0with Dr. Matthew Mehan
Five Fruits of a Poetic Education\xa0by Nate Gadiano