A Renaissance
A Renaissance = a time to reflect, redefine, remix, recover, be resilient, reinvention (a rebirth). All renaissance movements we're about cultural transformation through the development of a human expression and to build cognitive stamina
Michelangelo, The Creation of Adam1508-1512.
The Italian Renaissance
One theory presented in art history about the Renaissance is that the devastation caused by the Black Death, resulted in a shift in the world view of people. Thinkers, artists, educators, philosophers began to dwell, to reflect more on their lives on Earth.
James Lesesne Wells, Looking Upward, 1928
Harlem Renaissance
The Harlem Renaissance was a cultural, social, and artistic explosion that took place in Harlem, New York and spanned the 1920s into the mid-1930s. It was considered a rebirth of African-American arts, and Harlem became a cultural center, attracting Black luminaries, writers, artists, musicians, photographers, poets, and scholars to a place where they could freely express their talents.
Today we are emerging from 2 pandemics. Covid and social and political recognition of systemic injustice. Now is the time for us to reflect on our practice and the community we serve, to redefine our practice, to remix our practice, to recover from an environment we didn’t sign up for, YET celebrate our resilience. Now is the time for a revival of our traditional teaching strategies and merge them with our new strategies toward the rebirth of our practice.