Exploring, Experiencing, and Envisioning Integration in US Arts Education

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This book explores the dedication of the New American Colleges & Universities to the purposeful integration of liberal education, professional studies, and civic engagement through the performing, literary, and visual arts. Examples of course level and programmatic integration of the arts are discussed from both an applied practice-based approach and a philosophical framework that posits student benefit from exploring, experiencing and envisioning creativity in their future professions. The authors believe that the development of professional skills in combination with the theoretical aspects of liberal arts curriculum, which traditionally includes music, theatre, art and literature, provides a high quality undergraduate educational experience that uniquely prepares students for adaptability in their careers and engaged citizenship grounded in the ability to think creatively, critically, and ethically. Front Matter ....Pages i-x Introduction and Overview (Nancy H. Hensel)....Pages 1-13 Creative Interdisciplinarity in the Arts (Gregory Young)....Pages 15-26 Architecture and the Liberal Arts: A Whole-School Approach to Community Engagement (Traci Sooter)....Pages 27-51 Playing Chopin, Playing Barthes: Bringing Musical Practice to Reading (Steven Pane)....Pages 53-64 On and Off Screen: The Cinema and Media Studies Minor at Valparaiso University (Timothy J. Tomasik)....Pages 65-77 A Lasallian Commitment to the Arts and Liberal Arts (Heidi Laudien)....Pages 79-96 Mindset: Entrepreneurship and the Arts (Jennifer Blackmer)....Pages 97-107 The Business in Music at Belmont University (Don Cusic, Beverly Schneller)....Pages 109-123 The Value of the Arts Within a Liberal Arts Education: Skills for the Workplace and the World (Ilene Lieberman, Mara Parker)....Pages 125-141 Creative Writing for Professional Writing Majors (Mary Rist, Sasha West)....Pages 143-153 Theater and the Law: The Cross-Disciplinary Integration of Theory and Practice in the Theatrical Arts and the Art of Advocacy (Kevin S. Marshall, Sean Dillon, Michael O’Connor, Placido Gomez)....Pages 155-174 Music in the Academy: Process, Product, and the Cultivation of Humanity (Linda C. Ferguson)....Pages 175-190 Gospel Music: Cultural Artifact or Cross-Cultural Opportunity? (Adriane Thompson-Bradshaw, Margaret Cullen)....Pages 191-204 Affecting Campus Climate: Fine and Performing-Arts Community Outcomes (Sarah Jarmer Scott, Samantha Siegel)....Pages 205-221 Conclusions (Nancy H. Hensel)....Pages 223-228 Back Matter ....Pages 229-234