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    Public art is art in any media that has been planned and executed with the intent of being staged in the physical public domain, usually outside and accessible to all. Public art is significant within the art world, amongst curators, commissioning bodies and practitioners of public art, to whom it signifies a working practice of site specificity, community involvement and collaboration. Public art may include any art which is exhibited in a public space including publicly accessible buildings. Sometimes

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    After the 2017 campaign, the public school’s performing arts programs was ordered to be defunded, which came in play to focus the government funds to programs that seem more important. Majority of taxpayers support the claim that performing arts is subjected to be none beneficial to the participating students, so the taxpayers are demanding the government taxes to be focused towards the STEM core classes. The lack of performing arts is connected by studies that support the main point that influences

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    The Art of Public Speaking 6th Edition has a video of speech called Dying to be THin. In this speech there is a young girl speaking of her best friend who was so beautiful, had amazing hair and was completely perfect, however, things started to change over time her best friend was losing weight. Her best friend was not as attractive as she used, she was on the scale weighing herself seven times a day. Her friend had just become anorexic. The technique she used to begin her speech was a personal

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    Outline: Art Education for Public Schools Persuasive Slice Brain experimentation confirmation is one of the several proofs education as well as commitment in fine arts is constructive for a child 's educational process. Beginning from an improved clarity and creativity in being able create ideas to increased awareness in mind, body, voice, arts education has had a tremendous impact. In its several ways, it supports the advancement of the whole child along with preparation of a life filled with

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    Culture: Society 's Tolerance of Public Art The cutting edge of the public art development, connected with the hip-hop society of breakdancing and rap music, began with African-American and Latino teenagers in Philadelphia and New York in the late 1960s (MacDonald 1). At that time graffiti to most, was considered to be a form of art work. Regardless of those that thought of it as art, there were and are still numerous individuals that loathe the graffiti movement. Works of art have been dependably charming

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    importance of arts and funding in the public school system. “I believe arts education in music, theater, dance, and the visual arts is one of the most creative ways we have to find the gold that is buried just beneath the surface. They (children) have an enthusiasm for life a spark of creativity, and vivid imaginations that need training – training that prepares them to become confident young men and women.”– Richard W. Riley, Former US Secretary of Education. (Rice) The importance of Art Education

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    the drama club, the student art show - they’re usually highlights of a student’s education” (1). “. . . [Fine Arts] can connect people more deeply to the world and open them to new ways of seeing, creating the foundation to forge social bonds and community cohesion,” (qtd in Smith 2). Maiers expresses, “Because fine arts education typically is not considered core curriculum or included on high-stakes standardized test mandated by federal requirements, music, art, theater, and dance usually

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    artists and observers. His writing engages both groups through exploration of the role antiquity, imagination, and temporality play in the creation and viewership of art. In doing so, Diderot defines what made the art and public of the eighteenth century unique. The new archaeological discoveries of the eighteenth century reinvigorated public interest in antiquity, and Diderot was no exception to this trend. Diderot observes, “One rarely becomes a great writer, a great man of letters, or a man of remarkable

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    the editors she represents. At a lunch meeting Lisa talks to the executive board on a couple of manuscripts she has been championing. Would one think that Lisa is a public speaker? Most people would say no, but after reading Stephen Lucas the Art of Public Speaking, I have learned that Lisa is a public speaker and is using her public speaking skills to inform her coworkers. Chapter 15 is about speaking to inform an audience. Lucas begins this chapter with the types of informative speeches and some

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    article “The Public Value of the Liberal Arts,” John Agresto proposes that a liberal arts education is significant because it teaches one to think creatively. In his opinion, the skill of thinking for oneself feeds the desire to learn new things and gives the tools to do so. Therefore, people will look to find what is true and how they should live. In his own words, “All or almost all questions are already answered for us by our culture… Why would you question them? But the liberal arts... seek to

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