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=Hands On! Art Across the Divisions =

// “Where the spirit does not work with the hand, there is no art.” –Leonardo da Vinci //
Welcome to "Hands On! Art Across the Divisions”, a multi-division studio workshop exploring the theme of 'hands in art'.

I was inspired to create this workshop by the article, Hands in Art: Common Threads at The Incredible Art Department web site.

Aristotle called the hand, "the instrument of instruments". Biology teacher and writer Maura C. Flannery calls it, "a wonder of anatomy, a powerful symbol of human connection, and the source of much of the human-made beauty in the world" (p. 286).

The human hand is a singularly identifiable, tremendously complex, and subtly expressive image that, for tens of thousands of years, has connected the artist and the viewer. I hope that, through this workshop, participants will be motivated to use their own hands to enrich and connect their teaching practice—and their students’ learning—to an enduring idea as old as humanity itself.

Thank you for visiting the workshop!

Brad Hughes Specialist Candidate

= = =**About the Images **=

All images used in this online workshop are either: • in the public domain • available under a Creative Commons (CC) non-commercial attribution license • free to use for educational purposes, or • used with permission of the artist.

For more information, visit:

 2learn.ca | Copyright & Teaching: Digital Images and Copyright 2learn.ca: | Copyright and Teaching: Obtaining Permission

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