There's Art in them thar Schools!


There's art in Philadelphia public schools - no not arts education (at least not as much as we think should be there!) but ART - as much as $30 million worth of art. "The school district had commissioned a survey of school buildings over the past year to see what art existed.... There may be as many as 100 museum-quality pieces in the Philadelphia schools' collection. <<Insert your own jokes here>>

There's art in Philadelphia public schools - as much as $30 million worth of art. "The school district had commissioned a survey of school buildings over the past year to see what art existed. It expected to find a few interesting pieces in odd places, but nothing like this. There may be as many as 100 museum-quality pieces in the Philadelphia schools' collection.

Hmmmm... maybe it is just me... but having $30 million worth of art hanging in the schools while not really providing much in arts education in many of the schools is a contradiction too tempting to avoid.

I am sure having this wonderful collection in the district is a wonderful resource for the students... if it were not hanging in boiler rooms and otherwise inaccessible to the students.

Maybe they could sell the art to someone who would then loan it back to the school district and then use the money to put music and arts programs back in the schools.

But that's just me....

The full story is in the Washington Post


Schools Are Surprise Art Repositories
Philadelphia Survey Finds Works Worth $30 Million
By Robert Strauss
Special to The Washington Post
Thursday, September 16, 2004; Page A03
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A24539-2004Sep15.html

Posted: Thu - September 16, 2004 at 08:35 PM       Email Feedback

©