The Curators Of Dixon School
Submitted by Steve on August 17, 2012
From Hallie Sekoff at Huffington Post:
There’s something special about Arthur Dixon Elementary School on Chicago’s South Side. Over two-hundred works of art fill the building and spill outside into the schoolyard. Sculptures, oil paintings, watercolors, mosaics, and textiles present an education experience filled with color, texture, and creativity.
In a new film premiering tonight at the Black Harvest Film Festival in Chicago, we see how art is integrated into all aspects of the school curriculum. Pamela Sherrod Anderson's latest film, “The Curators of Dixon School,” is the result of a two-year study documenting the students, teachers, educators, and art that occupy the building. In a phone interview with The Huffington Post, Anderson said, "What I found was really a grassroots effort...to make sure that art stayed in the picture of the school on an everyday basis.”