Technology and the Arts: Can They Play Well Together?

Posted on December 19, 2011 by Christopher St. Clair

The impact of technology on the arts has been a matter of debate at least since we had to be reminded to turn off our cell phones in performance halls. At Lincoln Center Institute (LCI), we always prided ourselves on espousing the latest technology, but we also insisted on engagements with live performances. This duality [...]

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Creativity in the UK

Posted on October 13, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

A recent article in British newspaper The Guardian by Nosheen Iqbal quotes Sir Ken Robinson as saying, “Creativity is not an exotic extra for education. Like literacy, it should be at the heart of national education priorities.” Robinson’s influential 1999 report, “All Our Futures,” led Arts Council England (ACE) to form Creative Partnerships, an arts [...]

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Full STEM Ahead in Rochester

Posted on August 25, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

On March 4, I wrote about the connection between the STEM fields—science, technology, engineering, and mathematics—and the arts. Guided encounters with works of art and study of them based on the Capacities for Imaginative Learning help develop students’ imaginative and creative thinking skills—skills that supplement STEM knowledge in crucial ways. But let’s not try to [...]

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Notes from an Imagination Advocate, Part One

Posted on March 4, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

As regular readers of this blog know, most of my entries have to do with things going on in the world—with people in various sectors whose careers and actions embody imaginative practice. But it seems appropriate now and then to retreat from the hustle and bustle, exciting as it is, in order to reflect on [...]

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A Creative Town is a Healthy Town

Posted on February 24, 2010 by Scott Noppe-Brandon

In Imagination First, Eric Liu and I state our conviction that “it’s in the collective arena that imagination can do the most” (200). One of our main goals in the book is to help the reader turn his or her community—whether that means the home or the workplace or the town—into “an ecosystem where good [...]

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