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Leadership and Art
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Jennifer Cable Professor of Music |
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Joanne Ciulla Professor of Leadership Studies |
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Charles Johnson Professor of Art History Emeritus |
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Scott Boylston Guest Professor Graphic Design |
This course explored the role of the arts in leadership and leadership in the arts. The professors are from the areas of music, leadership studies, and art history, and there was a visiting professor of graphic design. Besides lecture and class discussion, students met with various artists in class and attended their performances. They completed a capstone project that involved using art and music to design a piece of art that addressed a particular social problem, or initiated or inspire some form of change. Students were required to have ONE of the following prerequisites from leadership studies, art or music: LDST 101, Art 222, MUS 109 and MUS 227 or 228, permission from the instructors.
Artists and Leaders
This foundational course taught at the University of Richmond in 2003 provided the impetus for the grant and underpins the newer
course version above.
The artist Pablo Picasso once wrote:
What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he is a painter, or ears if he is a musician . . . ? On the contrary, he's at the same time a political hero, constantly alive to heart-rending, fiery or happy events, to which he responds in every way. How would it be possible to feel no interest in other people and by virtue of an ivory indifference to detach yourself from life, which they so copiously bring you? No, painting is not done to decorate apartments. It is an instrument of war for attack and defense against the enemy.
The qualities of leaders, both good and bad, are indelibly
recorded in works of art throughout history. Artists of all
ages have left vivid impressions through their works, of
leaders who influenced their lives and times. And given that
great artists tend to have independent minds, we often learn
more about leaders from studying works of art, than we do
from leaders’ words and deeds. The course examined leaders
and leadership through art.
Artists and Leaders
Syllabus, Spring 2003
Artists and Leaders Research Topics
Artists and Leaders Review
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