Art Education Professor Rikki Asher and two graduate students creating the mural now displayed in Kiely Hall<\/strong><\/p>\nAnyone who walks past the elevators on the first floor of Kiely Hall can\u2019t miss the eye-catching \u201cLife of the Mind\u201d mural created last semester by 10 graduate art education students in Art Education Professor Rikki Asher\u2019s class. The work of public art depicts through painted visual images the many ideas that flow through our minds. Now this colorful work will be enjoyed by an even larger audience when it is featured in the 2010 CUNY\/New York Times Knowledge Network calendar, \u201cInvesting in Futures.\u201d<\/p>\n
\u201cThe mural is a meditation on what occurs at Kiely Hall, where so many students congregate in between classes\u2026where the life of the academic mind flourishes and the imagination is released,\u201d says Asher. It was inspired by the essays of philosopher and educator Maxine Greene, philosopher Hannah Arendt, and Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh.<\/p>\n
\u201cMaxine regarded the mural as a landmark (that) constitutes an expansion of QC\u2019s public space \u2013 where people come together to act upon their freedom reflectively, collaboratively, imaginatively and leave the way open to untapped possibility,\u201d observes Asher.<\/p>\n
CUNY introduced a series of educationally themed calendars in 2005 to highlight the history, scope and diversity of public higher education and its vital role in a free society. This year\u2019s calendar, which is also sponsored by JPMorgan Chase and TIAA-CREF, will soon have a companion website and free curricular materials for use in New York City\u2019s public schools. Each calendar is published in English and Spanish and contains archival photos and period documents chronicling an issue central to American life, such as voting rights, immigration and women\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n
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Name: Rikki Asher Title: Professor Department: Secondary Education and Youth Services Degree(s): Ed.D: Columbia University Teachers College; MFA: Lehman College Contact Information: Phone: 718-997-5157 Office: Powdermaker Hall 150L Emal: Rikki.Asher@qc.cuny.edu “The mural is a meditation on what occurs at Kiely Hall where so many students congregate\u2026”- Rikki Asher Student Profiles Alumni Profiles Faculty Profiles Staff […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":22,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"on","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"page_category":[],"wf_page_folders":[137],"class_list":["post-1141","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1141","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/22"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1141"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1843,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1141\/revisions\/1843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"page_category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/page_category?post=1141"},{"taxonomy":"wf_page_folders","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.qc.cuny.edu\/communications\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wf_page_folders?post=1141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}