Comments on: Windward Salon Series Hosts Artist Lauren Bon

By: ‘Lost’ Executive Producer Carlton Cuse to Visit Windward Salon Series | The Windward Bridge

Fri, 23 Apr 2010 14:42:09 +0000

[...] The goal is also to create an opportunity for the school community to discover the possibility of lifelong learning where speakers engage with the audience in conversation and dialogue. Each event hosts a guest speaker who discusses his or her specialty. The first event was a successful evening with installation artist Lauren Bon. [...]

By: Cathy Costin

Cathy Costin — Fri, 29 Jan 2010 18:07:15 +0000

I laud Lauren Bon’s efforts to bring attention to our all-too-often ignored veterans and to bring “art” into their lives. However, as an anthropologist who studies and teaches about the arts in both ancient and modern societies, I was disappointed by her comments suggesting that agriculture is necessary for “art,” “culture,” and “civilization,” and that by implication not all human groups have “art.” Art is something that flourishes in ALL human societies, especially among hunters and gatherers, whom Bon (perhaps unintentionally) disparaged in her opening remarks. In fact, the arts are probably a larger part of the lives of hunters and gatherers than they are among ours, because (1) hunters and gatherers actually have more leisure time than we do in which they can engage in music, dance, and creating visual arts and (2) the arts are integrated into all aspects of their lives, not set apart as we set them apart. We can learn a lot from hunters and gatherers (and other technologically “simple” societies) about how to celebrate life and create social solidarity by incorporating the arts into more parts of our daily lives.

By: Sarah Clark

Sarah Clark — Wed, 27 Jan 2010 17:31:16 +0000

Great article about a great event. Can’t wait for the next installment of the Salon series.