rt will make people better, more highly skilled in thinking and improving whatever business or occupation one goes into. It makes a person broader.” So proclaimed Ruth Asawa in 1976. Born 50 years earlier, she was a US artist hailed for her cocoon-like sculptures made from interlocking, silvery wires that hang from the ceiling and evoke womb-like forms. When lit, they create shadows, enhancing unexpected shapes from every angle.
With faculty staff who included Josef and Anni Albers, John Cage and Buckminster Fuller – even Albert Einstein was on the board – the school, says Emma Ridgway, curator of last year’s Asawa exhibition at Modern Art Oxford, was about creating “active citizens of democracy” through “making and working with people”.After excelling at the college and galvanised by its approach to art and life, Asawa moved to San Francisco and set up her practice at home, all while bringing up her six children.
I was thinking about this commitment to non-hierarchical education, to shape young people into well-rounded citizens, in the light of, which suggested it should be compulsory for all UK students up to the age of 18 to study mathematics. In his speech, Sunak said that as “data is everywhere and statistics underpin every job, our children’s jobs will require more analytical skills than ever before”. Yet data does not underpin everything. In order to be balanced and equitable, we must have diverse thinkers. Not giving children the opportunity to explore different subjects is letting them down.
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