Today, I want to tell you about Luc Travers, his book Touching the Art: A New Approach to Art Appreciation, and the three ways you can learn more about his method at ATLOSCon.I've known Luc for many years; we were in a college campus club together in Tennessee, where he ran the successful MTSU Objectivist club. We've kept in touch over the years, and we consider him one of our honorary Atlanta Objectivists. Luc has gotten a degree in art history, moved to California to teach at the VanDamme Academy, and written a book, but the thing that impressed me about him in the old days is still the most noticable thing about him: passion. Luc loves what he does; talking about the visual arts sets him on fire. Going to the museum with him is an experience not to be missed. Anyway, enough about Luc in particular and on to his method.
He explains it best, I think, so here's his intro video:
And for one more taste of Luc's method, giving the viewer a tour of a painting that he loves:
At ATLOSCon, Luc will be giving a Saturday course on Art Appreciation, a guided visit to the High Museum on Sunday afternoon, and during the Friday and Saturday sessions, he will be available in the social area to sign copies of his book (which will be for sale) and talk with people about his ideas (he's super fun, so be sure to stop by his table).
Luc has this to say about his guided visit:
"The complaint I receive from attendees to my lecture presentations is that they don't feel confident that they can reproduce the experience they had with me when they are on their own. The solution to this problem is the guided visit. The guided visit is designed to be an intermediate step between an introduction to the principles and being fully self-confident in applying the principles yourself. Through the use of specially designed questionnaires and my assistance, the guided visit is the "training wheels" of applying the life-changing approach to art taught in the course.
This kind of guided visit has been the most highly praised of my presentations. The participants have felt personally empowered, and consequently their own self-generated experiences have been more powerful than anything they experienced while listening to me lecture. The guided visit is key to making my approach your own."
I hope that you will join us at ATLOSCon for Luc's presentations and for all the other wonderful course offerings and social events that are on our schedule. To register for ATLOSCon (held May 26-30 in Atlanta), go here. If you want to add Luc's guided visit to your current registration, email me at kellyelmore79@gmail.com. See you Memorial Day weekend!
