Aesthetic Realism in the Press
The philosophy founded by Eli Siegel

 Aesthetic Realism Educational Method

"The Success of the Aesthetic Realism of Eli Siegel As Teaching Method" by Rosemary Plumstead
PSTA Exchange (Pennsylvania State Teachers Association) Spring, 2002 Vol. 25 No. 1

"What Kind of Education Do Our Children Deserve?" by Anthony Romeo and Karen Van Outryve
Greenwich Village Gazette (Internet, New York, NY) 1/31/01

"Teaching through Aesthetic Realism" by Christopher Balchin
The Teacher / Great Britain teachers' union national journal (National Union of Teachers, United Kingdom) 11/00

The English Record: Journal of the New York State English Council, Vol. 53, no. 2: Winter, 2003
"Teaching Language Arts through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method" by Avi Gvili. On pronouns

LaVida News-The Black Voice (Fort Worth, TX) 10/10/01
"The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method is the Solution to the Crisis in Education!" by Jeffrey Williams

Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 12/5/2001
"Young and Old Learn Answer to Racism at Brooklyn Children's Museum" by Alice Bernstein

Allegro, Local 802 News (American Federation of Musicians, New York, NY) 10/00
"Proud To Be An 802 Member" by Alan Shapiro, music teacher

San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Texas) 9/21/00 - 9/28/00
"The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Is the Solution to the Crisis in Education--Teachers Tell Why" by Helena Simon, Part 1, and Part 2.

Tennessee Tribune (Nashville, Tennessee) 2/16/00 [Science Education]
"Prejudice Changes to Respect: The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method" by Barbara McClung 

"The Success of the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method: Students Learn, Prejudice Is Defeated," Tennessee Tribune, 8/26/99 and 9/9/99. Article by Patricia Martone [Teaching Reading]

The English Record : Journal of the New York State English Council (Albany, NY) vol. 49, no. 1, Fall 1998
"Through Aesthetic Realism Interest Wins, Cynicism Loses"  by Leila Rosen

San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Texas) 11/8/98 - 1/28/99

• Part 1 & Part 2: "The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Brings Out Every Child's True Intelligence — and Education Succeeds!" by Monique Michael
• Part 3 & Part 4:"Through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Knowledge Opposes Anger — & Students Learn!" by Rosemary Plumstead

San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Texas) Part 1, 6/20/99; Part 2, 6/20/99 by Lori Colavito
Part 1: "The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method: Students Learn, Prejudice Is Defeated!"
Part 2: " Through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Addition and Subtraction Oppose Prejudice."

"Children Learn to Read through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method!" by Monique Michael
Southwest Digest (Lubbock, Texas) 11/27/97-12/3/97

Louisiana Weekly, New Orleans  /  "The Aesthetic Realism Method" by Patricia Martone

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 Aesthetic Realism, Ethics, and Economics

Northport Journal (Huntington, NY) 12/19/99
"Filmmaker Tackles Homelessness Issues" by Carol Parker

The Wall Street Journal , 10/15/96
"Layoffs and Sweatshops Threaten Our Economy" by Timothy Lynch, Teamsters local 1205

American Planning Association (http://www.planning.org) Fall, 1999
"Housing in America: a Basic Human Right" by Barbara Buehler

Los Angeles Times (Los Angeles, California) 9/4/00
"When High Profits Drive Trucking, Accidents Happen" by Timothy Lynch, Teamsters local 1205

Philadelphia Inquirer (Philadelphia, Pennsylvania) 1/22/00
"Helping Firefighters Battle Hepatitis C Is Civic Duty" by Richel Clerkin, R.N.

 Racism Opposed by Aesthetic Realism

CityBeat (Cincinnati, OH) 1/14/04  /   "On racism and how to end it"  by Nancy Huntting

Tennessee Tribune (Nashville, TN) 5/29/03   /   "A Muslim Woman's Life or, Universal Principle True of All Cultures" by Ruth Oron  [ See the website about Aesthetic Realism and Anthropology ]

Southwest Digest (Lubbock, Texas) 1/9/03   /   "Poems by Eli Siegel about Martin Luther King and America" by Alice Bernstein  [See Aesthetic Realism and the Answer to Racism ]

Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 12/5/01   /   "Young and Old Learn Answer to Racism at Brooklyn Children's Museum" by Alice Bernstein

The Mississippi Link, 11/25/98   /   "Aesthetic Realism Explains Where Racism Begins — and What Can End It" by Alice Bernstein

Chicago Defender (Chicago, Illinois) 3/9/00   "Words, Truth, and the Confederate Flag" by Alice Bernstein

The Black World Today (Internet) 3/15/00   /   "Fascism, Understood At Last!" by Ruth Oron

The Black World Today (Internet) 12/15/98   /   "Aesthetic Realism: The Solution to Racism" by Arnold Perey, Ph.D.

About...Time, September, 1998   /   "Contempt, the Cause of Racism" by Edward Green

IndiaStar (Internet), 10/13/97   /   "Queen's Visit to Amritsar" by Christopher Balchin

Miami Times, 2/27/97   /   "It Is in Contempt that the Root of Racism Lies" by Allan Michael

Tennessee Tribune, 2/16/00   /   "Prejudice Changes to Respect: The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method" by Barbara McClung

Tennessee Tribune, 8/26/99 and 9/9/99   /   "The Success of the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method: Students Learn, Prejudice Is Defeated!" by Patricia Martone

The Daily Challenge (New York, NY) 5/5/99   /   "Aesthetic Realism and the Anthropology of Africa" by Edward Green

San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Texas) Part 1, 6/20/99 ; Part 2, 6/20/99

• Kindergarten mathematics: Part 1 : "The Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method: Students Learn, Prejudice Is Defeated!" Article by Lori Colavito about arithmetic lessons in kindergarten.
• Part 2 : " Through the Aesthetic Realism Teaching Method Addition and Subtraction Oppose Prejudice."

Art Explains & Criticizes Life

The Harlem Times (New York, New York) 2/22/03  /   "Freedom and Order: The Quilt Masterpieces of Gee’s Bend" by Alice Bernstein

The River Reporter (Narrowsburg, New York) 1/1-8/03  /  "Open Mike at Peez Leweez: an Enticing Evening of Music and Poetry" by Richard A. Ross

The Journal of the Print World (Meredith, New Hampshire) Fall 2002   /  "Wonder and 'Matter-of-Fact' Meet or The Imagination of Beatrix Potter" by Marcia Rackow

The Baltimore Times (Baltimore, Maryland) 5/10-16/02  /  "Eli Siegel: A Centennial Celebration" by Alice Bernstein

The Villager (New York, NY) 2/13/02   /  "Scene of Her Mind Change" by Faith Stern

Annapolis Times (Annapolis, MD) 1/17/02   /  "Two Poems by Eli Siegel about Martin Luther King and America" by Alice Bernstein

Brooklyn Daily Eagle (Brooklyn, NY) 12/5/01  /  "Young and Old Learn Answer to Racism at Brooklyn Children's Museum" by Alice Bernstein

The Rye Chronicle (Rye, NY) 7/5/01  /  "'Shakespeare, Music, Love — & How You Can Like Yourself': Special Matinee Performance"

The Oregonian (OregonLive.com) 6/11/01  /  "Protesting the World War II Memorial" by Dale Laurin and Chaim Koppelman

Tennessee Tribune (Nashville, TN) 4/19-25/01  /  "Eli Siegel's Hymn to Jazz and the Like -- and Why I Love It" by Shirley Jones

Journal of the Print World (Meredith, NH) Spring 2001   /  "The Opposites -- 2001: The Print. A Review and Some History" by Alma Vincent

The Journal (L.I.C., Astoria, Jackson Heights, NY) 2/1/01  /  "Presentation of 'Hard Times' by Dickens: A Dramatic Presentation of Eli Siegel's Great Lecture"

Philippine Post (January 2001) "Art for Justice’s Sake" by Sergio Silveira

Journal of the Print World (Summer 2000)   /  "Chaim Koppelman: A Selection of Works on Paper" 

The Dayton Weekly News (January 20-27, 2000)   /  "Kindness and a Father" by Chaim Koppelman

Tennessee Tribune, 1/6/2000   /  "Simplicity and Complexity in the Temptations’ My Girl, in Love, and in Me" by Kevin Fennell

Tennessee Tribune, 3/9/00  /  "We Can Learn about Ourselves from Winslow Homer's The Gulf Stream" by Daniel Reiss

Philadelphia Inquirer, 3/6/99  /  "An Oscar for Elia Kazan? He cannot be forgiven for betraying his friends" by Anne Fielding

Music From China Website, Spring 1999  /  "Music From China and the Universal Criterion for Beauty" by Professor Edward Green

Journal of the Print World, Spring 1988   /  "Power and Tenderness in Men and Picasso's Minotauromachy" by Chaim Koppelman

New York Times,  4/10/98  /  "The Dark Angels" a charcoal drawing by Chaim Koppelman, at the National Academy Museum

ALSO SEE:

The Urgent Question for Men and Woman: How Do We Want to Affect People? Part 1.  Part 2 includes a discussion of Elvis Presley: music, lyrics, life

 Love, the Family, & Aesthetics

Queens Ledger (Queens, NY) (7/24/02)  /  "How Should We See the Loss of a Loved One?" by Marion Fennell 

The Miami Herald (2/10/01)   /  "Love World, Yourself" by Margot Carpenter

Philippine Post (November 2000)  /  "The Essence of Kindness" by Ernest DeFilippis

Kent Good Times Dispatch (Kent, Connecticut) 9/8/00  /  "A Mother Reconsidered" by Dorli DiGregorio

Tennessee Tribune, 6/15-21/00  /  "A Father Asks: What Do Children Really Want from Their Parents?" by Joseph Meglino

Caribbean Life (New York City) 2/8/00  /  "Love and Self-Respect – A Lasting Valentine" by Margot Carpenter

San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Texas) 7/15/99 & 7/29/99  /  Part 1 & Part 2: "Power, Love, Sex—and Mistakes People Make about Them!" by Aesthetic Realism consultant Ernest De Filippis.

EXODUS Newsmagazine (San Jose, California) 4/27/99  /  "The Debate in Women Between Boredom and Interest" by Marion Fennell

U.S. African Eye (Brooklyn, New York / International) 1/99 - 2/99  /  "Love, Power, Goodwill" by Edward Green, professor at Manhattan School of Music 

Caribbean Life (New York City) 11/10/98  /  "Learn How Marriage Can Succeed in a Failed Economy" by Barbara Allen

Mississippi Link (Jackson, MS)  12/17/98  /  "What Is True Power in a Man?" by David M. Bernstein

The Mobile Beacon & Atlanta Citizen  (Mobile, AL) 7/25/98  /  "A Father, Seen Newly" by Ruth Oron.

Caribbean Life (New York City) 9/1/98   /  "How Should a Widow Cope with the Loss of Her Spouse?" by Anne Fielding

Bloomfield Life (Bloomfield, NJ) 3/12/98  / "Parenting Workshop to Continue"

War, Peace, and World View: the Fight in Mind between Respect and Contempt

Sun-Herald (Rocky River, OH) 6/3/04  /   "Contempt can become a very dangerous thing" by Maureen Butler

Woodstock Times (Woodstock, NY) 5/13/04 - 5/19/04  /  "Contempt is the Beginning" by Carol Driscoll

Chicago Standard News (Chicago, IL) 5/2/02; Rock Island Argus 4/28/02, & more  /  "Contempt Must Be Studied for Mideast Terror to End!" by Ruth Oron, Harriet Bernstein, Zehava Fishman, Avi Gvili, Zvia Ratz, Rose Levy, Leah Shazar

New York Beacon (New York, NY) 1/31/01 - 2/6/02 [and other newspapers]  /  "Israeli Mother and Daughter Outline Keys to Peace -- An Open Letter" by Leah Shazar and Ruth Oron

The African Herald (Dallas, TX) 10/01  /  "For a Safe World, a Sane World" by Miriam Weiss and Joseph Spetly

The Oregonian (OregonLive.com) 6/11/01  /  "Protesting the World War II Memorial" by Dale Laurin and Chaim Koppelman

MORE: Seniors, Men, Self-Expression, Anorexia, Youth Violence...

Idaho Senior News (Boise, Idaho) 10/97 and 11/97  /  "We Can Feel More Alive at Any Age" by Irene Reiss.
Note: This article contains a biographical sketch of Eli Siegel.

Dayton Weekly News (Dayton, OH) 3/15/01 /  "Despair About Aging: What Will Stop It?" by Sarah Weiss

The Tennessee Tribune (Nashville, TN) 6/11-6/13/01   /  "Everything in this World Has Meaning" by Irene Reiss

Mississippi Link (Jackson, Mississippi) 12/17/98   /  "What Is True Power in a Man?" by David M. Bernstein

Originally Published in the San Antonio Register (San Antonio, Texas) 3/11, 3/18, 3/25/99   /  "True Strength in a Man -- With a Discussion about Muhammad Ali" by Michael Palmer: Part 1 - Part 2 - Part 3

"Canadian Association for People Who Stutter" Website & "The Stuttering Home Page," 6/6/99   /  "How My Stuttering Ended" by Miriam Mondlin

Westport Minuteman (Westport, CT)  5/4/00   /  "Aesthetic Realism vs. Eating Disorders" by Meryl Nietsch-Cooperman

The Sun Herald, (Biloxi, Mississippi) 4/22/98   /  "Attitude Toward World Is Driving Each Driver" by Lynette Abel

Henryetta Free Lance (Henryetta, OK) 11/12/02   /  "Why Do Kids Turn to Violence? Carduner Explains the Answer" by Jeffrey Carduner

Bloomfield Life, 4/29/99   /  "Contempt Kills" by Rev. Wayne J. Plumstead

San Antonio Register, 1/7/99   /  "Why Young Men Are Bored and Angry" by Robert Murphy

Atlanta Inquirer, 10/11/97   /  "Violence Must Not Ruin Schools" by Arnold Perey, PhD