Throughout the posts on this site, I have contextualized the work of modern and contemporary artists within an educational framework. … More
Category: Art History
Want to Make Art and Education Great? Start with Community.
The traditional K-12 school environment is sometimes the be-all end-all location for resourceful learning opportunities in student’s lives. This is … More
Shifting the Paradigm: Indigenous American Art and Multicultural Art Education
While schools across the United States are typically closed today, the reason has been rife with controversy for years. The … More
Attention to Details: Noticing Deeply Through Art
The art critic Ben Davis recently described the artist curated works at the 33 Bienal de Sao Paulo (components of an … More
Tapping into who we are, what we know and who we know
What is the role of the artist in today’s global and multicultural civilization? How can we make art to express … More
Putting Art Education on the Map
Geography is the study of people, places, things, and the environment. Geographers, the practitioners of geography, scrutinize the relationship between … More
Activating Art and Education for Activism
“Art isn’t functional.” Too often, I hear that statement (or a variation of it) when I engage in a conversation … More
Differentiation and Multiple Intelligences
In the educational environment, differentiation of instruction is a vital methodology educators use in order to ensure that students are … More
Making Our Space / Documenting Our Place – Building and Maintaining a Better World
In the traditional capitalist method of production, the finished product is the only element of value to the producer. The … More
Summer Reading List
It’s that time of the year when both educators and students are dreaming of long days on the beach (or … More
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