Geography is the study of people, places, things, and the environment. Geographers, the practitioners of geography, scrutinize the relationship between … More
Category: Art History
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
Living in a Digital (Material) World
Within the ever developing digital world, one might predict that we are becoming more untethered from material constraints. This was … More
Embodied Learning Makes ‘The Classics’ Relevant
Embodied Learning is a Constructivist educational theory and practice that integrates sensory and cognitive responses in order to solve a … More
Remixing the Canon
A whole curriculum around inquiry-based projects aimed at ‘remixing the canon’ would reveal how contemporary artists improvise on the Western … More
How does art express our own personal/collective identities and help us to experience more repletely?
The recently painted portraits of the Obamas, which are now enshrined in the National Portrait Gallery in Washington D.C., are … More
Participatory Learning: Artworks as Experiences
According to recent opinions and research, experiences and not objects are the preferred type of consumerism among young adults, who are … More