What is an appropriate assessment of what makes good educators and good artists? Can the idea of being ‘good’ be … More
Category: collaborative learning
Labor of love: art, activism, collaborative learning
Creating art and reflecting on artwork is often a cooperative experience that supports empathic responses to lived experiences. Both the … More
Rebelling against the whitewashing of history
Contemporary artist Dread Scott uses history as a medium to scrutinize ongoing systems of racial injustice. His work is largely … More
The Fourth Grade Project
Students from around the world are the subjects and co-collaborators of an ongoing participatory artwork and educational experience titled The … More
Process of Play: confronting systems of inequity through art
What are some of the most poignant memories from your childhood? I am sure that if we each assessed our … More
Representing Pittsburgh and Tehran
Pittsburgh is a great city, but not one that you might automatically think of when discussing global issues. However, the … More
No Room to Play
“There was a time when we wore flowers on our heads…wishing it would never get dark so we could continue … More
Exhibiting Empathy
On any given day, we see horrible images of violence, famine, floods, habitat and environmental loss on the news or … More
Loud Halls, Silent Rooms
There is a really vibrant debate going on regarding the content and context of a Great Depression-era fresco within San … More
What does an equitable art education look like?
Curricula is always in flux, yet sometimes we get too comfortable or complacent with what we know, or perceive to … More