Enduring Lessons From Watts

In kindergarten was when I (and probably many others) first heard the saying “one person’s trash becomes another’s treasure.” This … More

What Some Adults Don’t Get About Art…

I am getting quite fed up with the seemingly endless cycle of art being censored and/or attacked by misguided partisans … More

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 9: Glorious Wounds

I was delighted to have the recent opportunity to speak with artist and educator Gabo Camnitzer about the past, present … More

Survival is Not Enough

Audre Lorde, Paulo Freire, W.E.B Du Bois, Joseph Beuys and Malcolm X walk into a classroom…This is not the start … More

Art Integrated Medical Awareness and Education

In the performance, Methods of Care for the Precarious Body, multidisciplinary artist Panteha Abareshi models their body in choreographed poses … More

Summer Reading: Youth-Centered Art Publications

The dog days of summer are about to be behind us and for some teachers and students, that means another … More

Educational Complex

This might sound shocking coming from a blog about education, but I have been wondering whether compulsory education and traditional … More

We’ve Created a Monster: An Artful Response to Electoral Integrity and the Democratic Experience

There is definitely an aesthetic for patriotic art and design. Tried and true motifs such as color patterns, symbols and … More

Carrying the Weight of Institutional Inaction

“Accountability” is an overarching term for describing what is required to proactively address systemic problems and grave abuses of power. … More

Truth Hurts, But It Also Heals. Lizzo’s Artful Education

There is so much to like about the artist and musician known as Lizzo. From the moment she set foot … More