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Category: Contemporary Art

The Artful Balance Between Nature and Nurture

In 1944 an engineer named Harold Fisk was tasked with the challenge of illustrating the dense and esoteric report by … More

Art Education, Art History, Environmental Art, Georgia O'Keeffe, Harold Fisk, Maps, Mississippi RIver, STEAM, Yayoi Kusama

The Pedagogy of Pee-wee

It takes a lot of artistic skill and understanding of the human psyche in order to be successful as a … More

Andy Warhol, Art Education, Contemporary Art, Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman, Performance Art, Playful Learning

Native Americana: Decolonizing Pop Culture

Like previous Pop Artists Andy Warhol and Jasper Johns, Frank Buffalo Hyde utilizes images and objects from popular culture as … More

Art Education, Art History, Contemporary Art, decolonization, Education, Frank Buffalo Hyde, Indigenous Art, Multiculturalism, Pop Culture

Education is Eternal

I cannot say or truly fathom what happens after we stop living in the corporeal sense. However, just because our … More

Art Education, Contemporary Art, Green-Wood Cemetery, History, memorials, New York City History, Public Art, Rowan Renee, William Russell Johnson

Come on Barbie, Let’s Get Arty

With the blockbuster live action Barbie movie premiering soon, I thought it would be timely to discuss how the iconic … More

Adrian Piper, Art Education, Barbie, Barbie movie, Chantal Feitosa, Contemporary Art, Education Policy, Exquisite Corpse, Feminist Art, Hans Bellmer, racism, Surrealism

Spark of Knowledge: Fireworks and Contemporary Art

Summertime evenings are full of the sights and sounds of fireworks. These displays are a ubiquitous celebratory event throughout culture, … More

Art Education, Art History, Cai Guo-Qiang, Contemporary Art, Fireworks, Judy Chicago, Multiculturalism, Public Art

Meaningful Materials and Conscious Combines (with Lesson Plan)

I recently wrote about artist Jane Housham who collects (mostly) ephemeral items associated with childhood and material culture and presents … More

Art Education, Art History, Assemblage sculpture, collaborative learning, Contemporary Art, Curriculum, Education, Jim Condron, Lesson Plans

Bee-auty and Brains

I know that Summer has truly arrived when I am greeted with the sight of honeybees working hard to get … More

Art Education, Beehive, Bees, Contemporary Art, Ecoart, Emily Puthoff, Environmental Art, Joseph Beuys, Rudolf Steiner, Science, sculpture, STEAM

Rediscovering Astronomy

Astronomy is the study of how the universe was formed, and the objects such as planets, galaxies and stars within … More

Annette S. Lee, Art Education, Art History, Astronomy, Contemporary Art, Education, Feminist Art Education, Galileo, Multiculturalism, Sarah Rosalena, STEAM

Parks and Re-creation

Summer is here throughout the Northern Hemisphere, and with its arrival is a much needed break from traditional schooling. Enjoying … More

Art Education, Art History, Augusta Savage, Basquiat, Contemporary Art, Frida Kahlo, Parks, Physical Education, Public Art, Recreation, Romare Bearden, Travel

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