Utilization of Artists and Art in Societal and Environmental Maintenance

In her 1907 essay, “Utilization of Women in City Government”, renowned social reformer and influential public administrator Jane Addams wrote, … More

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

Winold Reiss’ Intersectional Art Education

Winold Reiss had been more or less an obscure figure within the canon of modern European and American art and … 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

The Gutai Group: Play, Pedagogy and Possibility

Mainstream Japanese culture during and in the aftermath of World War II was practically restricted to works of art that … More

Educational Complex

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