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

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

A Meme Against Misogyny: Artfully Using Memes For Activist Inspired Art Education

It is impossible to log into a social media platform and not see a meme being posted. For a while … More

The Artfully Profound Impact of a Doodle

When famed modernist painter Charles E. Burchfield stated, “Doodling serves as a means of keeping the hand or fingers limber, … 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