Like most of New York City’s landscape and cultural climate, Central Park has gone through many changes since its inception. … More
Category: Curriculum
Artfully Learning Audio Series Episode 20: Walk Like an Artist
Walking shares similar common traits with many traditional art making techniques. This is because the conscious, subconscious and physical ways … More
The Kids Must be Alright
As educators, parents/guardians, siblings, friends and neighbors, we all play an integral part as stewards and nurturers of our collective world.
The Flow of Material Knowledge
Google Doodle strikes again! When I saw today’s Google Doodle, I immediately recognized Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, whose contributions to behavioral psychology … More
Back to School Icebreakers From Contemporary Art
By now most of the United States schools are back in session. As both new and familiar students and teachers … More
The Master’s Pupil: An Art-History Centered Game
I was an avid video game player throughout my adolescent years. In fact, if you asked my friends and family … More
HIV Science as Art
Our DNA, the map of our genetic information (our growth, development, functioning and reproduction), is 99.9% the same for each … More
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
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
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
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