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Category: Education

White Gloves and Blackface

Many iconic cartoon characters in the United States have a distinctly similar aesthetic trait in common, which is large white gloves. This facet seems innocuous, but examining the cultural zeitgeist of the era these figures emerged from, reveals a more poignant narrative surrounding racial bigotry.

Animation, art, Art Education, Art History, Cartoons, Education, film, Multiculturalism, racism, Visual Culture

When will it be Enough?

Another school shooting happened this week in the United States of America, which already amounts to a handful of horrific … More

art, Art Education, Children's Art, Contemporary Art, Education, Gun Control, Gun Violence

Win! A Tribute to Mel Bochner

Artists have a unique status in the world where their work continues to embody a vital cultural role long after they’ve passed on.

Art Education, Art History, Contemporary Art, Education, Language, Literacy, Mel Bochner, Pop Art, Public Art, Sports, Vocabulary

Body Language

Body language is a nonverbal form of communication, which conveys a lot of emotional and physical phenomena that spoken words can’t.

art, Art Education, Art History, Contemporary Art, Education, Fitness, Kathy Acker, Language, Physical Education, Writing

Command and Conquer: Art’s Unification and Divisiveness in Far Right Society (Part 1?)

One of art’s greatest assets is that it provides a cathartic and empowering way of envisioning alternate realities. Art is also … More

art, art criticism, Art Education, Art History, History, Painting, Politics, propaganda, thomas-kinkade

Art Education and the Eclipse

I am about to embark on a miles-long trip to upstate New York, in order to view the solar eclipse … More

Alma Thomas, Art Education, Art History, Astronomy, Contemporary Art, eclipse, Education, Ellen Harding Baker, moon, Solar Eclipse, STEAM, sun

How Art Made Central Park a Happening Place

Like most of New York City’s landscape and cultural climate, Central Park has gone through many changes since its inception. … More

Allan Kaprow, Art Education, Art History, Central Park, Contemporary Art, Herbert Kohl, Marc Bamuthi Joseph

An Exhibition of Art Education and Street Smarts in the Film Drylongso

The film Drylongso by visual artist Cauleen Smith, is a tale of two art educations; one via the traditional route … More

Art Education, Cauleen Smith, Contemporary Art, Drylongso, Film Review, Multiculturalism

Artfully Exercising

In the spring of 2020 I began a daily physical fitness routine in an effort to lower stress and deal … More

Art Education, Augustas Serapinas, Contemporary Art, Education, Exercise, Fitness, Gym

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

Art Education, collaborative learning, Contemporary Art, Education, Ellen Mueller, Podcast, Walking, Walking as art

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