In 1973, contemporary artist and elementary school art teacher, Ana Mendieta, created a performative work of art called Parachute, in … More
Category: Feminism
Artfully Dismantling Systemic Racism
Racism is the longest uninterrupted epidemic within our collective American culture. It is a gaping wound and festering infection intrinsic … More
Weaving together history, experience and STEAM based learning
Soft Monitor is an art, science, technology and engineering initiative exploring how to divert the detrimental effects of ‘screen time’ … More
Sewing and Growing: Communal Quilts for Education and Liberation
Quilt making is a powerful art-centered form of collaborative learning and communicating that has significant roots in shaping many social, … More
Feminist Art Education
Judy Chicago is a contemporary pioneer of feminist art and art education. In both her practices as an artist and … More
Labor of love: art, activism, collaborative learning
Creating art and reflecting on artwork is often a cooperative experience that supports empathic responses to lived experiences. Both the … More
Exhibiting Empathy
On any given day, we see horrible images of violence, famine, floods, habitat and environmental loss on the news or … More
Street Smarts
‘Street smarts’ is a term most often used to signify knowledge that is gained outside of traditional classroom and school … More
Excelsior! An Educational Framework Via Comic Book Culture
Throughout his 70 year-long career, Stan Lee (1922-2018) created many of the major comic book superheroes that are known throughout … More
Shifting the Paradigm: Indigenous American Art and Multicultural Art Education
While schools across the United States are typically closed today, the reason has been rife with controversy for years. The … More