Visualizing the cosmos and our own Earthly phenomena has been a hotbed for artistic thinking and learning since the earliest … More
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The Educator Who Changed How We Think About Art
John Baldessari was the type of artist who made whatever he was doing feel critical and fun. Achieving both weighty … More
Shaping Minds: Form follows Function
One of the most precious aspects of visual art, is its ongoing dialogue. Generations upon generations have been inspired by … More
Creating a paradise
What is an appropriate assessment of what makes good educators and good artists? Can the idea of being ‘good’ be … More
The Artful Environmentalist
How many types of trees and plants can you identify in your local ecosystem? Do you know what specimens are … More
Still Climbing Booker T. Washington’s Ladder
One of Martin Puryear’s most iconic artworks is titled Ladder for Booker T. Washington (1996), which is a reference to … More
Process of Play: confronting systems of inequity through art
What are some of the most poignant memories from your childhood? I am sure that if we each assessed our … More
Back to Nature: Learning about ecosystems of the past and building future ecological awareness
Some people call New York City a ‘concrete jungle.’ This metaphor refers in part to the city’s lack of greenery … More
Exhibiting Empathy
On any given day, we see horrible images of violence, famine, floods, habitat and environmental loss on the news or … More
The Art of the Syllabus
A syllabus is an essential guide that communicates the what, why, when, and how for learning within an academic course. … More
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