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Category: Performance Art

No Kings

Aesthetics and protests are inextricably linked. The choreography of people moving in tandem, singing, chanting and peacefully empowering one another to fight injustice, is in and of itself a form of performance. Protests are also replete with artfully rendered graphics, images and accessories; such as signs, costumes and sculptural effigies and puppetry.

Art Education, Art History, Basquiat, Community, Contemporary Art, Education, Multiculturalism, No Kings, Protests, Public Art

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

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

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

Active Listening, Art Education, collaborative learning, Community, Contemporary Art, Education, Icebreakers, Lionel Cruet, Nina Katchadourian, Pablo Helguera, Tino Seghal

The Pedagogy of Pee-wee

It takes a lot of artistic skill and understanding of the human psyche in order to be successful as a … More

Andy Warhol, Art Education, Contemporary Art, Paul Reubens, Pee-wee Herman, Performance Art, Playful Learning

Spark of Knowledge: Fireworks and Contemporary Art

Summertime evenings are full of the sights and sounds of fireworks. These displays are a ubiquitous celebratory event throughout culture, … More

Art Education, Art History, Cai Guo-Qiang, Contemporary Art, Fireworks, Judy Chicago, Multiculturalism, Public Art

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 17: Social Sculpture

Inside and outside of the classroom, art serves as a framework for understanding and expressing our lived experiences. Art and … More

Art Education, collaborative learning, Community, Contemporary Art, Education, Jeff Kasper, Podcast, Social Practice Art

The Drag Educational Model, Where Learning is Not a Drag

For a while now, drag has been caught in the crosshairs of the raging culture wars. The religious right and … More

Art Education, Children's Art, collaborative learning, Community, Contemporary Art, Drag, Drag Queen Story Hour, Education, LGBTQ education

How to Walk Like an Artist

Art teaches us that we can apply the creative and conceptual studio habits of mind to all aspects of our … More

Alisa Oleva, Art Education, Contemporary Art, Ellen Mueller, Hamish Fulton, mindfulness, Sari Carel, Thich Nhat Hanh, Walking, Walking as art

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