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Category: Public Art

Form, Function and Fun: Playgrounds as Art Education

Engagement is the most crucial element of the artistic experience. Sometimes we are drawn to a work of art because … More

Art Education, art lessons, Friedrich Fröbel, Isamu Noguchi, Jim Miller-Melberg, Khor Ean Ghee, Niki de Saint Phalle, Paper Sculpture, Playful Learning, playground, Public Art

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

Photographing Children’s Play and Art

American photographer Helen Levitt was once considered to be “the most celebrated and least known photographer of her time.” This … More

Art Education, Art History, Children's Art, Helen Levitt, play, Playful Learning, Street Art, Street Photography

Enduring Lessons From Watts

In kindergarten was when I (and probably many others) first heard the saying “one person’s trash becomes another’s treasure.” This … More

Art Education, Art History, Black art, Black History, Elliot Eisner, Judson Powell, Los Angeles, Noah Purifoy

What Some Adults Don’t Get About Art…

I am getting quite fed up with the seemingly endless cycle of art being censored and/or attacked by misguided partisans … More

Art Education, Art History, Censorship, Contemporary Art, Education, LGBTQ, Multiculturalism, Satanic Panic, School Art

The Gutai Group: Play, Pedagogy and Possibility

Mainstream Japanese culture during and in the aftermath of World War II was practically restricted to works of art that … More

Art Education, Art History, Avant-garde, Gutai Group, Japanese Art, Jiro Yoshihara, Modern Art, Playful Learning, Shozo Shimamoto, Yozo Ukita

Carrying the Weight of Institutional Inaction

“Accountability” is an overarching term for describing what is required to proactively address systemic problems and grave abuses of power. … More

Art Education, Contemporary Art, Critical Race Theory, Education Policy, Emma Sulkowicz, Renty Taylor, Schools, Slavery

Elvira Leite and the Art of Playful Pedagogy in the Streets

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Public Art Dialogue on 17 May … More

Acadmeic Journal, Art Education, Children's Art, Contemporary Art, Elvira Leite, Playful Learning, Politics, Porto, Public Art, Public Art Dialogue, Publications, Socially Engaged Art

Into the weeds of public education

There are a lot of dichotomies within New York City that reflect the complexity of maintaining a globally influential and … More

Art Education, Contemporary Art, Education, Hugh Hayden, New York City Schools, Parks, Public Art, Public School, sculpture

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 6: Froebel’s Gifts to Contemporary Art

Joining me on this episode of the Artfully Learning audio series is sculptor, Vivien Collens. Vivien and I discuss her … More

Art Education, Contemporary Art, Education, Friedrich Fröbel, Froebel Gifts, Podcast, Public Art, sculpture, Vivien Collens

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