Exquisite Community

An exquisite corpse (also known as picture consequences) is a visual and literary game, initially developed by the Surrealists (Yves … More

Pigeon Religion: Street Smarts via the Birds

I remember the first time I saw Tina Piña Trachtenburg (aka Mother Pigeon) and her soft-sculptures of pigeons. I was … More

Art Education: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Modern art schools have an extraordinary origin in early childhood education; most notably, the pedagogical breakthroughs of a nineteenth century … More

STEAM Saves

Art has been on the frontlines during this ongoing global pandemic, but not often where it is typically expected. Although … More

Artful Dissent and Empowerment Education

“There’s no such thing as neutral education. Education either functions as an instrument to bring about conformity or freedom.” – … More

Fröbel’s Gifts, Noguchi’s Playgrounds

If you are not listening to the 99% Invisible podcast, I highly recommend that you start! Two of the episodes … More

Portraying Pedagogy’s Progression

What do artistic representations of classrooms, teaching and learning tell us about how a society’s positions on pedagogy have progressed … More

The Gallery as the School?

The commercial art world is steeped in capital, class structure and consumerism, but is there any redeeming value outside of … More

Turning the Dismantling of Monuments Into Teachable Moments

The recent iconoclasm via the removal, distortion and/or defacement of statues, plaques and reliefs dedicated to historical figures who have … More

Education and Empowerment via Entertainment Justice

Generations of human beings have taught and learned valuable lessons from songs that are created within the community and are … More