Cheryl Pope has a background in fashion design and boxing, a unique combination of skills and interests that has informed … More
Category: Social Practice Art
Embodied Learning: Pedagogy of Performance
“The importance of the body is indisputable; the body moves, acts, rememorizes the struggle for its liberation; the body, in … More
Winter Reading List
As educators are preparing for their Winter vacation (maybe some are already there!), I have compiled a short reading list … More
Artful Autodidacticism: Art making for Well-being and Self-care
Lizz Brady, To be confirmed, 2018, 9:03. Courtesy of the artist. The self-taught artist has generally been contextualized within … More
A Neighborhood Divided Will Not Stand: An Artfully United Neighborhood For All
In the renowned television program, Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, Fred Rogers blended cognitive behavioral psychology with social and emotional storytelling to … More
Want to Make Art and Education Great? Start with Community.
The traditional K-12 school environment is sometimes the be-all end-all location for resourceful learning opportunities in student’s lives. This is … 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
Art and Education, Not Jails
Prisons, jails, and detention centers may seem like the least likely venues for art-centered learning, however, these sites, which account … More
Putting Art Education on the Map
Geography is the study of people, places, things, and the environment. Geographers, the practitioners of geography, scrutinize the relationship between … More
Food For Thought
Food brings people together and not only does it fill stomachs, but when coupled with artful intentions and critical cultural … More
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