My high school experience was largely defined by sociopolitical events. Freshman and sophomore years were book-ended by anxieties related to … More
Category: STEAM
Life imitates art: Communicating and discovering the world IRL via video games
When the COVID-19 pandemic began and it became clear that our new reality would include social distancing and going into … More
Art Education in an Age of Social Distancing
By its very nature, engaging in art, whether making, teaching, viewing or discussing, is a social and embodied action. Therefore, … More
Down to Earth: Extraordinary STEAM Learning
Visualizing the cosmos and our own Earthly phenomena has been a hotbed for artistic thinking and learning since the earliest … More
Artful Equations
In High School, I loathed math. I was obviously very interested and invested in art and music, and didn’t realize … 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
Mondo Museum: A Sim that encourages decolonization and experiential learning
Imagination is one of our greatest and most humanizing characteristics, and playing games is beneficial for shaping our imaginative instincts. … 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
Artful Nurturing
Nature has a unique way of creatively making its mark. Examples can be seen via the intricate lines, shape and … More
Artful Qualitization: Ecotones
Meghann Riepenhoff’s cyanotype prints bridge the physicality and symbolic nature of art making in conjunction with nature’s phenomenal forces. This … More
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