TV Party was the name of a public-access television show based in New York City, which ran from 1978 to…
Lineage Drawing
The act of drawing takes many forms and shapes. It is the most versatile of all traditional art media because…
Artfully Learning Into the Future
Like 2020 and 2021, 2022 was a tough year. Personal struggles with mental health have continued to impact my daily…
Abrégé de l’art des accouchements (The Art of Obstetrics)
You would be forgiven for thinking the soft-sculpture above was a modern or contemporary piece of art. In fact, it…
Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 10: Mad Manual
Research has shown the benefits art has on individual and collective well being. The arts are one of the foremost…
Ancient Art Education
In a prior post titled Artfully Ancient Learning, I analyzed an early 2022 archeological discovery of pottery fragments from Ptolemaic-era…
Whose History of Art?
Parody is a time honored artistic strategy that has potential to prompt critical thinking, stir emotions and even inspire cultural…
Architecture for All
The architectural mantra, “form follows function,” is a theory that has shaped the course of how human beings design spaces…
Weaving Art with Life
In 1933, John Andrew Rice founded a private liberal arts school in the small town of Black Mountain, North Carolina,…
The Beuys and the Bees
In 1961, conceptual artist Joseph Beuys was appointed professor of “monumental sculpture” at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany, where he…
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