I am a big skeptic of the cultural obsession to bestow the term “child prodigy” as a way of signifying…
Artful Recipes for Feeding the Mind, Body and Spirit
By its definition, a recipe embodies key elements of various educational and learning theories and methods. Often on paper, but…
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…
TV Party: The Arts in Children’s and Adult Television Programming
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…
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