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…
Utilization of Artists and Art in Societal and Environmental Maintenance
In her 1907 essay, “Utilization of Women in City Government”, renowned social reformer and influential public administrator Jane Addams wrote,…
Enduring Lessons From Watts
In kindergarten was when I (and probably many others) first heard the saying “one person’s trash becomes another’s treasure.” This…
What Some Adults Don’t Get About Art…
I am getting quite fed up with the seemingly endless cycle of art being censored and/or attacked by misguided partisans…
Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 9: Glorious Wounds
I was delighted to have the recent opportunity to speak with artist and educator Gabo Camnitzer about the past, present…
Winold Reiss’ Intersectional Art Education
Winold Reiss had been more or less an obscure figure within the canon of modern European and American art and…
Survival is Not Enough
Audre Lorde, Paulo Freire, W.E.B Du Bois, Joseph Beuys and Malcolm X walk into a classroom…This is not the start…
Art Integrated Medical Awareness and Education
In the performance, Methods of Care for the Precarious Body, multidisciplinary artist Panteha Abareshi models their body in choreographed poses…
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