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Cropping Bias from the Cultural Canon

In 1939, Frida Kahlo divorced her husband Diego Rivera. As Mexico’s leading painters, they had been modern art’s power couple…

Art Education, Art History, Britney Spears, Contemporary Art, Curriculum, education resources, Feminism, Feminist Art, Frida Kahlo, Lesson Plans, LGBTQ, Queer Art, Sarah Maple

Baya Mahieddine’s Artful Expressions of Intersectional Identity

Pablo Picasso is attributed to have said “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist…

Algerian Art, Art Education, Art History, Artistic Development, Baya, Baya Mahieddine, Berber culture, Cubism, Feminist Art, Intersectionality, Modern Art, Multiculturalism, Picasso, Surrealism, Women Artists

Genuine Imitations

Utilizing students’ pop culture interests within a larger social and cultural context is a great way to prompt them to…

Andy Everson, Art Education, BIPOC education, Contemporary Art, First Nations, Indigenous Culture, Intersectionality, K'omoks, Kwakiutl, Pop Culture, Star Wars

Exquisite Community

An exquisite corpse (also known as picture consequences) is a visual and literary game, initially developed by the Surrealists (Yves…

Art Education, collaborative learning, Community, Contemporary Art, drawing, Exquisite Corpse, Fanny Allié, Public Art, rhizome, sculpture, Surrealism

Pigeon Religion: Street Smarts via the Birds

I remember the first time I saw Tina Piña Trachtenburg (aka Mother Pigeon) and her soft-sculptures of pigeons. I was…

Animal Rights, Art Education, Arts and Crafts, Birds, Contemporary Art, Ecology, Mother Pigeon, Nature, New York City, Performance Art, Public Art, sculpture, Tina Piña Trachtenburg

Art History Memes

Every so often, it’s nice to break up the more pragmatic content with some offbeat and downright silly material (see:…

AP Art History, Art Education, Art History, Art History 101, Art History Memes, Bernie Sanders, Contemporary Art, Digital Media, Education, Humor, Memes, Support the Arts, Visual Culture

Invisible No More

Studio K.O.S. has persevered time and time again. Initially under the tutelage of the late artist and educator Tim Rollins,…

Art Education, Art Projects, collaborative learning, Contemporary Art, Education, Invisbile Man, Literature, Studio KOS, Teachers, Tim Rollins and KOS

Art Education: The Gift That Keeps on Giving

Modern art schools have an extraordinary origin in early childhood education; most notably, the pedagogical breakthroughs of a nineteenth century…

Antonio Ballester Moreno, architecture, Art Education, Bauhaus, Contemporary Art, Early Childhood Education, Friedrich Fröbel, Froebel Gifts, Josef Albers, Math, Norman Brosterman, Painting, sculpture, Vivien Collens

STEAM Saves

Art has been on the frontlines during this ongoing global pandemic, but not often where it is typically expected. Although…

Art Education, art therapy, Contemporary Art, COVID19, design, Education, Essential Workers, Healthcare, Museum Education, STEAM, Stefano Boeri, STEM, vaccines

Artful Dissent and Empowerment Education

“There’s no such thing as neutral education. Education either functions as an instrument to bring about conformity or freedom.” –…

activism, Ai Weiwei, Art Education, Contemporary Art, Education, social justice, Social Practice Art, Socially Engaged Art, Tania Bruguera

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