“FOR a long time the animals had been watching the strange doings of people, and the day finally came when…
Artfully documenting, contextualizing and transcending time
A lot of us have been relegated to atypical and banal regimens in the midst of sheltering-in-place. Have you been…
The Kent State Shooting was 50 Years Ago
Schools have experienced many of the deadliest mass shootings in the history of the United States of America. This should…
Sewing and Growing: Communal Quilts for Education and Liberation
Quilt making is a powerful art-centered form of collaborative learning and communicating that has significant roots in shaping many social,…
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…
The dog did my homework
Dogs, often endearingly called “a human’s best friend,” are a longstanding popular subject for realistic and imaginative portrayals in art…
Artist see, artist do
You have likely heard the saying “monkey see, monkey do.” This phrase refers to how primates, a taxonomic order which…
Getting Artfully Attuned to Higher Learning
Preface: I had started writing this post prior to the great wave of uncertainty and major changes in educational policy,…
Children’s Games
Francis Alÿs’ immersive eighteen screen video installation, Children’s Games (1999-prsent), is an exceptional example of art as an uplifting expression…
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,…
Artfully Learning 