Sylvia Fein has had the type of career most artists would covet, and she is still going strong at age…
Strengthening Cultures & Literacy through Art for the 21st Century
In a previous post titled Connecting Culture Through Experience and Education, I described contemporary artist Pablo Helguera’s use of the…
The Educator Who Changed How We Think About Art
John Baldessari was the type of artist who made whatever he was doing feel critical and fun. Achieving both weighty…
Shaping Minds: Form follows Function
One of the most precious aspects of visual art, is its ongoing dialogue. Generations upon generations have been inspired by…
Underground Education
The subway seems like one of the least likely places to be inspired in all of New York City, especially…
Creating a paradise
What is an appropriate assessment of what makes good educators and good artists? Can the idea of being ‘good’ be…
Artful Equations
In High School, I loathed math. I was obviously very interested and invested in art and music, and didn’t realize…
The Artful Environmentalist
How many types of trees and plants can you identify in your local ecosystem? Do you know what specimens are…
Labor of love: art, activism, collaborative learning
Creating art and reflecting on artwork is often a cooperative experience that supports empathic responses to lived experiences. Both the…
Rebelling against the whitewashing of history
Contemporary artist Dread Scott uses history as a medium to scrutinize ongoing systems of racial injustice. His work is largely…
Artfully Learning 