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 … More

Ancient Art Education

In a prior post titled Artfully Ancient Learning, I analyzed an early 2022 archeological discovery of pottery fragments from Ptolemaic-era … More

Parody is a time honored artistic strategy that has potential to prompt critical thinking, stir emotions and even inspire cultural … More

The architectural mantra, “form follows function,” is a theory that has shaped the course of how human beings design spaces … More

In 1933, John Andrew Rice founded a private liberal arts school in the small town of Black Mountain, North Carolina, … More

In 1961, conceptual artist Joseph Beuys was appointed professor of “monumental sculpture” at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany, where he … More

In her 1907 essay, “Utilization of Women in City Government”, renowned social reformer and influential public administrator Jane Addams wrote, … More

In kindergarten was when I (and probably many others) first heard the saying “one person’s trash becomes another’s treasure.” This … More

I am getting quite fed up with the seemingly endless cycle of art being censored and/or attacked by misguided partisans … More

I was delighted to have the recent opportunity to speak with artist and educator Gabo Camnitzer about the past, present … More