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Tag: Art Education

A Grand Display of Humanity

Grand Central Terminal is one of New York City’s greatest architectural marvels. It features a Beaux-Arts design with elements from … More

Art Education, art exhibition, Art History, Community, Contemporary Art, Education, Grand Central Station, Humans of New York, New York City, photography, Public Art

Relooted

The diversity of the video game genre has been tapped into as a means for raising awareness around lesser discussed historical narratives. Using the medium to raise marginalized experiences throughout time and place, opens up the possibility for inspiring transformative changes to social, cultural and historical injustices.

African Art, Art Education, Art History, decolonization, Education, Multiculturalism, Museums, STEAM, video games

Ms. Muscle

Ms. Muscle’s persona is an amalgamation of symbolic iconography. The aforementioned breast biceps, a long sheath gown, tiara and a pageant sash that reads “Ms. Muscle,” express beauty, brains and brawn through a feminist lens.

art, Art Education, Art History, Bodybuilding, Contemporary Art, Education, Feminism, Feminist Art, Feminist Art Education, Fitness, Strength Training

White Gloves and Blackface

Many iconic cartoon characters in the United States have a distinctly similar aesthetic trait in common, which is large white gloves. This facet seems innocuous, but examining the cultural zeitgeist of the era these figures emerged from, reveals a more poignant narrative surrounding racial bigotry.

Animation, art, Art Education, Art History, Cartoons, Education, film, Multiculturalism, racism, Visual Culture

When will it be Enough?

Another school shooting happened this week in the United States of America, which already amounts to a handful of horrific … More

art, Art Education, Children's Art, Contemporary Art, Education, Gun Control, Gun Violence

God Bods

There is far more to unpack and understand from the world of bodybuilding and fitness training in general than the outward appearances of its notable practitioners. If we consider that our muscular bodies are vessels for radical and righteous love, we can harness that power to lift ourselves and others upward and onward.

art, Art Education, Art History, Body Image, Contemporary Art, Fitness, health, lifestyle, Pop Culture

Win! A Tribute to Mel Bochner

Artists have a unique status in the world where their work continues to embody a vital cultural role long after they’ve passed on.

Art Education, Art History, Contemporary Art, Education, Language, Literacy, Mel Bochner, Pop Art, Public Art, Sports, Vocabulary

Body Language

Body language is a nonverbal form of communication, which conveys a lot of emotional and physical phenomena that spoken words can’t.

art, Art Education, Art History, Contemporary Art, Education, Fitness, Kathy Acker, Language, Physical Education, Writing

Command and Conquer: Art’s Unification and Divisiveness in Far Right Society (Part 1?)

One of art’s greatest assets is that it provides a cathartic and empowering way of envisioning alternate realities. Art is also … More

art, art criticism, Art Education, Art History, History, Painting, Politics, propaganda, thomas-kinkade

Art Education and the Eclipse

I am about to embark on a miles-long trip to upstate New York, in order to view the solar eclipse … More

Alma Thomas, Art Education, Art History, Astronomy, Contemporary Art, eclipse, Education, Ellen Harding Baker, moon, Solar Eclipse, STEAM, sun

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