Throughout the posts on this site, I have contextualized the work of modern and contemporary artists within an educational framework. … More
Tag: Art History
Want to Make Art and Education Great? Start with Community.
The traditional K-12 school environment is sometimes the be-all end-all location for resourceful learning opportunities in student’s lives. This is … More
Shifting the Paradigm: Indigenous American Art and Multicultural Art Education
While schools across the United States are typically closed today, the reason has been rife with controversy for years. The … More
Transcending Boundaries
Art transcends borders, which is evident from just a quick survey of gloabal art history. Ideas, movements, techniques, and materials … More
Expressing Memory Through Art – Experiential Living/Learning
When we think about memory in an educational context, we might recall cramming dates, people, places, formulas, vocabulary, and mnemonic … More
Embodied Learning Makes ‘The Classics’ Relevant
Embodied Learning is a Constructivist educational theory and practice that integrates sensory and cognitive responses in order to solve a … More
Remixing the Canon
A whole curriculum around inquiry-based projects aimed at ‘remixing the canon’ would reveal how contemporary artists improvise on the Western … More
Scrutinizing History Through Art
Historical narratives are subjective. Utilizing dates and accounts from primary sources (censuses, treaties, wars, etc.), the historian pieces together a … More
Cityscape and the personalized experience
Artists have been depicting their natural and built environments and using their surroundings as inspiration for centuries. Observing and analyzing … More
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