In kindergarten was when I (and probably many others) first heard the saying “one person’s trash becomes another’s treasure.” This … More
Tag: Art History
What Some Adults Don’t Get About Art…
I am getting quite fed up with the seemingly endless cycle of art being censored and/or attacked by misguided partisans … More
Winold Reiss’ Intersectional Art Education
Winold Reiss had been more or less an obscure figure within the canon of modern European and American art and … More
The Gutai Group: Play, Pedagogy and Possibility
Mainstream Japanese culture during and in the aftermath of World War II was heavily restricted to sensōga, which are works … More
The Art of Child’s Play
Educational materials include a variety of objects such as visual and auditory media, books, manipulatives (i.e. blocks) and toys that … More
Is There Time for TikTok in Art Education?
As far as social media goes, I am somewhat of a Luddite. The most novel social media app I use … More
Essential Art for Essential Workers
In light of the pandemic’s winter wave and its continued toll on our already stressed infrastructure and personnel, I am … More
Turning the Dismantling of Monuments Into Teachable Moments, Revisited
Since I wrote Turning the Dismantling of Monuments Into Teachable Moments so much has happened, so I figured that a follow … More
Weaving Intersectionality by Learning from Indigenous Artists
Google Doodles are unique visual content that temporarily alter the Google logo on the search engine’s main homepage. Generally, these … More
Happy Little Accidents: Bob Ross and the Joy of Living Artfully
Note: this post discusses the recently released Bob Ross documentary on Netflix, so there may be some minor spoilers. However, … More