It seems like almost every school-related matter that we read or hear about these days involves a debate on Critical … More
Tag: Art History
When schools are not schools
Indoctrination is not education, yet so-called “schools” throughout the colonial history of the United States and Canada have had a … More
Artfully Assessing an American Education
What is an American education? Because of our vast geocultural landscape, imperialism, colonialism and partisan driven policies, the answers are … More
A Brief History of Children’s Art Exhibitions
The display and contextualization of youth created art has a stable and wide ranging foundation in art pedagogy and museology. … More
Cropping Bias from the Cultural Canon
In 1939, Frida Kahlo divorced her husband Diego Rivera. As Mexico’s leading painters, they had been modern art’s power couple … More
Baya Mahieddine’s Artful Expressions of Intersectional Identity
Pablo Picasso is attributed to have said “Every child is an artist. The problem is how to remain an artist … More
Art History Memes
Every so often, it’s nice to break up the more pragmatic content with some offbeat and downright silly material (see: … More
Resilient Vessels
Beverly Buchanan’s shack sculptures are research-based architectural representations, which symbolize the cultural identity and experiences of the Southern working class. … More
Portraying Pedagogy’s Progression
What do artistic representations of classrooms, teaching and learning tell us about how a society’s positions on pedagogy have progressed … More
Arftully Grieving
It is incredibly difficult to develop socially, emotionally and cognitively in a culture that experiences daily doses of trauma and … More
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