Our story begins in 1998, inside Liberty High School for Newcomers on Eighteenth Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. Lee … More
Tag: collaborative learning
Politics, place, performance and pedagogy
Miguel Braceli is a Venezuelan-born artist and educator, whose multidisciplinary work includes several participatory projects with students, such as Here … More
Artful Asylum
Struggling with mental health can significantly affect how an individual develops and functions at school, home and within the community. … More
Exquisite Community
An exquisite corpse (also known as picture consequences) is a visual and literary game, initially developed by the Surrealists (Yves … More
Invisible No More
Studio K.O.S. has persevered time and time again. Initially under the tutelage of the late artist and educator Tim Rollins, … More
Chutes and Scaffolds
In 1973, contemporary artist and elementary school art teacher, Ana Mendieta, created a performative work of art called Parachute, in … More
Getting Artfully Attuned to Higher Learning
Preface: I had started writing this post prior to the great wave of uncertainty and major changes in educational policy, … More
Tree of Knowledge
Nature and nurture are the fundamental principles of the human condition. The debate about whether our biological disposition or our … More
Today I Am….A School
Recognizing the importance that artistic immersion has on learning, New Rochelle High School goes above and beyond providing traditional art … More
Underground Education
The subway seems like one of the least likely places to be inspired in all of New York City, especially … More
Artfully Learning 