“I believe the children are our future, teach them well and let them lead the way. Show them all the beauty … More
Tag: Education
Artfully Speaking
As another new school year begins, anxious and excited feelings and thoughts flow through the minds, bodies and souls of … More
Physical Distance Learning: Resources, Materials and Lesson Plans
To all the teachers, administrators, school staff, students and guardians who are embarking on another unprecedented school year; know that … More
Turning the Dismantling of Monuments Into Teachable Moments
The recent iconoclasm via the removal, distortion and/or defacement of statues, plaques and reliefs dedicated to historical figures who have … More
Nature’s Classroom
Forest schools are a popular pedagogical method and physical educational environment throughout Scandinavian countries, beginning in Sweden and Denmark during … More
Maintenance Art: Ecology, Civility and Empathy through Artful Learning
With the pandemic still looming large throughout the world, especially here in the United States, it is important that we … More
‘Funktional’ Art Education
I’m not a religiously observant Jew, but my Jewishness is a large part of who I am today. My realization … More
W.E.B. Du Bois’ Visual Lessons About the Black Experience in Academic, Professional and Everyday Life
Infographics are aesthetic visual representations of data, which present quantitative and qualitative information in a concise and accessible manner. Infographics … More
Artfully Dismantling Systemic Racism
Racism is the longest uninterrupted epidemic within our collective American culture. It is a gaping wound and festering infection intrinsic … More
Finding hope, exhibiting empathy and artfully learning through Quaranteens
My high school experience was largely defined by sociopolitical events. Freshman and sophomore years were book-ended by anxieties related to … More