#$^& Censorship

Lets talk about censorship. Time and time again, censorship rears its ugly head within the the visual arts, film, literature … More

Artful Learning Through Active Listening

Active listening is one of the most valuable skills that an educator can bring into the classroom in order to … More

Making Our Space / Documenting Our Place – Building and Maintaining a Better World

In the traditional capitalist method of production, the finished product is the only element of value to the producer. The … More

Connecting Culture Through Experience and Education

Pablo Helguera is a Mexican born, New York City based, socially engaged artist whose multi-disciplinary work has strong connections to … More

Intrinsic Value in Contemporary Art Collaborations…and Learning Through Them

I am thankful that I was recently introduced to the work of the Slow Art Collective through Louisa Penfold, who … More

Visualizing Our Complex Identities through Art

Less than 65 years ago there were separate schools for children based upon the color of their skin. When contemporary … More

Social and Emotional Learning – Our Public Space, our Personal Experience: Abraham Lincoln: War Veteran Projection

Krzystof Wodiczko’s artistic practice transforms public spaces into sites of collective memory and historical memorialization. He has worked with diverse … More

Social and Emotional Learning – Our Public Space, our Personal Experience: Moon Guardians

Paulo Freire (1970) called for an educational model where we learn by participating in social and political events. To him, education … More

STEAM based learning through Contemporary Art and Ecology

Brandon Ballengée’s Love Motel for Insects and Amy Youngs’ Holodeck for House Crickets are great examples of how contemporary art has the ability … More

Everybody is an Artist

Joseph Beuys’ concept of ‘social sculpture’ is an important philosophical theory and social practice that unites the fields of fine … More