Inside and outside of the classroom, art serves as a framework for understanding and expressing our lived experiences. Art and … More
Tag: Education
Painting the Plurality of Educational Communities
As one of the oldest cities in the United States, Philadelphia is full of incredible cultural history. The city that … More
Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 15: Open Books and Libraries of Liberation
Travis Prince’s paintings prompt viewers to learn about a multitude of Black experiences through depictions of diverse individuals reading books … More
What Art Can Teach Us About Healing
The benefits of utilizing art as a form of healing or respite within medical facilities is well documented through anecdotal … More
Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 14: Child’s Play and Serious Art
In this episode, I talk about artist created playgrounds and play-inspired sculpture with contemporary artist Scott Hocking. Scott grew up … More
The Drag Educational Model, Where Learning is Not a Drag
For a while now, drag has been caught in the crosshairs of the raging culture wars. The religious right and … More
Watching, Reading and Learning
I just finished the first season of the bilingual comedy-drama Gentefied (2020-2021) and cannot recommend it enough. For such a … More
Timeless Pieces of Art for Purposeful Learning
With the many hats I wear (artist, curator, educator and historian), I consider myself a facilitator of other people’s creative … More
Art Spaces: Interdisciplinary and Interplanetary Explorations Through Artful Learning
Did you know that there might be an art gallery on the Earth’s Moon? In 1969, the same year humans … More
The Beuys and the Bees
In 1961, conceptual artist Joseph Beuys was appointed professor of “monumental sculpture” at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf in Germany, where he … More
Artfully Learning 