Art and labor are intrinsically connected, and the relationship is well documented throughout art history. Examples of artworks within a … More
Tag: History
A Monumental Moment for the Masses
When I was teaching art history, I would begin the course with a big and broad question: “Who writes history?” … More
Shibboleth
Nine times out of ten, a 548-foot long hairline crack in the floor of a historic building would be a … More
Command and Conquer: Art’s Unification and Divisiveness in Far Right Society (Part 1?)
One of art’s greatest assets is that it provides a cathartic and empowering way of envisioning alternate realities. Art is also … More
Education is Eternal
I cannot say or truly fathom what happens after we stop living in the corporeal sense. However, just because our … More
Made in America
As diverse as the United States of America is, our recording and presenting of its history is not nearly as … 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
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
Conference of the Animals & 120 Years of Children Drawing New York City
“FOR a long time the animals had been watching the strange doings of people, and the day finally came when … More
Creating a paradise
What is an appropriate assessment of what makes good educators and good artists? Can the idea of being ‘good’ be … More
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