Tag Archives: educators

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Agency in the Classroom: Who Makes the Decisions?

by Alisa Rodny | Nov 28, 2018

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Agency in the Classroom: Who Makes the Decisions?

by Alisa Rodny | Nov 28, 2018

Art21 Educator Alisa Rodny explains how she encourages students to take agency in their art-making and shares the story of two students who used artistic voice to express their stories of immigration to the United States.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Classroom Catalysts: Enabling Personal Revolutions Through Art

by Lindsey Davis | Dec 22, 2015

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Classroom Catalysts: Enabling Personal Revolutions Through Art

by Lindsey Davis | Dec 22, 2015

“What is art but a way of seeing?” —Thomas Berger Sometimes the most significant revolutions make no noise at all, happening completely within someone’s frame of mind. These individual transformations might …
"Areas for Action," an experiment facilitated by artist Oliver Herring and ART21 Educator Jethro Gillespie at "Creative Chemistries," Park Avenue Armory, New York, 2015.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Generating Creative Chemistries

by Jessica Hamlin and Joe Fusaro | Jul 8, 2015

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Generating Creative Chemistries

by Jessica Hamlin and Joe Fusaro | Jul 8, 2015

An overview of the inaugural “Creative Chemistries”—an experimental platform bringing artists and educators together to explore innovative practices for art and education.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Creative Chemistries

by Jessica Hamlin and Joe Fusaro | Feb 5, 2015

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Creative Chemistries

by Jessica Hamlin and Joe Fusaro | Feb 5, 2015

When artists and educators get together, extraordinary things can happen.