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Teaching with Contemporary Art

Five Years of Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Five Years of Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Joe Fusaro | May 8, 2013

When I go back to my first post, I had only a vague idea about how I was going to write on teaching with contemporary art.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Guest Bloggers This Week: Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 12, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Guest Bloggers This Week: Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Joe Fusaro | Dec 12, 2012

This week I am pleased to say that the Teaching with Contemporary Art column some guest bloggers…
Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott are both alumni of the Art21 Educators program and teach elementary art education at Scott and Westdale Elementary Schools in Melrose Park and Northlake near Chicago. Their work has been inspiring to all of us here at Art21 for the past two years, especially since they are finding ways to work with contemporary art and engage some very young students in the process.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art Turns Four

by Joe Fusaro | May 2, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art Turns Four

by Joe Fusaro | May 2, 2012

No sooner are we celebrating our upcoming fourth year with Art21 Educators as I am reminded that the Teaching with Contemporary Art column also turns four this week. Looks like I’ll be playing the fourth horse in the fourth race this weekend. Last year I celebrated by looking back over the first three years but today I’d like to just look back over the past twelve months because it’s been quite a ride. Here are some highlights since last spring.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 25, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 25, 2012

Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott made some important points in last week’s interview and this week we take the opportunity to point out two of them regarding how teachers construct elementary art-making experiences and use documentation to influence their work.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years

by Joe Fusaro | May 4, 2011

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years

by Joe Fusaro | May 4, 2011

This week Teaching with Contemporary Art here on the blog turns 3. Frankly, I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this column for three years. At the same time, it …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching With Contemporary Art Guest Writer: Nate Morgan

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 27, 2009

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching With Contemporary Art Guest Writer: Nate Morgan

by Joe Fusaro | Jan 27, 2009

Tomorrow we welcome Nate Morgan as our guest writer for Teaching With Contemporary Art. Nate has been teaching art at Hillside Elementary School in Hastings-on-Hudson, New York for the past …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art: An Introduction

by Joe Fusaro | May 7, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art: An Introduction

by Joe Fusaro | May 7, 2008

This is my first-ever blog post. There…. I said it. Everyone and their Mom has a blog somewhere and I guess it was bound to happen to me, too. Blogging, …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

New column: Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | May 6, 2008

Teaching with Contemporary Art

New column: Teaching with Contemporary Art

by Kelly Shindler | May 6, 2008

Art21 is pleased to introduce a new column on our blog, written specifically for art educators. Teaching with Contemporary Art, written by our Senior Education Advisor, Joe Fusaro, will appear …

Reading at the Edge of the World: The Horizon Toward Which We Move (Part I)

by PJ Gubatina Policarpio and Jerome Reyes | Oct 4, 2019

Reading at the Edge of the World: The Horizon Toward Which We Move (Part I)

by PJ Gubatina Policarpio and Jerome Reyes | Oct 4, 2019

A conversation between curator and educator, PJ Gubatina Policarpio, and educator and artist Jerome Reyes. The first installment of a two-part interview, Policarpio discusses the curatorial mission behind the exhibition Solidarity Struggle Victory, which also features Reyes.

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Introducing the Art21 Educators Year Nine Cohort

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 3, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Introducing the Art21 Educators Year Nine Cohort

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 3, 2019

Joe Fusaro, Art21’s senior education advisor, introduces the ninth cohort of Art21 Educators.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Introducing the 2019-2020 Cohort of Art21 Educators

by Emma Nordin | May 30, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Introducing the 2019-2020 Cohort of Art21 Educators

by Emma Nordin | May 30, 2019

Art21 is proud to announce the twelve educators that will join the incoming ninth cohort of Art21 Educators.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching as a Collaborator

by Alisa Rodny | Oct 17, 2018

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching as a Collaborator

by Alisa Rodny | Oct 17, 2018

Art21 Educator Alisa Rodny shares an assignment she developed where students partner with an artist from the Art21 archive to collaborate with and using their own style as a model.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jeannine Bardo

by Art21 | Aug 10, 2018

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jeannine Bardo

by Art21 | Aug 10, 2018

Meet Art21 Educator Jeannine Bardo, and learn how she’s creating a platform that amplifies the voices of fellow artists through her artist-run community initiative Stand4 Gallery.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jocelyn Salaz

by Art21 | Apr 11, 2018

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jocelyn Salaz

by Art21 | Apr 11, 2018

Meet Art21 Educator Jocelyn Salaz, and learn how she’s exposing her students to a diversity of thought and approach by incorporating contemporary art practices in the classroom.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Nick Kozak

by Art21 | Feb 13, 2018

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Nick Kozak

by Art21 | Feb 13, 2018

Meet Art21 Educator Nick Kozak, and learn how he’s breaking down the barriers his students face by incorporating contemporary art practices in the classroom.

Roundup

Art21 News Roundup: Embarking on Our 21st Year with New Films

by Tina Kukielski | Jan 24, 2018

Roundup

Art21 News Roundup: Embarking on Our 21st Year with New Films

by Tina Kukielski | Jan 24, 2018

Art21 is starting off 2018—the year of our 21st anniversary—with a special series of five new film premieres featuring five artists.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Radical Art in a Conservative School

by Dennis Greenwell | Dec 7, 2017

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Radical Art in a Conservative School

by Dennis Greenwell | Dec 7, 2017

Art21 Educator Dennis Greenwell shares how a project on empathy helped his students better understand one another and our current political landscape.

This Week in Art 11.13-11.19: Prospect.4 Opens Friday in New Orleans

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 13, 2017

This Week in Art 11.13-11.19: Prospect.4 Opens Friday in New Orleans

by Lindsey Davis | Nov 13, 2017

A look at this week’s art news, including the fourth Prospect New Orleans triennial opening this week, and events and exhibitions from New York to Nice.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Joseph Iacona

by Art21 | Nov 2, 2017

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Joseph Iacona

by Art21 | Nov 2, 2017

Meet Art21 Educator Joseph Iacona, and learn how he incorporates contemporary art practices in classrooms with adjudicated youth and trauma-impacted teens in Philadelphia.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Todd Elkin

by Art21 | Sep 7, 2017

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Todd Elkin

by Art21 | Sep 7, 2017

Meet Art21 Educator Todd Elkin, and learn how he incorporates contemporary art practices in his classroom in Fremont, California.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Stacey Abramson

by Art21 | Jul 10, 2017

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Stacey Abramson

by Art21 | Jul 10, 2017

Meet Art21 Educator Stacey Abramson, and learn how she incorporates contemporary art practices in her classroom in Winnipeg, Canada.

Roundup

Art21 News Roundup: Jordan Casteel Challenges Preconceptions Through Portraiture

by Tina Kukielski | Jun 28, 2017

Roundup

Art21 News Roundup: Jordan Casteel Challenges Preconceptions Through Portraiture

by Tina Kukielski | Jun 28, 2017

See what Art21 was up to in June, including four new “Summer of Shorts” films and the selection of ten new Art21 Educators for the program’s seventh year.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Tricia Fitzpatrick

by Art21 | May 3, 2017

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Tricia Fitzpatrick

by Art21 | May 3, 2017

Meet Art21 Educator Tricia Fitzpatrick and learn how she incorporates contemporary art practices in her science classroom in Mississauga, Ontario.

This Week in Art 4.3-4.9: Theaster Gates & Laylah Ali Win Awards

by Lindsey Davis | Apr 3, 2017

This Week in Art 4.3-4.9: Theaster Gates & Laylah Ali Win Awards

by Lindsey Davis | Apr 3, 2017

A look at this week’s art news, including recent awards won by Theaster Gates and Laylah Ali, and events and exhibitions everywhere from New York to Napoli.

Meet the New Art21.org

by Jonathan Munar | Mar 9, 2017

Meet the New Art21.org

by Jonathan Munar | Mar 9, 2017

Art21’s Director of Digital Media and Strategy Jonathan Munar introduces our new website, and all the new features—like Playlists and Watchlists—that come with it.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Finding Community: Art21 Educators and Contemporary Art in the Classroom

by Jeannine Bardo | Nov 22, 2016

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Finding Community: Art21 Educators and Contemporary Art in the Classroom

by Jeannine Bardo | Nov 22, 2016

Art21 Educator Jeannine Bardo shares how using Art21 films and resources in the classroom has expanded her teaching practice.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art + Action: Creating a Platform for Social Justice

by Jack Watson | Nov 11, 2016

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art + Action: Creating a Platform for Social Justice

by Jack Watson | Nov 11, 2016

Art21 Educator Jack Watson shares his recent experience with launching a social justice collective at his high school in Durham, North Carolina.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jack Watson

by Art21 | Nov 4, 2016

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Jack Watson

by Art21 | Nov 4, 2016

An interview with Art21 Educator Jack Watson on how incorporating contemporary art practices in his classroom has expanded and informed his teaching.

Transformations and Beginnings: On ART21 Educators’ 2016 Summer Institute

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 19, 2016

Transformations and Beginnings: On ART21 Educators’ 2016 Summer Institute

by Joe Fusaro | Aug 19, 2016

Senior Education Advisor Joe Fusaro shares highlights from July’s intensive six-day ART21 Educators’ Institute.

ART21 Premieres Latest Artist Documentary on NOWNESS

by Art21 | Jul 28, 2016

ART21 Premieres Latest Artist Documentary on NOWNESS

by Art21 | Jul 28, 2016

ART21 announces the premiere of its latest artist documentary on lifestyle editorial platform NOWNESS.

ART21 Educators Year 6: Meet Stacey, Tammy, Ty, and Alisa

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2016

ART21 Educators Year 6: Meet Stacey, Tammy, Ty, and Alisa

by Joe Fusaro | Jul 1, 2016

Introducing four of the newest ART21 Educators: Stacey Abramson, Tammy Dunn, Ty Talbot, & Alisa Rodny, who teach contemporary art in classrooms across the U.S. and beyond.

ART21 Educators Year 6: Meet Elizabeth, Joseph, Margaret, and Erica

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 21, 2016

ART21 Educators Year 6: Meet Elizabeth, Joseph, Margaret, and Erica

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 21, 2016

Introducing four of the newest ART21 Educators: Elizabeth Williams, Joseph Eduardo Iacona, Margaret Segalla, & Erica Richard, who together teach 1,000+ students each year.

ART21 Educators Year 6: Meet Ann, Daniela, Nick, and Amber

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 14, 2016

ART21 Educators Year 6: Meet Ann, Daniela, Nick, and Amber

by Joe Fusaro | Jun 14, 2016

Introducing four of the newest ART21 Educators: Ann Schwab, Daniela Cadena, Nick Kozak, and Amber Arnold, who teach kindergarten through college across the U.S. and Mexico.

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Shannah Burton

by Pauline Noyes | May 6, 2016

Educator Spotlight

Art21 Educator Spotlight: Shannah Burton

by Pauline Noyes | May 6, 2016

An interview with Art21 Educator Shannah Burton, on how the integration of Art21 materials in her classroom has expanded and informed her teaching practice.