Articles by Jessica Hamlin

Teaching with Contemporary Art

How Can Small Gestures Provoke Big Change?

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 31, 2014

Teaching with Contemporary Art

How Can Small Gestures Provoke Big Change?

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 31, 2014

Little changes in art classrooms can have a big impact. Revolutions come in all sizes.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What does it mean to be a responsible global citizen?

by Jessica Hamlin | Oct 15, 2014

Teaching with Contemporary Art

What does it mean to be a responsible global citizen?

by Jessica Hamlin | Oct 15, 2014

An eighth grade language arts class learns about personal and social responsibility through contemporary art.

Failing Productively: A Crash Course

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 17, 2013

Failing Productively: A Crash Course

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 17, 2013

How can we help students have a healthy understanding of failure?

The Revolution: On K–12 Education

by Jessica Hamlin | Oct 21, 2013

The Revolution: On K–12 Education

by Jessica Hamlin | Oct 21, 2013

Contemporary art and artists are essential to change in the American educational system.

Connecting Teachers and Artists: Year Five of Art21 Educators

by Jessica Hamlin | May 15, 2013

Connecting Teachers and Artists: Year Five of Art21 Educators

by Jessica Hamlin | May 15, 2013

Announcing twelve exceptional new teachers in the Art21 Educators program.

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dennis Greenwell and Salem Robert Limpert

by Jessica Hamlin | Jul 5, 2012

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dennis Greenwell and Salem Robert Limpert

by Jessica Hamlin | Jul 5, 2012

Art21 Educators introduces Dennis Greenwell, a high school art teacher in Murfreesboro, TN, and Salem Robert Limpert, a language arts/English literature teacher in Smyrna, TN.

Year Four Art21 Educators | Marni Kotak and Hugo Rojas

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 28, 2012

Year Four Art21 Educators | Marni Kotak and Hugo Rojas

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 28, 2012

In this installment of our Art21 Educators series, we introduce Marni Kotak Rabinowitz and Hugo Rojas, teachers at Urban Assembly High School of Media Studies.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

A Year of Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 22, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

A Year of Contemporary Art in Contemporary Classrooms

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 22, 2012

Jessica Hamlin kicks off a three-part series sharing the experiences of three Art21 Education staff members who spent a year with a group of sixteen incredible teachers.

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dillon Paul and Angela Larsen

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 21, 2012

Year Four Art21 Educators | Dillon Paul and Angela Larsen

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 21, 2012

In our latest installment of Year Four Art21 Educators Introductions, meet Dillon Paul and Angela Larsen, who teach in Brooklyn, NY and Seattle, Washington, respectively.

Year Four Art21 Educators | Catherine Karp and Cheryl Vernick

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 14, 2012

Year Four Art21 Educators | Catherine Karp and Cheryl Vernick

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 14, 2012

Meet Catherine Karp and Cheryl Vernick, who teach art to grades Pre-K through 8 at neighboring Montessori schools in Massachusetts.

Year Four Art21 Educators | Caitlin Miller and Matthew Garza

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 7, 2012

Year Four Art21 Educators | Caitlin Miller and Matthew Garza

by Jessica Hamlin | Jun 7, 2012

This week in our Year Four Art21 Educator series, we profile Caitlin Miller and Matthew Garza, who teach at the Aaron School in New York City.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Year Four Art21 Educators | Carl Andersen and Craig Newsom

by Jessica Hamlin | May 31, 2012

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Year Four Art21 Educators | Carl Andersen and Craig Newsom

by Jessica Hamlin | May 31, 2012

Next up in our Year Four Art21 Educators series, we introduce Carl Anderson and Craig Newsom, who teach in Minneapolis and Carlinville, Illinois, respectively.

Year Four Art21 Educators: Don Ball and Tricia Fitzpatrick

by Jessica Hamlin | May 24, 2012

Year Four Art21 Educators: Don Ball and Tricia Fitzpatrick

by Jessica Hamlin | May 24, 2012

In the second installment of Art21 Educators introductions, we bring you Tricia Fitzpatrick and Don Ball, our first participants from Canada!

Announcing the New Teachers for Year Four of Art21 Educators

by Jessica Hamlin | May 17, 2012

Announcing the New Teachers for Year Four of Art21 Educators

by Jessica Hamlin | May 17, 2012

We’re pleased to introduce our new cohort of Art21 Educators! Today, meet Shannah Burton and Linda Churchwell-Vega of the New City School in St. Louis, MO.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Kentridge in the Classroom

by Jessica Hamlin | Nov 11, 2010

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible

Kentridge in the Classroom

by Jessica Hamlin | Nov 11, 2010

Support Art21 The William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible BACK TO SCHOOL campaign is dedicated to raising awareness and funds for Art21’s free education programs and resources accompanying William Kentridge: Anything …

Art21 Extended Play

Art21 Educator Joe Fusaro Teaching “Power” at Nyack High School

by Jessica Hamlin | Aug 5, 2009

Art21 Extended Play

Art21 Educator Joe Fusaro Teaching “Power” at Nyack High School

by Jessica Hamlin | Aug 5, 2009

Embarrassing as it is, this is the first video I’ve ever made. I am immersed in the world of film production each day, yet focused on the Education side of …

Flash Points

Self-consciousness around controversial issues

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 4, 2008

Flash Points

Self-consciousness around controversial issues

by Jessica Hamlin | Dec 4, 2008

Jenny Holzer, WHITE, 2006. Nichia white LED’s mounted on PCB with aluminum housing, 192 1/4 x 216 5/8 x 5 3/8 inches. Installation view: Cheim & Read, New York. © …