Articles by Joe Fusaro
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Meets Fluxus
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Meets Fluxus
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of working with the University of Michigan Museum of Art to present “Art21 Meets Fluxus”. Over thirty teachers from a variety of disciplines came together to learn more about working with Art21 education materials and to brainstorm ways of bringing this smart and provocative exhibition, titled Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, into their classrooms.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Balancing Skill-Building and the Formation of Ideas
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Balancing Skill-Building and the Formation of Ideas
Finding a balance between teaching specific skills and techniques with teaching about how to explore process in order to form and pursue ideas is not easy. If you teach in a culture (or department, or school, or district, or university…) that emphasizes skills and techniques as the “meat” of the curriculum, it’s probably a good idea to begin talking about the kinds of skills that everyone really considers “essential”.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slow Turn
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slow Turn
On Sunday, the National Art Education Association wrapped up their 65th conference here in New York City and more than ever I am encouraged by the state of affairs at NAEA. In just the past four years, as Art21 has brought contemporary artists such as Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Dion and most recently, Janine Antoni and Oliver Herring, the change is noticeable.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two
Part two of my recent interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference here in New York from March 1-4.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One
This week’s column features a brand, new interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her upcoming keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference on March 1st here in New York City.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Over the past few weeks I’ve thoroughly enjoyed talking and e-mailing with two more of our current Art21 Educators, Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson. Jethro teaches Studio Art, 3D Design, Ceramics and other art courses at Maple Mountain High School in Utah while Jack teaches 2D Art and Art History at Chapel High School in North Carolina. Both look for ways to better engage their classes on a consistent basis and avoid “window dressing” projects that may look pretty but aren’t necessarily about very much…
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
From March 1st through March 4th the National Art Education Association holds their annual conference right here in New York City. Over 3,000 art educators from all levels have the opportunity to attend hundreds upon hundreds of workshops offered by colleagues from close to everywhere across the country.
Here at Art21, we have a few very special things planned….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Transformation and Distortion
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Transformation and Distortion
Two of my classes begin a new unit where students are asked to work with the themes of distortion and transformation. Especially for teens, the idea of transformation- of the self, objects, symbols, even the meaning of words- is an attractive proposal. Add the multiple implications associated with distortion and it becomes the kind of field day you really want in a classroom.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom
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
Talking with Art21 Educators: Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott
This week I want to share a conversation that took place between myself and two of our current, amazing Art21 Educators. Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott teach elementary art education for the Scott and Westdale Elementary Schools in Melrose Park near Chicago. Their work has been inspiring to all of us here at Art21, especially since they are finding ways to work with contemporary art and engage some very young students in the process.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Working with Memory
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Working with Memory
Working with memory presents challenges, like many themes and ideas we choose to teach with, that are terribly difficult to get rolling without an organized, broad and juicy introduction. This week’s column explores how looking back can help with planning forward for better introductions to thematic units.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2
Following up on last week’s post, here are a few more shows that flew under the radar in 2011, including Dana Schutz at the Neuberger and Katharina Grosse at Mass MoCA.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011
Some excellent shows from 2011 flew a little under the radar, even a few housed in major museums, and they had plenty to offer when it comes to inspiring students and teachers. Part 1 of 2.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking About Interdisciplinary Teaching with Mark Dion’s Neukom Vivarium
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking About Interdisciplinary Teaching with Mark Dion’s Neukom Vivarium
This past spring at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference in Seattle, Art21 brought Mark Dion not only as a keynote speaker, but also to explore his work and …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude
While watching Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude, I kept wondering to myself… What can students and teachers learn from engaging with this five minutes of film? I wanted a …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Taking the Long Way Home: Working With a Theme in a Series
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Taking the Long Way Home: Working With a Theme in a Series
One of the students in my advanced classes is taking on the theme of “looking vs. seeing” for her first semester portfolio. She wants to explore the things people tend …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Document.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Document.
Do yourself a big favor by documenting your work with students.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose, Part 2
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose, Part 2
This week’s column follows up on last week’s post and features part two of my interview with Adam Weiler of Ambrose, an atypical after school club in Holland, Michigan. If …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose
If you’re not familiar with Ambrose, well…. you should be. A few months ago on a trip to work with teachers at the Holland Area Arts Council in Michigan I …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Just When We Think It’s Safe…
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Just When We Think It’s Safe…
For the last seven years I have abandoned (mostly) Friday afternoon happy hours in favor of driving north and spending the late afternoons and nights in my studio. For anywhere …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Lucas Blalock’s 99¢ Store Still Lifes
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Lucas Blalock’s 99¢ Store Still Lifes
Lucas Blalock’s only plan is to work… preferably in the evenings. He deals with a set of parameters that his tools provide and brings things he purchases at local discount …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Meets Fluxus
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Meets Fluxus
This past Saturday I had the pleasure of working with the University of Michigan Museum of Art to present “Art21 Meets Fluxus”. Over thirty teachers from a variety of disciplines came together to learn more about working with Art21 education materials and to brainstorm ways of bringing this smart and provocative exhibition, titled Fluxus and the Essential Questions of Life, into their classrooms.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Balancing Skill-Building and the Formation of Ideas
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Balancing Skill-Building and the Formation of Ideas
Finding a balance between teaching specific skills and techniques with teaching about how to explore process in order to form and pursue ideas is not easy. If you teach in a culture (or department, or school, or district, or university…) that emphasizes skills and techniques as the “meat” of the curriculum, it’s probably a good idea to begin talking about the kinds of skills that everyone really considers “essential”.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slow Turn
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Slow Turn
On Sunday, the National Art Education Association wrapped up their 65th conference here in New York City and more than ever I am encouraged by the state of affairs at NAEA. In just the past four years, as Art21 has brought contemporary artists such as Mark Bradford, Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Dion and most recently, Janine Antoni and Oliver Herring, the change is noticeable.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part Two
Part two of my recent interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference here in New York from March 1-4.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Janine Antoni and Getting Set for NAEA: Part One
This week’s column features a brand, new interview with Janine Antoni in advance of her upcoming keynote address and workshop at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference on March 1st here in New York City.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson
Over the past few weeks I’ve thoroughly enjoyed talking and e-mailing with two more of our current Art21 Educators, Jethro Gillespie and Jack Watson. Jethro teaches Studio Art, 3D Design, Ceramics and other art courses at Maple Mountain High School in Utah while Jack teaches 2D Art and Art History at Chapel High School in North Carolina. Both look for ways to better engage their classes on a consistent basis and avoid “window dressing” projects that may look pretty but aren’t necessarily about very much…
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
So, Three Thousand Art Educators Walk Into a Room….
From March 1st through March 4th the National Art Education Association holds their annual conference right here in New York City. Over 3,000 art educators from all levels have the opportunity to attend hundreds upon hundreds of workshops offered by colleagues from close to everywhere across the country.
Here at Art21, we have a few very special things planned….
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Transformation and Distortion
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Transformation and Distortion
Two of my classes begin a new unit where students are asked to work with the themes of distortion and transformation. Especially for teens, the idea of transformation- of the self, objects, symbols, even the meaning of words- is an attractive proposal. Add the multiple implications associated with distortion and it becomes the kind of field day you really want in a classroom.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom
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
Talking with Art21 Educators: Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Talking with Art21 Educators: Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott
This week I want to share a conversation that took place between myself and two of our current, amazing Art21 Educators. Julia CopperSmith and Maureen Hergott teach elementary art education for the Scott and Westdale Elementary Schools in Melrose Park near Chicago. Their work has been inspiring to all of us here at Art21, especially since they are finding ways to work with contemporary art and engage some very young students in the process.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Working with Memory
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Working with Memory
Working with memory presents challenges, like many themes and ideas we choose to teach with, that are terribly difficult to get rolling without an organized, broad and juicy introduction. This week’s column explores how looking back can help with planning forward for better introductions to thematic units.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011, Part 2
Following up on last week’s post, here are a few more shows that flew under the radar in 2011, including Dana Schutz at the Neuberger and Katharina Grosse at Mass MoCA.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Under the Radar: Best of 2011
Some excellent shows from 2011 flew a little under the radar, even a few housed in major museums, and they had plenty to offer when it comes to inspiring students and teachers. Part 1 of 2.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking About Interdisciplinary Teaching with Mark Dion’s Neukom Vivarium
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Thinking About Interdisciplinary Teaching with Mark Dion’s Neukom Vivarium
This past spring at the National Art Education Association’s annual conference in Seattle, Art21 brought Mark Dion not only as a keynote speaker, but also to explore his work and …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude
While watching Keltie Ferris Spray Paints in Solitude, I kept wondering to myself… What can students and teachers learn from engaging with this five minutes of film? I wanted a …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Taking the Long Way Home: Working With a Theme in a Series
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Taking the Long Way Home: Working With a Theme in a Series
One of the students in my advanced classes is taking on the theme of “looking vs. seeing” for her first semester portfolio. She wants to explore the things people tend …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Document.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Document.
Do yourself a big favor by documenting your work with students.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose, Part 2
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose, Part 2
This week’s column follows up on last week’s post and features part two of my interview with Adam Weiler of Ambrose, an atypical after school club in Holland, Michigan. If …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Joy and Revolution: Talking with Adam Weiler of Ambrose
If you’re not familiar with Ambrose, well…. you should be. A few months ago on a trip to work with teachers at the Holland Area Arts Council in Michigan I …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Just When We Think It’s Safe…
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Just When We Think It’s Safe…
For the last seven years I have abandoned (mostly) Friday afternoon happy hours in favor of driving north and spending the late afternoons and nights in my studio. For anywhere …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Lucas Blalock’s 99¢ Store Still Lifes
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 New York Close Up
Teaching with New York Close Up: Lucas Blalock’s 99¢ Store Still Lifes
Lucas Blalock’s only plan is to work… preferably in the evenings. He deals with a set of parameters that his tools provide and brings things he purchases at local discount …
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