Articles by Joe Fusaro

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Mining Ideas

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Mining Ideas

Getting students into good habits early in the year, such as regularly working with sketchbooks and journals- in the classroom and at home, is a way to help students “mine” …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Questions for Artist-Educators

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Questions for Artist-Educators

Last week’s column reflected on the different ways to pair and juxtapose Art21 photographers and/or artists that use photography as a tool in their work. Throughout the conversations that inspired …

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Shooting in Broad Daylight

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Shooting in Broad Daylight

Many teachers I met over the summer had some connection to teaching photography or working with a variety of students who are photographers (for example, in an AP Studio Art …

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Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art Start at MoCA, Los Angeles

Two weeks ago, from August 11-15, I had the pleasure of spending a week working with a number of outstanding art teachers at the MoCA, Los Angeles summer institute, Contemporary …

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Celebrating Four Months…

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Celebrating Four Months…

Looking back, the Teaching With Contemporary Art column is off to an exciting beginning in our first four months. Since early May, we have had the opportunity to feature writing …

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Starting Friday: Guest TWCA Writer Julie Thomson

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Starting Friday: Guest TWCA Writer Julie Thomson

Starting tomorrow and for the next two weeks, Julie Thomson will be guest writing for the Teaching With Contemporary Art column. Julie is the Associate Curator of Education at the …

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Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches, Part 2

Following up on last week’s column, I was thinking about ways to slow down during the summer months and properly recharge for the upcoming school year. I also got to …

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Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Slowing Down and Visualizing Approaches

While vacationing locally this summer (since that’s all anyone has gas money for) and taking the necessary steps to slow down in order to feed your imagination and even your …

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The Billy Joels of Art Education

Teaching with Contemporary Art

The Billy Joels of Art Education

This past Sunday, the New York Times ran an article about Billy Joel. The article focused on the fact that, despite not making a new recording in 15 years, Billy …

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Let’s See It Again!

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Let’s See It Again!

I had a great experience recently sitting with my son, Paul, and doing a little preparation for this column. Since he’s an inquisitive, very verbal, curly-haired three year old, I …

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Seeing More…

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Seeing More…

Teaching students is one thing but having the opportunity, like we do in the summer, to teach and share perspectives with colleagues, friends, family, even strangers, can be an equally …

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Giving Life

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Giving Life

  As we continue gearing up for summer and prepare for ways to fuel our work as artists and educators I wanted to take the next few columns and point …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Gearing Up for Summer

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Gearing Up for Summer

The last thing teachers want to hear in June is that we have to start planning for September. While this is unfortunately true, there is still a summer to be …

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Second Look

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Second Look

In the May 14th column I commented on the fact that some people were having a hard time incorporating Season 4 artists into their classrooms and studios. This weekend, hiding …

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Helping Hands

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Helping Hands

I hate to start this column every week by thanking people like it’s a Borscht Belt nightclub, but Teaching With Contemporary Art is off to a great start in its …

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Finding a Balance (Part 2)

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Finding a Balance (Part 2)

Many thanks to Yolanda, MK, William, and Suzanne for their responses to our third post last week. To continue the conversation, I’d like to address some of the comments made …

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Finding A Balance (Part 1)

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Finding A Balance (Part 1)

Time and time again, we are reminded how sharing work by a variety of artists can inspire new thinking, perspectives, techniques, and meaningful questions, but we often get swept up …

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Expanding the Definition(s): Some Days Are Easier Than Others

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Expanding the Definition(s): Some Days Are Easier Than Others

Many thanks to those who have helped get the Teaching with Contemporary Art column off to a smooth start! Recently, a few friends and colleagues have mentioned (even e-mailed) about …

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Teaching with Contemporary Art: An Introduction

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Teaching with Contemporary Art: An Introduction

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, …