Art21 Educators
Strategies & Resources
Finding Room in the Classroom for Every Voice
Strategies & Resources
Finding Room in the Classroom for Every Voice
Educator-in-Residence Jeannine Bardo introduces lessons from her third-grade unit on “Home,” in which students’ research is centered on facets of their community: themselves, their family, and their friends.
Strategies & Resources
Seeing These Streets: Analyzing the Visual Landscapes of Urban Spaces
Strategies & Resources
Seeing These Streets: Analyzing the Visual Landscapes of Urban Spaces
Educator-in-Residence Nick Kozak details his unit on street art, in which students critically examine the anonymous artists creating work in their neighborhoods.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rust, Decay and Decomposition: Four Artists to Teach With
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Rust, Decay and Decomposition: Four Artists to Teach With
Art21 Senior Education Advisor Joe Fusaro shares four artists who use rust and decay to tell stories, illuminate histories, and prompt us to think about beauty in new ways.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
On Not Feeling Powerless: How Youth Activists and Art21 Artists Can Model Proactive Social Engagement
Teaching with Contemporary Art
On Not Feeling Powerless: How Youth Activists and Art21 Artists Can Model Proactive Social Engagement
Art21 Educator Todd Elkin discusses his students’ reactions to the 2016 presidential election, and how Art21 artists can serve as a model for constructive social engagement.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Finding Community: Art21 Educators and Contemporary Art in the Classroom
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Finding Community: Art21 Educators and Contemporary Art in the Classroom
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
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art + Action: Creating a Platform for Social Justice
Art21 Educator Jack Watson shares his recent experience with launching a social justice collective at his high school in Durham, North Carolina.
Teaching with Contemporary Art
ART21 Educators Institute: Laylah Ali on Process and “John Brown Song!”
Teaching with Contemporary Art
ART21 Educators Institute: Laylah Ali on Process and “John Brown Song!”
Artist Laylah Ali shares her thoughts on ‘process’ at July’s ART21 Educators Institute in New York City.