Tag Archives: Art21 Educators

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Extending Beyond Craftsmanship, into Inquiry and Exploration

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Extending Beyond Craftsmanship, into Inquiry and Exploration

by Dana Helwick | Dec 4, 2019

Dana Joy Helwick explains how, and why, she uses contemporary artists as role models in her classroom.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Action Verbs

by Marie Elcin | Oct 29, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Action Verbs

by Marie Elcin | Oct 29, 2019

Art21 Educator, Marie Elcin, discusses her use of “action verbs” inside of the classroom, inspired by Richard Serra’s Verb List (1967-68).

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Creating a Platform for New Voices

by Marie Elcin | Sep 12, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Creating a Platform for New Voices

by Marie Elcin | Sep 12, 2019

Art21 Educator, Marie Elcin, describes the impact of the social practice artworks and being inspired by the work of Mel Chin.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

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

Fueled by the Classroom: Being an Artist and Educator

by Joe Fusaro | May 30, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Fueled by the Classroom: Being an Artist and Educator

by Joe Fusaro | May 30, 2019

Art21’s senior education advisor, Joe Fusaro, shares how he makes meaningful connections between his art practice and being an arts educator.

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.

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.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Inside, Outside, Online: Dissecting social media, escape and identity

by Stacey Abramson | Jul 18, 2017

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Inside, Outside, Online: Dissecting social media, escape and identity

by Stacey Abramson | Jul 18, 2017

Educator-in-Residence Stacey Abramson relates the experience of art-making to that of constructing an identity online—both are a means of self-presentation and escape.

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.

Applications Now Open for Art21 Educators Year 7

by Art21 | Jan 27, 2017

Applications Now Open for Art21 Educators Year 7

by Art21 | Jan 27, 2017

Applications opened today for Year 7 of our year-long professional development initiative, Art21 Educators.

Strategies & Resources

Bad Art

by Jack Watson | Nov 28, 2016

Strategies & Resources

Bad Art

by Jack Watson | Nov 28, 2016

Art21 Educator Jack Watson shares a creativity exercise that asks students to make “bad art” as a way to allow for experimentation and playful collaboration.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On Not Feeling Powerless: How Youth Activists and Art21 Artists Can Model Proactive Social Engagement

by Todd Elkin | Nov 25, 2016

Teaching with Contemporary Art

On Not Feeling Powerless: How Youth Activists and Art21 Artists Can Model Proactive Social Engagement

by Todd Elkin | Nov 25, 2016

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

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.

Strategies & Resources

Unit Plan: Layering Experience

by Jack Watson | Nov 18, 2016

Strategies & Resources

Unit Plan: Layering Experience

by Jack Watson | Nov 18, 2016

Art21 Educator Jack Watson shares a unit plan that encourages students to find their own methods of exploring shared experiences and spaces.

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.

Performance Playground: Whoop Dee Doo at the ART21 Educators Institute

by May Cohan | Oct 20, 2016

Performance Playground: Whoop Dee Doo at the ART21 Educators Institute

by May Cohan | Oct 20, 2016

ART21 Summer Intern May Cohan shares her experience with Whoop Dee Doo and the artist duo’s workshop/performance at the ART21 Educators’ Institute.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

ART21 Educators Institute: Laylah Ali on Process and “John Brown Song!”

by Lindsey Davis | Sep 29, 2016

Teaching with Contemporary Art

ART21 Educators Institute: Laylah Ali on Process and “John Brown Song!”

by Lindsey Davis | Sep 29, 2016

Artist Laylah Ali shares her thoughts on ‘process’ at July’s ART21 Educators Institute in New York City.

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 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.

Announcing this Year’s ART21 Educators

by Art21 | Jun 7, 2016

Announcing this Year’s ART21 Educators

by Art21 | Jun 7, 2016

Announcing the sixth year of ART21 Educators! Meet twelve teachers throughout North America who are amping up their curriculums with ART21 films and contemporary art.

Strategies & Resources

#ArtSelfies

by Shannah Burton | Jun 3, 2016

Strategies & Resources

#ArtSelfies

by Shannah Burton | Jun 3, 2016

In this creativity exercise, ART21 Educator Shannah Burton teaches students that an #artselfie is worth more than its number of likes.

Strategies & Resources

Museums: A Critical Exploration

by Shannah Burton | May 20, 2016

Strategies & Resources

Museums: A Critical Exploration

by Shannah Burton | May 20, 2016

In this creativity exercise, ART21 Educator Shannah Burton engages students in institutional critique on a trip to the Saint Louis Art Museum.

Mind Map in progress. Photo courtesy of the author.

Strategies & Resources

Mind Maps

by Shannah Burton | May 13, 2016

Strategies & Resources

Mind Maps

by Shannah Burton | May 13, 2016

In this creativity exercise, ART21 Educator Shannah Burton engages students in creating artworks that build mental links between ideas.

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.

Strategies & Resources

Systems & Instructions

by Don Ball | Apr 6, 2016

Strategies & Resources

Systems & Instructions

by Don Ball | Apr 6, 2016

In this creativity exercise, ART21 Educator Don Ball engages students in creating their own connections between following instructions and the instructions themselves.