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Open Enrollment | South African Photography and the Lingering Political Anxieties of Identity
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | South African Photography and the Lingering Political Anxieties of Identity
Last month, I had the privilege and pleasure of attending a symposium that served roughly as a capstone to one of my graduate courses. The symposium was coordinated in conjunction …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Looking Back on an Inspiring Art21 Educators Institute
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Looking Back on an Inspiring Art21 Educators Institute
From July 6th through the 13th Art21 hosted our third annual Art21 Educators summer institute, which kicks off a year-long professional development initiative between the organization and 16 teachers from …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Educators in Full Swing
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 Educators in Full Swing
Art21 Educators has been in full swing over the past week with professional development workshops, curriculum planning, artist talks, studio visits, special events, museum programs and lots of soul-searching. Tune …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching About Poverty and Homelessness
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching About Poverty and Homelessness
This past Saturday, New York Times columnist Charles M. Blow wrote an op-ed piece called Them That’s Not Shall Lose which highlighted, as James Baldwin put it, how expensive it …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
It’s a Wrap: Looking Backward and Thinking Forward
Teaching with Contemporary Art
It’s a Wrap: Looking Backward and Thinking Forward
Atsuko Tanaka (1932-2005), “Round on Sand”, 1968 Right around this time I usually write a post that relates to things we as art educators often think about at the end …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Reflecting on Teaching with William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Art21 William Kentridge: Anything is Possible
Reflecting on Teaching with William Kentridge: Anything Is Possible
This past Saturday I sat down with a small group of wonderful teachers at the Jacob Burns Film Center’s Media Arts Lab for the second part of a two-part workshop …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Glenn Ligon, Ai Weiwei and The Art Cops
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Glenn Ligon, Ai Weiwei and The Art Cops
Three things this week… Maika Pollack recently wrote a wonderful review in The New York Observer about the current Glenn Ligon show at the Whitney Museum. As I visited the …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | “Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds”
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | “Feet on the Ground, Head in the Clouds”
In the Deer Forest “Hi, my name is Peter. Do you want to find out why?” With these words, I became acquainted with Katja Tukiainen. In the back room at …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | Nine Months Later, a Master’s Degree
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | Nine Months Later, a Master’s Degree
Last Friday, my invitation to graduation arrived in the mail. It seemed rather premature as I am but a fraction of the way through researching and writing my final dissertation, …
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years
Teaching with Contemporary Art
Teaching with Contemporary Art: The First Three Years
This week Teaching with Contemporary Art here on the blog turns 3. Frankly, I can’t believe that I’ve been writing this column for three years. At the same time, it …
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | He’s Not Here Right Now
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment | He’s Not Here Right Now
Hi Everyone! My name is Olivia and I’m Jeffrey’s imaginary studio assistant. Unfortunately, Jeffrey isn’t here right now because he’s running around the city preparing for his thesis exhibition, but …
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