Tag Archives: empathy

Teaching with Contemporary Art

To Evoke Emotion

by Dennis Greenwell | Apr 9, 2019

Teaching with Contemporary Art

To Evoke Emotion

by Dennis Greenwell | Apr 9, 2019

Art21 Educator Dennis Greenwell shares an exercise that encouraged students to explore and embrace emotional reactions to artwork.

Dominate Anonymity: An Interview with Guy Woueté

by Gauthier Lesturgie | Dec 21, 2017

Dominate Anonymity: An Interview with Guy Woueté

by Gauthier Lesturgie | Dec 21, 2017

Cameroonian artist Guy Woueté takes inspiration from everyday life to create socially critical work that addresses questions of migration and equity in a globalized twenty-first century.

Empathy in Training: Kerry Tribe’s “Standardized Patient”

by Rachel Heidenry | Dec 13, 2017

Empathy in Training: Kerry Tribe’s “Standardized Patient”

by Rachel Heidenry | Dec 13, 2017

Kerry Tribe’s new video installation “Standardized Patient,” examines the relationship between doctors and patients—or, more accurately, between medical students and actors playing patients.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Radical Art in a Conservative School

by Dennis Greenwell | Dec 7, 2017

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Radical Art in a Conservative School

by Dennis Greenwell | Dec 7, 2017

Art21 Educator Dennis Greenwell shares how a project on empathy helped his students better understand one another and our current political landscape.

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Keep it Real, Keep it Relevant

by Joseph Iacona | Nov 15, 2017

Teaching with Contemporary Art

Keep it Real, Keep it Relevant

by Joseph Iacona | Nov 15, 2017

Educator-in-Residence Joseph Iacona shares the impact socially engaged artists have in classrooms with trauma-impacted students.

Letter from the Editor

Living in an Age of Empathy

by Yvette Mutumba | Nov 7, 2017

Letter from the Editor

Living in an Age of Empathy

by Yvette Mutumba | Nov 7, 2017

Curator Yvette Mutumba discusses how biased empathy can be problematic, but when understood as a means of inclusive human solidarity, empathy can lead to a greater understanding of the issues troubling the world today.

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.