Artfully Speaking

As another new school year begins, anxious and excited feelings and thoughts flow through the minds, bodies and souls of …

Physical Distance Learning: Resources, Materials and Lesson Plans

To all the teachers, administrators, school staff, students and guardians who are embarking on another unprecedented school year; know that …

Creating Refuge by Living, Loving and Learning Artfully

Pandemics, social and political upheaval and climate change have all poignantly shown us how unpredictable life is. The lack of …

Education and Empowerment via Entertainment Justice

Generations of human beings have taught and learned valuable lessons from songs that are created within the community and are …

Nature’s Classroom

Forest schools are a popular pedagogical method and physical educational environment throughout Scandinavian countries. Beginning in Sweden and Denmark during …

Maintenance Art: Ecology, Civility and Empathy through Artful Learning

With the pandemic still looming large throughout the world, especially here in the United States, it is important that we …

Chutes and Scaffolds

In 1973, contemporary artist and elementary school art teacher, Ana Mendieta, created a performative work of art called Parachute, in …

‘Funktional’ Art Education

I’m not a religiously observant Jew, but my Jewishness is a large part of who I am today. My realization …

Artfully Dismantling Systemic Racism

Racism is the longest uninterrupted epidemic within our collective American culture. It is a gaping wound and festering infection intrinsic …

Weaving together history, experience and STEAM based learning

Soft Monitor is an art, science, technology and engineering initiative exploring how to divert the detrimental effects of ‘screen time’ …