Artistic Behaviors for Living Purposefully

Artistic behaviors are skills and mindsets that anyone can acquire. Also known as habits of mind, behaving like an artist …

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 17: Social Sculpture

Inside and outside of the classroom, art serves as a framework for understanding and expressing our lived experiences. Art and …

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 16: Curating With Care and Speaking to the Curious Mind

In art education, we talk a lot about these things called “artistic habits of mind,” which are the types of …

Painting the Plurality of Educational Communities

As one of the oldest cities in the United States, Philadelphia is full of incredible cultural history. The city that …

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 15: Open Books and Libraries of Liberation

Travis Prince’s paintings prompt viewers to learn about a multitude of Black experiences through depictions of diverse individuals reading books …

What Art Can Teach Us About Healing

The benefits of utilizing art as a form of healing or respite within medical facilities is well documented through anecdotal …

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 14: Child’s Play and Serious Art

In this episode, I talk about artist created playgrounds and play-inspired sculpture with contemporary artist Scott Hocking. Scott grew up …

In Which I Try AI: Musings and Criticisms From an Artist, Educator and Writer

In an effort to follow up my recent post “Living and Learning with AI?” and gain a greater understanding of artificial …

The Drag Educational Model, Where Learning is Not a Drag

For a while now, drag has been caught in the crosshairs of the raging culture wars. The religious right and …

Artfully Learning Audio Series, Episode 13: Trash Talk

We have made it to lucky number thirteen of the Artfully Learning Audio Series! In this episode, I speak with …