Elvira Leite and the Art of Playful Pedagogy in the Streets

This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in Public Art Dialogue on 17 May … More

Into the weeds of public education

There are a lot of dichotomies within New York City that reflect the complexity of maintaining a globally influential and … More

Joining me on this episode of the Artfully Learning audio series is sculptor, Vivien Collens. Vivien and I discuss her … More

Martin Wong lived and breathed New York City. Upon moving to the city, he quickly became a part of an … More

Kevin Beasley was one of the fifty-one contemporary artists invited to envision works of art for the fifth iteration of … More

“The function of education is to teach one to think intensively and to think critically. Intelligence plus character–that is the … More

In light of the pandemic’s winter wave and its continued toll on our already stressed infrastructure and personnel, I am … More

Since I wrote Turning the Dismantling of Monuments Into Teachable Moments so much has happened, so I figured that a follow … More

Jackson Heights is a bustling high density neighborhood in Queens, which is notable for having one of the most diverse … More

Our story begins in 1998, inside Liberty High School for Newcomers on Eighteenth Street and Eighth Avenue in Manhattan. Lee … More