Ekphrasis celebrates and cultivates the relationship between artwork and poetry, particularly encouraging the use of written and verbal descriptive works to enhance the art education experience for students. This article discusses various ways ekphrasis could be incorporated in the art classroom. Ekphrasis highlights the strong connection between…

Offering art education and art experiences to marginalized student populations provides a break from the academic familiar and creates space for radical possibility both in the art classroom and across academic contexts. This article shows the value of artists-in-residence within community colleges, which tend to serve low income, racial minority,…

This article outlines a research study focused on the connections between natural science and art. In the instructional unit designed for the research study, multiple art forms were utilized, in order to reach multiple types of learners. Interdisciplinary, or integrated art instruction is a way to enhance understanding of and the connections…