In this article, the authors share lessons combining visual arts, sound, technology, and science through the lens of soundscape, STEAM, and multisensory education. Focusing on teacher education, this article explores two primary issues. First, it considers how STEAM--multisensory integration fosters students' cultural understanding and expression…

The art community tends to uphold the "norms of the able bodied majority" (Penketh, 2016). For this reason, museum patrons are discouraged from handling the art. While the intent is to preserve the quality of the art is understandable, for visually impaired individuals, this is a problem. In instances when efforts have been made to…

In recent years, the inclusion of popular visual culture in art curricula has emerged as a focal point of investigation and discussion in art education. Its proponents sought to expand the content of study to include contemporary cultural forms such as television, magazines, and the Internet (Chalmers, 2005; Efland, 2004; Tavin & Anderson,…