In this article, we use a disability studies lens to examine ways in which the artworks of disabled people are bonded in a common sociopolitical experience. We analyze the history surrounding institutional art and the emergence of community art centers at the time of deinstitutionalization in the late 20th century. As a result of this…

Street artist Morley describes how his perspective on graffiti changed when more cosmopolitan art school peers introduced him to what at the time was being redefined from "vandalism" to "street art." Morley explains that, as fascinated as he was, his untrained suburban eyes couldn't make out the words or their meaning in…

Targeting students in grades K-8, Art in Action's program consists of 12 age-appropriate lessons per year led by parent and teacher volunteers. The curriculum is based on historically significant artists and their works of art. Through semi-structured discussions, students examine a variety of masterpieces, learning about the artist as well as…

The Young Artists at Work Program at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) recently shifted its model from an afterschool arts program to a young artists' residency. This decision arose from a desire to reposition the youth program as a priority within the larger organization, coupled with a commitment to deepening the pedagogical values of…

This article examines arts participation as a context for youth to develop purpose. Two analyses were conducted of interviews with arts-involved youth to explore the relationship between their arts participation and purpose, which was defined as an "intention to accomplish something that is both meaningful to the self and contributes to the…

Targeting students in grades K-8, Art in Action's program consists of 12 age-appropriate lessons per year led by parent and teacher volunteers. The curriculum is based on historically significant artists and their works of art. Through semi-structured discussions, students examine a variety of masterpieces, learning about the artist as well as…

Censorship exists in institutions where art exists, and also where art education exists. In fall 2005, a group of instructors and the author taught a group project with a political theme--peace. In this article, she examines institutionalized censorship within schools, and the ramifications of teaching the subject of peace in a time of war.…

SELECTED ART SCHOOLS AND COLLEGES IN ENGLAND, SCOTLAND, AND NORTHERN IRELAND WERE SURVEYED TO DETERMINE THEIR CURRENT TEACHING APPROACHES TO IMAGERY. DATA COLLECTION INVOLVED (1) PERSONAL VISITS, (2) DISCUSSIONS WITH STUDENTS, STAFF, AND ADMINISTRATORS, (3) AN EXTENSIVE EXAMINATION OF WORKS OF ART BY STUDENTS AND ARTIST-TEACHERS, AND (4) A REVIEW…

A 2 1/2-DAY CONFERENCE WAS HELD TO EXPLORE AND ASSESS THE PROMISE OF A LONGITUDINAL STUDY OF EXPRESSIVE BEHAVIOR IN THE ARTS. TEN WELL-KNOWN ARTIST-TEACHERS AND 10 WELL-KNOWN BEHAVIORAL SCIENTISTS WERE INVITED. AS PRACTITIONERS THEY HAD OPERATED AS ARTISTS AND AS TEACHERS, OR AS SCIENTISTS WHO HAD DEALT WITH THE ARTS OR EXPRESSED INTEREST IN DOING…

The nature and content of art education are described. This Framework, directed to teachers, curriculum specialists, and school administrators, is intended to help school districts improve and expand their art programs and to develop curriculum materials that are suitable to each district's needs, interests, and capacities. Presented are…

Picturing Peace is an ArtsBridge collaboration in which K-12 students learn to use digital cameras to communicate their feelings and ideas about peace. The photographs of three student cultures were analyzed. Both local and universal symbols of peace were found, such as nature, light, community, environment, peace signs, play, spiritual symbols,…