H ow can we integrate art and social studies to advance art teacher education for social justice? This question has guided our collaborative journey as teacher educators at the same institution. At a public university in the southern United States, the first author is an art teacher educator, and the second author is a social studies teacher educator. We share a commitment to teacher education for social justice. Since fall 2022, we have collaborated to explore the pedagogical value of arts--social studies integration to empower preservice teachers as social justice teachers.