Research and Projects
2021 Research Abstracts
Master of Arts in Art Education
Master of Arts in Teaching
An underlying theme of many of these projects is how art education can respond responsibly to the racial justice, political, and ecological crises in which we are immersed. The goal of such work can be described as supporting people in grappling with the harsh reality of multiple crises, without being overwhelmed by them. Strengthening and sharing each individual's introspective, ongoing creative self is explored for its contribution to reshaping the social and political climate of today, to what education philosopher Gert Biesta has called "coming into presence," learning as responding, "showing who you are and where you stand."
2020 Research Abstracts
Master of Arts in Art Education
Master of Arts in Teaching
Many of us have been inspired by the words of visionary educator Maxine Greene, “... to imagine the world as if it were otherwise.” Now we find ourselves in a pandemic world which is “otherwise” in ways we could not have imagined only a few short weeks ago. As artist activists we believe in the essential services that the arts provide in difficult times. In their projects, the MAAE and MAT graduate students have found ways to connect art making, education and activism in school and community settings; they have shaped places of shared learning to build communities of joy and justice.
2019 Research Abstracts
Master of Arts in Art Education
Master of Arts in Teaching
It's not quite true to say that the projects represented here are the result of only two years of effort in the SAIC MAAE and MAT graduate programs. Most of our graduate students come to SAIC already having worked in the field of art education; they have already embraced a life’s work in the arts. They come to SAIC searching for the resources that they need to extend their deeply felt vocations to use the arts to enhance each person’s creative potential and to build strong, creative democratic communities. Their projects exemplify unfolding possibilities generated by artistic and social imagination.
2018 Research Abstracts
Master of Arts in Art Education
Master of Arts in Teaching
The great Brazilian educator, Paulo Freire affirmed the importance of activist practice, but cautioned that making and doing without accompanying analysis and reflection will not be truly generative or transformative. In these projects and accompanying research, you will see many examples of praxis, as these artist educators engage in the difficult work of considering the ethical and pedagogical implications and possibilities for planning and organizing new forms of cultural work and fresh topics and themes for school, museum, and community-based curriculum in local and international contexts.
2017 Research Abstracts
Master of Arts in Art Education
Master of Arts in Teaching
Whether using traditional art media or new technologies, the 2017 SAIC Art Education MAAE and MAT projects are infused with a fresh sense of hope and purpose. Considered together, these projects remind us that the world is a makerspace and that each of us has the potential to inhabit this space, to join in, to contribute to, to shape, and to remake this shared space.
