In examining the tenets of traditional art education, I will first address art appreciation, which has historically been promoted by looking at art—that is, at the packaging of the object (or presentation). Sometimes this is accompanied by an anecdotal history of the piece, and with luck, also an intellectual history. More progressive approaches... See more

During our early schooling years, we learn about research as a way of gaining knowledge that we can directly apply to a given task. Here, I try to get students thinking about research in a more expansive way. We talk about how sometimes research isn’t going to make a direct appearance in our written work but, instead, that research will inform our... See more

They write. They host book clubs. They post Substack essays (ahem). They debate kindly, disagree well, and connect ideas across time, culture, and emotion.

You don’t just absorb knowledge, you remix it.

That’s when it becomes part of you.