“We assert that now is a critical time to focus our collective attention on the global and local arrangements implicated in the management of the coronavirus. We want folks who care about social justice—from immigrant rights, to climate justice, voter registration, etc.—to seize this opportunity to explore and challenge what COVID19 shows us about the hidden (and not-so- hidden) arrangements of our lives.”
Read moreDocumentary Theatre: A springboard for empathy, justice, and creativity in the classroom
As an actor, educator, scholar, and activist, I’ve learned that one of the best forms of social justice is empowering youth to use their own voice and helping them recognize the power in ceding their narrative to someone who is very different from them. In the words of Maya Angelou, “We can learn to see each other—and see ourselves in each other—and recognize that human beings
Read moreThe Possibility of an Alternative: Starting a Conversation Around Arts Education Conferences
The importance of academic conferencing is widely accepted. Conferences across disciplines provide an opportunity for scholars and practitioners to gather and garner new insights into the world of research and praxis. It is a chance to share new findings, question old ones, and reconnect with friends and colleagues. Despite the issues with conferencing, arguably the arts and arts education have never been so vital and yet so simultaneously at risk.
Read moreArts Education Is A Social Justice Issue
If we want to live in a just society we must work together – policy makers, schools, teachers, artists and cultural organisations – to ensure that every child and young person experiences an arts education that enables them to fulfil their potential. Otherwise the arts will continue to be the preserve of those who can afford them.
Read moreA Published Theory of Arts Entrepreneurship
The central argument of the theory is that through coordinated organizational attacks on the social structure and sacred aesthetic beliefs of an Art World, arts entrepreneurs change established conventions in the Art World, which results in revolutionary changes to both the Art World and the work of art (or what art does to or for others) in society.
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