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Kirk Maynard and Alexandra Thomas
posted by CAA — January 07, 2019
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This week, Kirk Maynard and Alexandra Thomas discuss addressing institutionalized discrimination through artistic practice.
Kirk Maynard is a mixed media artist born in Brooklyn, New York in 1993. He received his BS in Visual Arts Education from Andrews University in 2014 and is currently an MFA student at New Jersey City University. A second generation Guyanese-American, Maynard’s work focuses on the political undercurrents of culture and identity in America.
Alexandra M. Thomas is a PhD student at Yale for History of Art and African American Studies with a certificate in Women’s, Gender & Sexuality Studies. Her current research interests include global modern and contemporary art, Black atlantic visual culture, African art, queer theory, performance studies, and Black feminist thought.
Chelsea Farrar and Heidi Herboldsheimer
posted by CAA — December 17, 2018
The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.
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This week, Chelsea Farrar and Heidi Herboldsheimer discuss Red for Ed, a grassroots movement started by parents and teachers as a way to stand up for public education.
Chelsea Farrar is Curator of Community Engagement at the University of Arizona Museum of Art.
Heidi Herboldsheimer has been teaching middle school in Arizona for seven years.
Denise Burge, Lisa Siders, and Jenny Ustick
posted by CAA — December 10, 2018
The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.
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This week, Denise Burge, Lisa Siders, and Jenny Ustick discuss interdisciplinary collaboration.
Denise Burge is an instructor of Drawing and Animation at the University of Cincinnati.
Lisa Siders is a fiber and installation artist living on Whidbey Island, Washington.
Jenny Ustick is the Interim Director of the Masters of Fine Arts Program, Foundations Coordinator, and Instructor of Drawing at the University of Cincinnati.
Sherry Muyuan He and Jonathan Aller
posted by CAA — December 03, 2018
The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.
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This week, Sherry Muyuan He and Jonathan Aller discuss working with students of diverse level skillsets in the classroom.
Sherry Muyuan He is an assistant professor of Graphic Design at the University of South Dakota. She is also an interdisciplinary designer engaging in the community with food-themed activities.
Jonathan Aller is an adjunct faculty member at Minneapolis College of Art and Design, and contemporary portraiture artist exploring community and identity in the physical and digital realm.
Jennifer Drinkwater and Karen Gergely
posted by CAA — November 26, 2018
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This week, Jennifer Drinkwater and Karen Gergely discuss social practice.
A Mississippi native, Jennifer Drinkwater is an assistant professor with a joint appointment between the department of art and visual culture at Iowa State University extension and outreach.
Karen Gergely is a West Virginia native and an assistant professor of Art at Graceland University in Lamoni, Iowa.
Sissel Tolaas, Yelena McLane, and Meredith Lynn
posted by CAA — November 19, 2018
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This week, Sissel Tolaas, Yelena McLane, and Meredith Lynn discuss “Smells, Diversity, Tolerance.”
Sissel Tolaas is an artist and founder of the SMELL RE_searchLab in Berlin.
Yelena McLane is Assistant Professor of Interior Architecture & Design, Florida State University.
Meredith Lynn is Assistant Curator & Director of Galleries, Florida State University.
Elaine Bezold and Sidney Stretz
posted by CAA — November 12, 2018
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This week, Elaine Bezold and Sidney Stretz discuss failure in the classroom.
Elaine Bezold (Stephen F. Austin State University) is a photographer and educator living in Dover, New Hampshire. She makes work about human-animal interactions, rebirth, loss, and instinct.
Sidney Stretz (University of North Carolina Greensboro) is an artist and educator living and working in Greensboro, North Carolina. She makes work about everyday life and its challenges, strange social situations, and failure.
Natasha Hovey and Steve Hilton
posted by CAA — November 05, 2018
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This week, Natasha Hovey and Steve Hilton discuss a yearlong artist residency model at Midwestern State University.
Natasha Hovey is currently an assistant professor at Texas A&M International University in Laredo, Texas, where she teaches: Ceramics 1, Intermediate and Advanced Ceramics, Sculpture 1, Intermediate and Advanced Sculpture, and Practicum Course for Seniors. She never thought she would miss it, but she longs for the Midwest’s subzero temps and feet of snow.
Steve Hilton is a professor of art at the Lamar D. Fain College of Fine Arts at Midwestern State University in Wichita Falls, Texas, teaching both Ceramics and Art Education. He just found out that the current MSU ceramics resident has been offered a full-time position, which means the MSU residency program is 6 for 6 in placing residents.
Paul Catanese and Greg Pond
posted by CAA — October 29, 2018
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This week, Paul Catanese and Greg Pond discuss intermedia pedagogy and research.
Paul Catanese is an associate professor at Columbia College Chicago where he directs the graduate program for the Art and Art History Department; he’s been known to fly kites, launch rockets, pilot drones, and lately a blimp as part of his art practice.
Greg Pond is professor of art at Sewanee: The University of the South in Tennessee. Originally from Portland, Oregon, Pond is one of the founder’s of Nashville’s Fugitive Projects and a sculptor who incorporates sound, video, and digital media into his practice and also makes documentaries about social justice issues in inner city Kingston, Jamaica.
Elizabeth Guffey, Matt Ferranto, and Rebecca Mushtare
posted by CAA — October 22, 2018
The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast continues the vibrant discussions initiated at our Annual Conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of the field.
CAA podcasts are now on iTunes. Click here to subscribe.
This week, Elizabeth Guffey, Matt Ferranto, and Rebecca Mushtare discuss “Bringing Access to Design Practice: Teaching Inclusion in the 21st Century.”
Elizabeth Guffey is Professor of Art & Design History, State University of New York at Purchase.
Matt Ferranto is Associate Professor of Design, Westchester Community College.
Rebecca Mushtare is Associate Professor of Graphic Design, State University of New York at Oswego.