Cultivating Critical Conversations in Art Education

Connie Stewart is professor emeritus at the University of Northern Colorado and coauthor of Teaching Contemporary Art With Young People: Themes in Art for K-12 Classrooms. Eli Burke is an interdisciplinary artist and PhD candidate in art and visual culture education at the University of Arizona and former education director at the Museum of Contemporary Art Tucson. Lisa Hochtritt is director of the Master of Arts in Teaching (MAT) program at Maryland Institute College of Art. Toya Northington is a multidisciplinary artist and director of equity, inclusion, and belonging at the Speed Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky.

Contents (FINAL) Foreword James Haywood Rolling Jr. ?ix Preface Connie Stewart ?xi Acknowledgments ?xiii Introduction Connie Stewart, Eli Burke, Lisa Hochtritt, and Toya Northington ?1 Part I. Conversations in Art Educational Settings 1. ?Exploring Debatable Topics With Divergent Thinking Strategies: A Visual Narrative ?7 Rebecca Shipe 2. ?Let's Talk: Engaging in Critical Conversations in the Art Room ?11 Amy Pfeiler-Wunder and Mary Kate Bergh 3. ?Children Can Talk About Hard Things ?16 Kimberly Lane 4. ?Investigating Contemporary Art in the Elementary Classroom ?19 Amy Felder 5. ?Challenging Content and Critical Conversations in the Classroom ?21 Kryssi Staikidis 6. ?"Yes, and . . ." Extending Conversations in Art Classrooms ?26 Nikki Sandschaper 7. ?Challenging Implicit Bias: Using Contemporary Art to Understand the Power of Personal Autonomy ?27 Kristin A. Ponden 8. ?Approaching a Liberatory Future of Museum Education: Reflections on Practice and Pedagogy ?29 Ariana Robles, Amara Higuera, Gladys Preciado, and Alice Bebbington 9. ?Addressing Facilitator Power in Youth Museum Programs ?32 Simona Zappas 10. ?Rethinking Feelings in Antiracist Art Pedagogy ?34 Injeong Yoon-Ramirez 11. ?Shifting the Conversation: Scaffolding Sociocultural Dialogue in the Elementary Art Classroom ?38 Beth Link 12. ?Artistic Responses to Race ?42 Naomi Lifschitz-Grant, Robb Epps, and Taylor Styles 13. ?Using Group Reflection and Dialogue as Tools for Antiracist Teaching ?49 Amanda Tobin Ripley, Hannah Heller, and Michelle Antonisse 14. ?Shaming Queerness in Art Spaces: Would You Change That If You Could? ?52 Libya Doman 15. ?Rethinking Disability in Art Classrooms ?55 Kelly M. Gross Part II. Structuring the Learning Environment for Open Discussion 16. ?Creating Spaces to Support Difficult Dialogues ?59 Lisa Hochtritt 17. ?Centering Culture Through Critical Conversations ?63 Katie Coogan and Margaret Walker 18. ?Conversations Over Wi-Fi: Reorienting Student-Centered Art Discussions Online ?66 Ashley Mask 19. ?Building Community by Using Opening and Closing Circles ?69 Valeska Maria Populoh 20. ?Gallery Art Hive as Dialogic Space ?72 Natasha S. Reid 21. ?Artists as Activists: Engaging Middle School Artists in Creating Art That Matters ?74 Julie Toole 22. ?Finding the Hidden Questions ?77 Alice C. Pennisi 23. ?Talking About Art: When Questions Are the Answer ?79 Erica Richard 24. ?Critical Conversations in Conservative Communities ?80 Kelly Beach and Dianna Montano, with Connie Stewart 25. ?Facilitating Dialogue About Loss and Grief in the Gallery ?82 Harrison Orr and Carissa DiCindio 26. ?How Superficial Themes in the Art Classroom Can Erase the Narrative of Marginalized Students and Communities ?85 Ketal Patel 27. ?Problematizing Conversations: Creating Art to Engage in Difficult Discussions ?88 William Estrada 28. ?Two Colleagues Talk About Care: Responding to the Emotional States of Our Students ?91 Chris Cain and John Humphrey, with Connie Stewart Part III. Inviting Reflective Stories 29. ?A Not-So-Queer Education ?95 Eli Burke 30. ?Story as Pedagogy: Narrative Co-Inquiry With Teachers, Students, and Communities ?98 Pamela Harris Lawton 31. ?Generating LGBTQ+ Community Through Dialogue ?100 Adam J. Greteman, Nic M. Weststrate, and Karen Morris 32. ?Power Play in the Art Critique ?104 Kerry Downey and Aparna Sarkar 33. ?Negotiating White Privilege in a Visual Culture Intervention ?107 Lisa Novak and Breckon Chastain 34. ?Critical Conversations in Art History: The State of the Field From Students' Perspectives ?110 Rebecka Black, Aiyana Cady-Alviar, Damaria Moye, and Denise Zubizarreta 35. ?Opening a Conversation About Adoption Through the Artwork of JooYoung Choi ?113 Borim Song 36. ?Art and Compassionate Dialogue: Finding and Giving Voice Through Intuitive Knowing and Artistic Research ?117 Rebecca Bourgault and Catherine Rosamond 37. ?Questioning White Privilege Through Contemporary Art ?120 Donalyn Heise and Alisse Guerra 38. ?Investigations of Racism Through a Hexagon Project in an Online College Art Methods Course ?122 JaeHan Bae 39. ?Giving Voice to the Story of Migration ?125 Naomi Lifschitz-Grant, Allison Ellis, and Catherine Holmes 40. ?Fifth Dimension Discourse: Afrofuturism and the Creation of Brave Spaces in Art Teaching ?128 Kathy J. Brown and Lauren Cross 41. ?Start Where You Are ?133 Toya Northington Resources That Inspire ?137 About the Editors and Contributors ?145 Index ?153