Dialoguing with Contemporary Art and Culture: Recent Works by the Youth Artists of ARTISTIC NOISE

This blog gives visual examples of various ways contemporary art and culture can be used to foster critical thinking / creative problem-solving and create opportunities for young artists to address current social and political issues in personal, meaningful ways. This photo essay shares 20+ recent works created by artists who are incarcerated, on probation or otherwise involved in the juvenile justice system, in New York and Massachusetts.

Tackling Current Issues in the High School Ceramics / Sculpture Studio

This blog outlines several ways to use collaborative art practice to engage high school art students in current social, political or environmental issues that are important and meaningful to them, as a way to expand their idea of the possible in art as well as to engender greater social connectivity in the classroom and beyond.