Collaborative collages
The Art Education program at City College of New York prepares students to be reflective artist-educators who can teach in multiple settings, including schools, community centers, museums, and alternative learning sites. Students gain a critical understanding of the social significance of art education as they develop the skills to actively contribute to the field through their creative and academic work.
Recia carbon transfer in ART 15500. (2012)
Program Commitments
Art education is contextual: Since art education takes place in multiple settings with diverse learners, students must understand how and when to use different approaches to engage their students
Teaching is a social, political, and cultural practice: To be an effective teacher requires active reflection and critical engagement with theory and practice.
Making art is empowering: Art education should encourage learners to actively engage with creating and analyzing works of art in ways that are personally relevant, empowering, and authentic.
Art can impact injustice: The act of making art can be a practice of critical social justice whereby artists impact conditions of inequality.
Effective educators are compelling advocates: To best serve our students, we must be articulate and informed advocates for the educational benefits of the arts.
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