TOM ANDERSON, DAVID GUSSAK, KARA KELLEY HALLMARK, and ALLISON PAUL, EDITORS

 

A resource and reference for education activists at all levels, across disciplines, who are ready to respond to 21st-century challenges. This collection shows how art educators play a key role in shaping curricula to connect students with effective advocacy for social justice issues.

 

According to Editor Tom Anderson, “The focus… is on collaborative activity: on establishing and maintaining relationships through the messy business of art for life. Art education for social justice is action-oriented, taking place in the social arena toward the social ends of tolerance, equity, fairness, and decency, which make for respect and justice between one human being and another. We hope their work will inspire you to continue the conversation, and to work for social justice through art education.”

 

232 pgs. (2010) ISBN 978-1-890160-47-0

 

“A significant and extraordinary anthology, eloquent and forceful in describing art education experiences that contribute to quality of life and a just society. It appropriately MERGES THEORY WITH PRACTICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF FOSTERING AN ACTIVIST STATE OF MIND.”
—Doug Blandy, Senior Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, University of Oregon