The theme of the 2010 NAEA National Convention, Art Education and Social Justice, is appropriate to our time. The historic election of President Barack Obama and Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor reflects our ever shifting demographic. Our nation is truly questioning itself in order to discover and redefine who we are as a nation, what we believe in, and what needs to change.
Social Justice can be and has been used to mean many different things. Within the realm of education, the term social justice alludes to the notion of education as a political act, and when coupled with the term art education hints at models of resistance - teaching as a form of activism.
NAEA - Art Education and Social Justice
Accepting artwork until Sunday, February 28, 2010
The theme of the 2010 NAEA National Convention, Art Education and Social Justice, is appropriate to our time. The historic election of President Barack Obama and Supreme Court Associate Justice Sonia Sotomayor reflects our ever shifting demographic. Our nation is truly questioning itself in order to discover and redefine who we are as a nation, what we believe in, and what needs to change.
Social Justice can be and has been used to mean many different things. Within the realm of education, the term social justice alludes to the notion of education as a political act, and when coupled with the term art education hints at models of resistance - teaching as a form of activism.