May 28-30, 2025
The research team presented a themed panel presentation entitled, Anti-Racist and Anti-Oppressive Artist Residencies as Spaces for Belonging and Reciprocity at this year’s annual International Conference on The Arts in Society.
The Twentieth International Conference on the Arts in Society focused on âThe Art of Hospitality,â inviting explorations of the possibilities and limits of hospitality, belonging, and gathering through human and non-human entities, mobile and fixed bodies, temporary and permanent spaces. It asked that we consider how sites, gestures, acts, and relationships of welcoming or gathering contain power dynamics that reflect financial, social, political, speculative, or imagined currencies, with burdens and/or expectations of reciprocity and gratitude.
Link: https://artsinsociety.com/2025-conference
November 7, 2024
The research team presented a paper entitled, Vignettes of Peace: The University Gallery as a Critical Space for Supporting and Amplifying Social Justice Concerns at last yearâs annual International Journal of Art and Design Education [iJADE] conference being held in partnership with Liverpool Hope University, with the theme of Peace.
Given the prevalence of contemporary inter-state and intra-state conflicts, the ongoing disruptive influence of the global pandemic, and our existential struggle to avert climate crisis, the peace agenda has become more prominent in all forms, levels and dimensions of education. In response to UNESCOâs recently published peace education strategy (UNESCO, 2024), the conference asked, to what extent might art and design education play an active role in the promotion of forms of peace that expose the roots of inequality and oppression, or for imagining a just ânew worldâ? What are the implications for art and design educators offering spaces to critically examine the conditions in which peace either thrives or diminishes? What role can art and design play in actionable, socially-just peace?
November 15-16, 2024
The research team presented a paper entitled, Situating a campus gallery as a site for transformative action using artistic approaches to anti-racism and anti-oppression at last yearâs annual Curriculum and Pedagogy Group Conference.
As the United States approaches a pivotal presidential election, we were reminded of the historical and ongoing struggles for civil rights and democracy. The Curriculum and Pedagogy Group conference is an annual space where work can be shared, valued, and disseminated to a diverse audience committed to educational reform and social change. Last yearâs theme was âLiving the Legacy of Civil Rights in Education: Reclaiming and Reimagining Democratic Futures.âÂ
