We advocate for
01
Valuing teaching as a creative act:
artistic and teaching practices are in constant dialogue with one another.
02
Challenging traditional assumptions about what art is and can do:
art is an opportunity for making, questioning, thinking critically, and pushing against the status quo.
03
Artistic process to be valued equally alongside product:
reflection.anda holistic approach that emphasizes discovery through experimentation, mistakes
04
Art as a form of activism:
teaching is inherently political, classrooms are spaces to address the social issues of our time.
05
Challenging/
disrupting the hierarchy of the classroom:
teacher and students share power and co-construct knowledge.
06
Critical multicultural education:acknowledge positionality, involve local communities, and provide historical context to avoid misrepresentation, tokenism, and cultural appropriation.
07
Disowning colorblindness:
acknowledge race and
name racism.
08
Classroom spaces centered around love:
love for teaching, love for learning, love for each other, love for ourselves, and love for our planet.
09
Community building and solidarity among radical artist educators:
actively seeking and developing strong support systems and opportunities to work together for institutional change.
10
Persevering
with hope, imagination,
and openness:
fighting alongside our students, working towards a more just future.