DIPTI DESAI
2 Peter Cooper Road, Apt. 4C
New York, New York 10010
Phone (212) 217-0203
Work (212) 998-9022
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EDUCATION
8/89-5/95. Ph.D, Major in Curriculum & Instruction, Minor in Art,
University of Wisconsin-Madison. Dissertation title: Multicultural Storyboards:
The Politics of Representation in Multicultural Art Education"
8/84-1/86. Ed. M, Teachers College-Columbia University, New York City.
8/82-7/84. M.A, Art Education, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Thesis title: A Socio
Historical Study of Selected Indian Paintings: Implications for Contemporary Indian Art
Education.
7/75-1/81. DIPLOMA, Textile Design, National Institute of Design, Ahmedabad, India.
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2012 Ziegfield Service Award for contribution to International Art Education
2012 Specialist Fulbright Award
2012 NYU Professional Development Grant, $2,000
2012 NYU Service Learning Course Development Grant, $4,000
2011 NYU Humanities initiative Grant, New York University, $5, 000
2011 NYU Humanities Initiative Working Research Groups Grant, New York University, $10,000
2011 NYU Humanities Initiative Grant, New York University, $5, 000
2010 Honorable mention for Curriculum Practice Category by Division B of American Education
and Research Association (AERA) for Book-- History as Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art
and Social Studies Education and Contemporary Art.
2010 Art & Culture Award-Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development, $5,000
2010 Curricular Challenge Fund, New York University, $5,000
2010 NYU Service Learning Course Development Grant, $4,000
2010 Nominated for Studies Lecture of Distinguished Scholar
2009 NYU Service Learning Course Development Grant, $4,000
2009 NYU Professional Development Grant, $1500
2005 Nominated for the Manual Barkan Award for scholarly contribution to the field of art education.
2003 Nominated for the Manual Barkan Award for scholarly contribution to the field of art education.
2001 Godard Award, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University. $4,000
1999 School of Education Research Challenge Grant, New York University. $2, 907
1999 Board of Education of City of New York- Professional Development Grant, NYC. $50,000
1997 Research and Creative Projects Grant, College Foundation-New Paltz. $3,000
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
9/98-Present. Associate Professor/ Director, Graduate-Art Education Program, Department of Art &
Art Professions, Steinhardt School of Education, New York University.
Teaching Masters and Doctoral classes in art education, supervising Masters thesis and Doctoral
dissertations and other administrative responsibilities at the departmental and university level. As
Director, involved in the academic direction of the art education program, development of new
courses, supervise advisement, oversee adjuncts, and other personnel within the program.
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8/95-8/98. Assistant Professor, Art Department/Art Education Program, State University of New YorkNew Paltz.
Teaching undergraduate and graduate classes in art education, advising students, Masters Thesis
advisor and reader, Summer Director of Art Education Program and other administrative
responsibilities at the departmental and college level. Co-Director of a National Arts Now
Conference in 1997 titled “Subject to Desire: Refiguring the Body”. Conceived the topic and involved
in the organization and planning of an interdisciplinary conference which brought together
internationally known artists (including performance art and video art), musicians, art historians, and
critics to examine the intersection of body as site and subject. The conference encouraged
participants to experiment and push their current work in new directions.
8/94-7/95. Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison.
Primary instructor of art methods course for elementary education teachers. Totally responsible for
planning, design and teaching of art methods course. Supervisor of students majoring in art education
enrolled in Practicum
4/94-6/94. Research Assistant, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Researched material
for a literature review on teacher’s ideologies and the reforms of the New Right in New Zealand.
3/93-7/94. Tutor, Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. Facilitated group discussions for first
to third year courses in the Education Department and graded essays. Tutored the following courses:
Education and Society-first year, Educational Institutions-second year, Multiethnic Education-third
year, Maori Education-third year.
8/89-5/92. Teaching Assistant, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Primary instructor of art methods
course. Planned, designed and taught an art methods course for elementary education teachers.
1/88-7/89. Lecturer, Parsons School of Design, NYC. Instructed art methods courses for art education
majors; Supervised practicum students. Part-time.
3/86-7/89. Assistant Public Program Director, Children's Museum of Manhattan, NYC. Coordinated and
instructed workshops; supervised student interns and volunteers; developed, researched and installed
two interactive hands-on exhibitions.
8/85-1/86. Teacher, The Hudson School, Hoboken, NJ. Instructed grades 5-7 in fiber arts.
7/84-7/85. Research Assistant, Teachers College, NYC. Documented Indian textiles for Professor Carol
D. Westfall. Part-time.
7/81-7/82. Teacher, S.P.J Sadhana School, Bombay, India. Instructed developmentally disabled young
adults in art.
2/81-6/81. Textile Designer, Kingkade Fashions, Bombay, India. Designed printed fabrics; coordinated
production.
BOOK
Desai, D., Hamlin, J., Mattson, R. (2010). History as Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art and Social
Studies Education. New York: Routledge Press
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PUBLICATIONS—Refereed Articles
Alfredson, A. & Desai, D. (2012). Color and silent racism, Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching.
Desai, D. (2010). The challenge of colorblind racism in art education. Art Education, 63(5), 22-29.
Desai, D. (2010). Unframing Immigration: Looking through the educational space of contemporary art.
Peabody Journal of Education, 85 (4), 425- 442.
Desai, D. (2009). Imagining justice in times of perpetual war: Notes for the classroom, Journal of
Curriculum and Pedagogy, 6(2), 6-26.
Bootwala, M. & Desai, D. (2009). Memoryscapes: Witnessing the crisis of internal refugees through
visual practice. Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education. V.27, 94-106.
Desai, D. & Chalmers, G. (2007). Notes for a dialogue in art education in critical times. Art Education.
60 (5), 6-11.
Desai, D. (2005). Places to go: Challenges to multicultural art education in a global economy. Studies
in Art Education, 46(4), 293-308.
Bailey, C. & Desai, D. (2005). Visual art and education: Engaged visions of history and community.
Multicultural Perspectives, 7(1), 39-43.
Desai, D. (2004). Sewing Threads of History: Remembering Chilean arpilleras in undemocratic times.
Democracy and Education, 15(3-4), 61-65.
Desai, D., Bui, T., & DiFilippo, L. (2003). Critical Mass[es]: Reflections on the Flag Project as Activist
Art, Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education, v. 21, 126-134.
Desai, D. (2003). Multicultural Education and the Heterosexual Imagination: A Question of Culture.
Studies in Art Education, 44(2), 147-161.
Desai, D. (2002). The Ethnographic Move in Contemporary Art: What does it mean for Art Education.
Studies in Art Education, 43(4), 307-323.
Desai, D. (2001). Working with People to Make Art: Oral History & Artistic Practice,
The Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, Vol. 21, 72-90.
Desai, D. (2000). Imaging Difference: The Politics of Representation in Multicultural Art Education,
Studies in Art Education, 41(2), 114-129.
Check, E., Deniston, G., & Desai, D. (1997). Living the Discourses, The Journal of Social Theory in
Art Education, N. 17, 40-70.
Desai, D. (1996). Multicultural Art Education and the Social Reality of Race: A Historical
Perspective, Journal of Multicultural and Cross-cultural Research in Art Education, v. 14.
Westfall, C. D. & Desai, D. (1987). Kantha, Ars Textrina, v. 7, Winnipeg, Canada.
Westfall, C. D. & Desai, D. (1986). Phulkari, Ars Textrina, v. 6, Winnipeg, Canada.
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Westfall, C. D. & Desai, D. (1986). Bandhani (tie-dye), Ars Textrina, v. 8, Winnipeg, Canada.
PUBLICATIONS-Book chapters (refereed)
Desai, D. & Dart, D. (2012). Critical Art Education: the Art of Social (Ex)change. In K. Tavin and C.
Balengee-Morris (Eds.), Standing up for Change, Reston, VA: National Art Education Association
Press
Bell, L. Desai, D. & Irani, K. (2012). Storytelling for Social Justice: Creating Arts-Based
Counter-Stories to Resist Racism. M. S. Hadley ( Ed.), In A way out of no way: The arts as social
justice education. New York: Routledge.
Desai, D. & Koch, K. (2011). Educational Crisis: An Artistic Intervention. L. Hochtritt, J.Ploof & T.
Quinn ( Eds.), Culture as Commons. New York: Routledge.
Desai, D. (2010). Reflections on Social Justice Art Teacher Education. In T. Anderson, K. Khallmark,
D. Gussack (Eds.), (pp. 172-178ß).Art Education for Social Justice. Reston, Virginia: NAEA.
Desai, D. (2008). Living the Discourses. In K. Keifer-Boyd, M. J. Emme & j. jagodzinski (Eds.)
InCITE/InSIGHT/InSITE: Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, The First 25 Years. Reston,
Virginia: NAEA.
Desai, D. (2005). Tuning in Video Art. In G. Szekely (Ed.), Video Art for the Classroom, 195-202.
Reston, Virginia: National Art Education Association.
PUBLICATIONS -Book Reviews
Desai, D. (2003). “Review of Doug Broughton & Rachel Mason (Ed.), Beyond Multicultural Art
Education: International Perspectives, Studies in Art Education, 44(2), 184-187.
OTHER PUBLICATIONS—Editorials/ Curatorial Essays
Desai, D. (2011). Making Human rights visible as a visual and cultural practice, Journal of Cultural
Research in Art Education, V. 29, 7—10.
Bell, L. & Desai, D. (2011). Imagining Otherwise: Connecting the Arts and Social Justice to Envision
and Act for Change, Special Issue- Equity and Excellence, 43(3), 287-295.
Desai, D. (2010). Editorial Introduction, Journal of cultural Research in Art Education, V. 28, 7-9.
Desai, D. (2004). Contesting territories. Catalogue essay for SAWCC Art Exhibition” Territories” at
Gallery Arts India.
Desai, D. (2003). Chairperson’s Remarks. International conversations through art: Perspectives on
art education, p. 39. New York : The center for International Art Education Inc, Teachers collegeColumbia University,
Desai, D. (1998). “Invisible Labor”, Poor Magazine, v. 3, 37. (Artwork).
Desai, D. (1997). News Column for Caucus on Social Theory in Art Education, NAEA News.
Desai, D. (1995/1996). The Gallery -"Hindu-Muslim Bhai Bhai", The Journal of Social Theory in Art
Education, Number 15/16, 111. (Artwork).
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PROFESSIONAL PAPERS, LECTURES, WORKSHOPS
12/12 Invited Lecture, History, Contemporary Art, and Art Education, Teachers College-Columbia
University, New York, N.Y.
11/12 Invited Participant, Socially Engaged Art, NYU-La Pietra, Florence, Italy.
3/12 Invited Lecture, Artist Educators on Race/Racism, Teachers College-Columbia University, New
York, N.Y.
2/12 Invited Lecture, Conversations about History as Art, Art as History, Bloomfield College, New
Jersey
12/11 Invited Lecture, History, Contemporary Art and Art Education, Teachers College-Colombia
University, New York, N.Y.
8/11 Invited Lecture and Workshop, History as Art, Art as History, Teachers College-Colombia
University, New York, N.Y.
6/11 Presenter, Public Pedagogy, InSEA World Congress, Budapest, Hungary. Refereed.
4/11 Co-Presenter, Learning Civic Engagement through the Visual Arts
in Youth After-School Programs: An ongoing research report, American Education Research
Association Convention, New Orleans, Louisianna. Refereed.
3/11 Presenter, Artistic Inverventions on Education, National Art Education Association Convention,
Seattle, Washington. Refereed.
3/11 Panelist, Issues Forum: Contemporary Art and Higher Education, National Art Education
Association Convention, Seattle, Washington. Refereed.
3/11 Panelist. Mentoring Graduate Research in Art Education, National Art Education Association
Convention, Seattle, Washington. Refereed.
3/11 Panelist. Criticizing Critical Pedagogy: What can it Contribute to Art Education Now? National Art
Education Association Convention, Seattle, Washington. Refereed.
3/11 Keynote Speaker, Communities of Learning: Unsettling Art, Education and community.
Conference on Place, Community, and Art at Beit Berl College, Israel.
10/10 Invited Lecture, History as Art, Art as History. Arts Now Lecture Series, University of
Wisconsin-Milwaukee
5/10 Keynote, Contemporary Art as a Site for Critical; Pedagogy, Educators Symposium at Museum
of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
4/10 Presenter, History as Art, Art as History: Contemporary Art and Social Studies Education, A/P/A
Institute at New York University, New York.
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4/10 Invited Lecture, Imagining Justice in Uncertain Times: Notes for
the Classroom. Transculturations-Cultural Hybridity in American Art Artist Lecture Series, University
of Arizona-Tucson.
4/10 Panelist, Social Justice and Higher Education and Museum Education, National Art Education
Association Conference, Baltimore, Maryland. Refereed.
4/10 Presenter, Unframing Immigration: Looking through the educational space of contemporary art.
National Art Education Association, Baltimore, Maryland. Refereed.
6/09 Keynote Speaker, Looking Ahead, Art Education in the 21st century, Sino-U.S. Higher Art
Education Conference, Northeast Normal University, Changchung, China.
4/09 Co-Presenter, Black Sites/Sights and White America:
Pedagogies of Torture, Visions of Terror and Art Education. National Art Education Annual
Convention, Minneapolis. Refereed.
4/09 Co-Presenter, Higher Education Forum Part II: Digging at Prejudice: Class, Ethnic and Racial
Divides in Art Education National Art Education Annual Convention, Minneapolis. Refereed.
5/08 Co-Presenter, “Bordering on Torture: Curricular Renditions, Black Sites/Sights and the Global
War on Terror”, Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Vancover, Canada.
Refereed.
5/08 Co-Presenter, “Black Sites/sights and White America: Pedagogies of Torture, Visions of Terror
and Art Education, Celebrating Pluraism Symposium, University of British Colombia, Vancover,
Canada. Refereed.
3/08 Panelist, “Resistance and counter storytelling: Practices that challenge racism in education and
other contexts” American Education Research Association Conference, New York City, Refereed.
3/08 Presenter, “Imaging Justice in times of Perpetual War: Notes for the Classroom”, National Art
Education Association Conference, New Orleans, Refereed.
3/08 Panelist, “Critical race theory into multicultural classroom practice”, National Art Education
Association Conference, New Orleans, Refereed.
3/08 Panelist, “ Socially engaged arts education” WNET Conference, New York City. Invited
2/08 Presenter, “ Picturing a culture of invisibility: Mass incarceration, immigration and education“,
Lecture Series, University of Texas-Austin. Invited.
4/07 Presenter, “Imaging Justice in times of Perpetual War: Notes for the Classroom” , Penn State
University-Anderson Endowment Lecture Series. Invited.
3/07 Presenter, “Conversations between contemporary art and history,” National Art Education
Association Conference, New York City, Refereed.
3/06 Co-Presenter, “Making a difference Art and Social Justice”, National Art Education Association
Conference , Chicago. Refereed.
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4/04 Presenter, “Postmodern multicultural art education”, National Art Education Association
Conference, Denver. Referred.
2/04 Presenter, “Using contemporary art to teach American history”, Professional Development
Workshop for Social Studies Teachers, New York University, New York, New York. Invited.
8/03 Presenter, “Practical strategies for addressing race in the classroom” Re-presenting race in the
digital age -Visual Knowledge Workshops, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, New York.
Invited
4/3 Panelist, “The hidden curriculum”, National Art Education Association Conference, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Refereed
8/02 Presenter, “There was so much silence growing up…..”, International Society for the Education
though Art-Research Conference, New York, New York. Refereed
2/02 Presenter, “Places to Go; Multicultural Art Routes in a Global Economy”, David Lam Chair in
Multicultural Education 2002 Public Presentation Series, University of British Columbia, Vancouver,
Canada. Invited.
3/01 Presenter, “Creating Visual Living Histories”, National Art Education Association Conference,
New York, New York. Refereed.
3/01 Panelist, “Dialogue with Authors and Artists for the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education”,
National Art Education Association Conference, New York, New York. Refereed.
4/00 Roundtable Presenter, “Madness, Queerness and the Politics of Representation: Skirting the
Margins of Educational Research and Practice” , American Educational Research Association
Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Refereed.
10/00 Presenter, “Etched in memory: Artistic Practice and Oral History”, Dean’s Day, New York
University, New York. Invited.
3/99. Presenter, “Talking about Social and Cultural Difference in Art”, National Art Education
Association Conference, Washington, D. C. Refereed.
5/99. Panel Organizer and Presenter, “Talking about Difference with Children and Youth”, Association
of Youth Museums Conference, New York , New York. Invited.
4/98. Panelist, “Pursuit of Scholarship and the American Academic Culture with Indian Academics in
American Universities”, Cultural Heritage and Contemporary Sensibilities Conference at Teachers
College-Columbia University, New York City. Invited.
4/98. Presenter, “Oral History, Artistic Practice and Art Education”, National Art Education Association
Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Refereed
4/98. Panelist, “Dialogue with Authors and Artists for the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education”,
National Art Education Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois. Refereed.
8/97. Presenter. “Oral History, Feminism, Artistic Practice: Issues and Possibilities”, Feminist Art and
Art History Conference, Barnard College, New York City. Refereed.
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3/97. Panelist, “Interrogating the Sight/ Site of the Body in Art”, National Art Education Association
Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Refereed.
3/97. Panelist, “Dialogue with the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education Authors and Artists”,
National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Refereed.
5/96. Presenter, "Reading the Walls of the Classroom: Meanings of Race and Culture", Conference
on Multiculturalism, New Paltz, N.Y. Invited.
3/96. Presenter, "The Politics of Representation in Multicultural Art Education", National Art Education
Association, San Francisco, CA. Refereed.
3/96 Presenter, "Living the Discourses", National Art Education Conference, San Francisco, CA.
Refereed.
6/92. Presenter, "The Politics of Multicultural Art Education," Women’s Caucus, College Art
Association, Madison, WI. Refereed.
10/91. Presenter, Panel on "Diversifying the Curriculum," Mid-America College Art Association
Conference, Madison, WI. Refereed.
3/91. Presenter, "Seminar for Research in Art Education," National Art Education Association Annual
Conference, Atlanta, GA. Refereed.
10/91. Presenter, Panel on "Diversifying the Curriculum," Mid-America College Art Association
Conference, Madison, WI. Refereed.
10/90. Presenter, "Alternative ways of thinking about Multiculturalism," Wisconsin Art Education
Association Fall Conference, Pewaukee, WI. Refereed.
EDITORIAL AND REVIEW EXPERIENCE
Journals:
2012-Present, Peer-Reviewer, Public: Journal of Imagining America
2011, Guest Editor with Lee Bell, Equity and Excellence, Special Issue on Social Justice and the Arts.
2009-2012, Senior Editor, Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education.
2007-2009, Associate Editor, Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education.
2009. Guest Reviewer, Journal of Curriculum Inquiry.
2006-2008, Editorial Board, Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art
Education.
2002-2007, Editorial Review Board, Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education.
2001-2005, Editorial Board, Studies in Art Education: A Journal of Issues and Research in Art
Education.
2004-Present, Editorial Board, Artspraxis.
1998-2001 Book Review Editor, Journal of Multicultural and Cross-cultural Research in Art Education.
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Books and Book Chapters:
2012 Reviewed book prospectus “Geographies of the Imagination: An Art Ethnography of Memories
and Reflection of Exile“ for Routledge.
2005 Reviewed chapter “Social issues in art and visual/material culture education”, by T. Constantino
and E. Garber for International Handbook for Research in Art Education edited by L. Bresler.
2005 Reviewed book “Studio thinking” by L. Hetland, S. Veenema, P. Palmer, K. Sheridan, E. Winner
2005 Reviewed book “Studio thinking” by L. Hetland, S. Veenema, P. Palmer, K. Sheridan, E. Winner
for Yale University Press.
2004 Reviewed book “Art Practice as Research: Studio Inquiry in Visual Art” by Graeme Sullivan for
Sage Publications.
2003 Reviewed a book prospectus “Art Practice as Research: Studio Inquiry in Visual Art” by Graeme
Sullivan for Sage Publications.
“Embedding art education in cultural/historical texts and visual narratives-epics, mythology,
legends and history as contextual grounding for art education” given at the International Society for
Education through Art conference, New York, New York.
2002 Reviewer of paper proposals for the International Society for the Education in the ArtsResearch Conference, New York, New York.
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE8/ 20-9/5 Co-curator, “ Territories,” Art Exhibition at ArtIndia Gallery,
Chelsea, New York, sponsored by the South Asian Women’s Creative collective.
SELECTED COMMUNITY PRESENTATIONS, WORKSHOPS, AND ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCES
7/11 Lecture, Historical Research and Contemporary Art, M.A Student Seminar, NYU Venice
Program, Venice Italy.
11/09 Professional Development Workshop for World Savvy in NYC, Critical Race Theory and
Contemporary Art: Tools for the Classroom”, NYU, NYC.
8/09 Professional Development Workshops for High School Teachers at Urban Assembly School of
Media, NYC, “Integrating Contemporary Art into the Curriculum”, Barney Building, New York
University, New York City.
8/09 Professional Development Workshops for High School Teachers at Urban Assembly School of
Media, NYC, “Contemporary Art and Media Education”, Barney Building, New York University, New
York City.
11/08 Professional Development Workshop for World Savvy Teachers “Critical Race Theory and
Contemporary Art: Tools for the Classroom”, Barney Building, New York University, New York City.
1/08 Professional Development Workshop for NYC Department of Education, “Social issue based art
education”, Barney Building , New York University, New York City.
8/07. Lecture. “The Voice, Smell, and Taste of History: Re-imagining Historical Methodologies”, M.A
Student Seminar, NYU Venice Program, Venice Italy
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8/07. Lecture. “Contemporary Art and Globalization”, M.A Student Seminar, NYU Venice Program,
Venice Italy
10/06. Lecture, “ Visual art and Race Stories,” at Barnard College, Student Seminar in Education,
New York City.
11/02. Lecture, “Artist as Ethnographer/Oral Historian/Ethnohistorian” at Parsons School of Design,
MFA studio seminar, New York, New York. Invited.
8/02. Presenter, “Artists as Ethnographer”, re-searching the art of inquiry course, which was part of
InSEA research conference at Teachers College-Columbia University, New York, New York. Invited.
8/02. Workshop, “The researcher as container”, conceptualizing and visualizing research workshop
for Re-searching the art of inquiry course, which was part of the InSEA research conference at
Teachers College-Columbia University, New York, New York. Invited.
8/02. Panelist, “Surprises of research” at re-searching the art of inquiry course, which was part of
InSEA research conference at Teachers College-Columbia University, New York, New York. Invited.
8/02 Host chairperson, Invited seminar titled “Embedding art education in cultural/historical texts and
visual narratives-epics, mythology, legends and history as contextual grounding for art education” at
International Society for Education through Art Conference, New York, New York.
11/01. Presenter, “Art and Activism” NYU Day of Community Dialogue held at New York University,
New York, New York.
04/00. Panelist, “ Cross-cultural research” Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, New York
University.
7/94. Workshop/Presenter, “Art and the Integrated Curriculum: A Cultural Materialist Position,” a
presentation to elementary school teachers and an art workshop for children grades 5 to 8, New Era
School, Bombay, India. Invited.
3/93. Artist in Residence (10 weeks), Pomare School, Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand.
3/92. Artist in Residence (4 weeks), Madison Art Center, Madison, Wisconsin.
1/88. Artist in Residence (10 weeks session), Public School 169, Queens, NY.
2/88. Artist in Residence (20 weeks session), Public School 84, NYC.
2/88. Artist in Residence (10 weeks session), Public School 113, NYC.
5/88. Workshop, "The Art of Papermaking", Staten Island Children's Museum, Staten Island, NY. Invited.
LEADERSHIP IN PROFESSIONAL ORGANIZATIONS
09/11-Present, Board Member, Center for Artistic Activism, NYC.
04/08-Present, Elected member of Council For Policy Studies in Art Education- National organization.
7/06 –Present, Advisory Group for the Visual Arts In NYC for the Board of Education, New York City.
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9/04 – 9/05 Faculty consultant on a curriculum development project “Telling tales: The use of story to
teach tolerance and social justice”, New York City.
1/02-Present. Education Advisory Board, Art 21 (non-profit organization connected to PBS), New
York, New York.
1/02-Present. Education Committee, Museum of Art and Design, New York, New York.
ORGANIZER OF CONFERENCES AND PROGRAMS
9/12 Organizer with Randy Martin, Laurie Novak, Jack Tchen for Imagining America Conference at
NYU.
09/11 Organizing member with Stephen Duncombe and David Darts on Artistic Activism at NYU.
Organize, facilitate and conduct workshops and research on artistic activism.
10/09. Organizing Member and facilitator of “The New Everyday “ Un-conference on visual culture at
New York University, NYC.
4/07 (9/07- 3/08). Member of Arts Education Consortium and Planning Committee. Conference titled
Arts Education to What End? New York University, NYC.
10/99-8/02. Member of Subcommittee that designed and planned the International Society for
Education through Art–Research Conference, New York, New York, New York.
10/99-8/02. Member of Planning Committee for International Society for Education through Art
Conference, New York, New York
9/01-11/01. Organized with students an art activist project in response to 9/11 titled the “Taking back
the Flag”. The activist art project was part of NYU Day of Community dialogue and Art Department
Open House at New York University.
5/96-12/97. Co-director of National Arts Now Conference titled “Subject to Desire: Refiguring the
Body” held at Sate University of New York-New Paltz, New York in October 1997. Conceived the
topic and involved in the organization planning of an interdisciplinary conference,
which brought together internationally known artists, musicians, art historians and art critics to
examine the intersections of body as site and subject.
OTHER TEACHING AND CURRICULAR ACTIVITES
07/12 Faculty, NEH Summer Institute at A/P/A Institute at NYU, Re-envisioning Asian American Art
History,
2/07- 5/07 Co-teaching an art class with the art teacher Lauren Adelman at Community Prep School
in New York City. Mounted an art exhibition called Hands On where students sold their artwork at the
Commons at Barney building at New York University.
8/05 Visiting Summer Scholar, Ohio State University, taught a course titled “Art, Globalization, and
Multiculturalism in a time of War, Columbus, Ohio.
6/01-7/01 Taught art to 6 to 13 year old girls at the Lower East Side Girls Club of New York.
8/99-8/00 Designed an art curriculum for 6th to 8th grade student for the Boy’s Club of New York’s
Summer School- Camp Cronwell, New York, New York.
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8/90-12/91. Analyzed issues, interviewed and presented alternative news reports regarding the "Third
World" which included marginalized groups in the U.S., on "Third World News", WORT Radio,
Madison, Wisconsin.
EXHIBITIONS
Group Shows:
Instructions, Common Gallery, Barney Building, January 2012.
Faculty Art Show, College Gallery, New Paltz, New York, October 1997.
Women in the Visual Arts, Erector Square Gallery, New Haven, Connecticut, March 1996, juried.
Faculty Art Show, College Gallery, New Paltz, New York, October 1996.
NYSATA Exhibition, New York, October 1995, juried.
Faculty Art Show, New Paltz, New York, October 1995.
Hutt Valley Craft Festival, Eastbourne, Wellington, New Zealand, March 1993.
Sixty Fourth Student Show, Madison, WI, April 1992, juried.
Breaking the Silence, Appleton, WI, February 1992, juried.
Multimedia Basketry, Ames. Iowa, October 1991, juried.
Art Against War, Madison, WI, March 1991.
The Electronic Gallery, National Art Education Association Annual Exhibit, Atlanta, GA, March, 1991,
juried.
Wisconsin Art Education Show, Pewaukee, WI, October, 1990, juried.
PROFESSIONAL MEMBERSHIPS
National Art Education Association ( NAEA)
United States Society for Education through Art (USSEA)
University Council for Art Education
College Art Association
InSEA
AERA
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