DAVID DARTS, PHD
Chair, Department of Art and Art Professions
Associate Professor of Art and Art Education
NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human Development
NATIONALITY
Canadian Citizen
Permanent Resident of the United States
EDUCATION
2004 PhD – Curriculum Studies and Art Education, University of British Columbia
2002 MEd – Curriculum and Instruction, University of British Columbia
1996 BEd – Art and English Education (with Teacher Certification), University of British Columbia
(Co-President of Graduating Class).
1992 BA – English Literature and Studio Art, University of British Columbia
ACADEMIC APPOINTMENTS
01.2012 – present
09.2006 – 12.2011
07.2009
08.2004 – 06.2006
07.2005 – 08.2005
07.2004 – 08.2004
09.2001 – 05.2004
Associate Professor of Art and Art Education (with Tenure), Department of Art
and Art Professions, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human
Development, New York University
Assistant Professor of Art and Art Education (Tenure-track), Department of Art
and Art Professions, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human
Development, New York University
Visiting Summer Scholar (Course: Contemporary Art Practices and Creative
Curriculum - Making Meaning in Public Places), Department of Art Education,
College of the Arts, The Ohio State University
Assistant Professor of Art Education (Tenure-track), School of Art, College of
Fine Arts, University of Arizona
Visiting Assistant Professor (Course: Digital New Media and Computer Studies
in Art Education), Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education,
University of British Columbia
Adjunct Instructor, Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education,
University of British Columbia
Faculty Adviser (Student Teacher Supervisor), Art Education and Social Justice
Cohorts, Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education, University of
British Columbia
ADMINISTRATIVE APPOINTMENTS
06.2011 – present
Chair, Department of Art and Art Professions, NYU Steinhardt School of
Culture, Education and Human Development
09.2011 – present
Director, M.A. Studio Art Summer in Berlin, Germany, Department of Art
and Art Professions, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human
Development, New York University
09.2007 – 08.2011 Associate Director, M.A. Studio Art Summer in Venice, Italy, Department of Art
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09.2006 – 08.2007
and Art Professions, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human
Development, New York University
Acting Director of Art Education, Department of Art and Art Professions, NYU
Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development, New York
University.
RESEARCH GRANTS
2012
Mirzoeff, N. and Darts, D. Visual Culture Now! Conference. NYU Steinhardt
Global Integration Fund (GIF): $4,419. Time Period: June 2012
2011 – 2013
Darts, D., Desai, D. Duncombe, S. Artistic Activism. NYU Humanities Initiative
Working Research Group Grant: $10,000. Time Period: September 2011-May
2013
2010 – 2011
Darts, D. and Desai, D. The Critical Art Education Reader. NYU Humanities
Initiative Grant-in-Aid: $2000. Time Period: January 2011-May 2011.
2010
Desai, D. and Darts, D. Visionary Studio Program. NYU Curricular
Development Challenge Fund: $5,000. Time Period: September 2010-December
2010.
2009
Darts, D. Conflux: The Art and Technology Festival for the Creative Exploration
of Urban Public Space. NYU Humanities Initiative: $5000. Time Period: May
2009-April 2010.
2009
Darts, D. Conflux: The Art and Technology Festival for the Creative Exploration
of Urban Public Space. Faculty Challenge Grant, NYU Steinhardt School of
Culture, Education and Human Development: $5000. Time Period: May 2009April 2010.
2007 – 2010
Grauer, K. (Principal Investigator), Darts, D., Webber, S., Sinner, A. (CoInvestigators). The Art of New Media Education: A Study of Community-Based
New Media Arts Education. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of
Canada: $110,160. Time Period: June 2007-May 2010.
AWARDS, HONORS, AND SCHOLARSHIPS
2011
D. Jack Davis Endowed Lecturer in Art Education, University of North Texas
($1,500)
2010
Goddard Award, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education, and Human
Development, New York University ($4,000)
2004 – 2006
Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of
Canada ($40,000)
2004 – 2005
PhD Tuition Award, University of British Columbia ($3,400)
2005
International Travel Award, Office of International Faculty and Students,
University of Arizona ($900)
2004
Gordon and Marion Smith Prize in Art Education for Most Promising Artist and
Educator, University of British Columbia ($500)
2003 – 2004
University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia ($16,000)
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PUBLICATIONS
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Darts, D. (under review). The End of Art Education. Submitted to Art Education.
Darts, D. (under review). Teaching Art in Public. Submitted to Canadian Art Teacher.
Darts, D. (forthcoming). When I Hear the Word Culture, I Reach for My Source Code: Art Education,
Freedom, and Open Source. International Journal of Art Education.
Darts, D. (forthcoming). Contemporary Art Education: A Manifesto. Canadian Art Teacher, 10(1).
Darts, D. (2011). Invisible Culture: Taking Art Education to the Streets. Journal of Art Education,
64(5), 49-53.
Sandlin, J,. Kahn, R., Darts, D., & Tavin, K. (2009). To Find the Cost of Freedom: Towards a Critical
Pedagogy of Consumption. The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies, 7(2), 99-125.
Darts, D. (2008). Art & Pedagogy in the Age of Neo-Liberal Globalization. Journal of Cultural
Research and Art Education, 26(1), 80-85.
Darts, D., Tavin, K, Sweeny, R. & Derby, J. (2008). Scopic Regime Change: The War of Terror, Visual
Culture, and Art Education. Studies in Art Education, 49(3), 200-217.
Darts, D. (2008). The Art of Culture War: (Un)Popular Culture, Freedom of Expression, and Art
Education. Studies in Art Education, 49(2), 103-121.
Darts, D. (2006). Art Education For a Change: Contemporary Issues and the Visual Arts. Art
Education, 59(5), 6-12.
Darts, D. (2004). Visual Culture Jam: Art, Pedagogy and Creative Resistance, Studies in Art
Education, 45(4), 313-327.
Scholarly Book Chapters
Darts, D. & Desai, D. (forthcoming) Art Education and Social Justice in Neo-liberal times. In K. Tavin
and Christine Ballengee-Morris (Eds) Standing up, for a Change: Voices of Arts Educators.
Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
Darts, D. (forthcoming December 2011). Just Seeds artists' cooperative. In J. Hochtritt, T. Quinn, and
J. Ploof (Eds) Contemporary art education and social justice. New York: Routledge.
Darts, D., Castro, J.C., Sinner, A. & Grauer, K. (2011). New Media Arts Education: How
Community-Based Programs Reshape Teaching and Learning in the Age of Web 2.0. In R.W.
Sweeny (Ed) Digital Visual Culture: Intersections and Interactions in 21st Century Art
Education (80-89). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
Darts, D. & Tavin, K. (2009). Global Capitalism and Strategic Visual Pedagogy. In J.A. Sandlin &
Peter McLaren (Eds) Critical Pedagogies of Consumption: Living and Learning in the Shadow
of the “Shopocalypse.” (237-248). New York: Routledge.
Darts, D. (2007). Learning Through New Eyes: Media, Visual Culture and Art Education. In R. Irwin,
K. Grauer, & M. Emme (Eds) ReVisions: Readings in Canadian Art Teacher Education (pp. 8089). Toronto, ON: Canadian Society for Education Through Art.
Darts, D. (2006). Head Game$: Engaging Popular Visual Culture. In P. Duncum (ed) Visual Culture in
the Classroom: Case Studies (99-108). Reston, VA: National Art Education Association.
Editorials
Darts, D. & Taylor, P.G. (2010). Introduction: Perspectives: The Digital. Journal of Curriculum
and Pedagogy, 7(2).
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Book Reviews in Peer-reviewed Journals
Darts, D. (2006). Review of R. Hickman (2004) (ed) Art Education 11-18, Canadian Journal of
Education, 29(3), 887-890.
Book Manuscripts in Progress
Darts, D., & Desai, D. (eds). The Critical Art Education Reader. This research is supported by the
NYU Humanities Imitative and tentatively to be co-published by Routledge and the National
Art Education Association.
Journal Article Manuscripts in Progress
Darts, D. & Desai, D. Pedagogy in Public Spaces: Issues and Possibilities of Critical Art Practices. To
be submitted to the International Journal of Art & Design Education.
Darts, D. & Desai, D. Black Sites/Sights and White America: Pedagogies of Torture, Visions of Terror,
and Art Education. To be submitted to The Journal for Critical Education Policy Studies.
ART & TECHNOLOGY SCHOLARSHIP
PirateBox (2011)
Self-contained and mobile digital collaboration and file sharing system. Inspired by pirate radio and the
free culture movement, PirateBox utilizes Free and Open Source software to create mobile wireless
communication and file sharing networks where users can chat and anonymously exchange images,
video, audio, documents, and other digital content. Exhibition: This project has been featured in over
100 international online and print publications, including New Scientist, Ars Technica, and Wired Italia.
It has inspired over 10,000 tweets on Twitter and several hundred reader comments. The PirateBox
website has logged over 1 million page views since February 2011.
FreeDrop (2010)
Local P2P digital file sharing and collaboration platform (Prototype and Proof of Concept – see
PirateBox above). Exhibition: Faculty Show, NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human
Development
ParaSight (In Development)
Sousveillance (inverse surveillance) system designed to be worn as a wearable device. Includes a
networked camera on a timer with built in carry-and-forward delay-tolerant networking which allows
the user to document her physical environment and then anonymously upload data to the Internet via
open wifi networks.
TechNomadic Gallery (In Development)
Mobile digital exhibition system designed to be embedded as a wearable device. It features a mobile
web server that hosts and locally broadcasts interactive websites displaying digital media and artworks.
It is aimed at smart phones and other wireless mobile devices.
Cloudburst (2010)
Prototype for a free and open source software framework designed to host a series of distributed
services (email, file sharing, microblogging, file backup and sync, media streaming, etc.) on a low-cost
plug computer. Aimed at maximizing users' control over privacy and personal data by reducing reliance
on cloud-based servers and proprietary platforms.
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bMLS (bovine Maternal Lactating Solution) (2009)
Multimedia assemblage that examines the relationships between dairy consumption, human health, and
biotechnology.
Waterboard (2008)
Digital Assemblage featuring a clear bag of water suspended over an embedded LCD screen that
displays the first page of the United States Constitution. Over a period of a few minutes, passages from
the Constitution are digitally redacted until only fragments of the text remain. The piece is
accompanied by an audio track of water pouring out of a bottle.
Fire-and-Forget (2007)
A digital assemblage featuring a video collage playing on an LCD screen embedded inside a military
issue gas mask. The video includes cockpit video footage, film clips, and screen-recorded scenes from
America's Army (official U.S. Army online recruitment and training tool). It explores the intersections
between technology, entertainment, morality, and violence.
CURATORIAL SCHOLARSHIP
Curatorial Director, Conflux (01.2009 – present)
Conflux: Art & Tech Festival for the Creative Exploration of Urban Public Space Conflux is an
international art and technology festival that promotes the artistic and intellectual investigation of
everyday urban life though emerging artistic, technological and social practices. Over the last two
years, Conflux has featured lectures, performances, workshops, and exhibitions from over 250 public
space scholars and artists, including the Yes Men, Reverend Billy, Marc Horowitz, Sal Randolph, Steve
Lambert, and Natalie Jeremijenko. Conflux has received significant media attention including stories in
the New York Times and on National Public Radio's All Things Considered. http://ConfluxFestival.org
ARCHIVAL/ONLINE SCHOLARSHIP
Creative Tools for Critical Times (CT4CT) (02.2009-present)
Creative Tools for Critical Times (CT4CT) is a web-based research project and repository of artistic
works that exist at the intersection of contemporary culture, critical theory, and civic engagement. The
site serves as a research tool and archive of contemporary artists and creative practices. CT4CT is
specifically designed to provide curricular resources for artists, teachers and students wishing to engage
in the study and production of contemporary art. http://ct4ct.com The CT4CT website currently hosts
over 670 pages and has received over 250,000 visitors since launching in 2009.
RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS WITH PEER-REVIEWED PROPOSALS
Darts, D., Siegesmund R., Stankiewicz, M. Exploring the Critical Correspondence Between
Philosophy of History and Historical Research. National Art Education Association Annual
Convention, New York, March 1-4, 2012.
O'Donoghue, D. , Freedman, K. & Darts, D. Design Activism as Public Pedagogy. National Art
Education Association Annual Convention, New York, March 1-4, 2012.
Siegesmund, R. & Darts, D. (accepted). What's the Big Idea?: Theoretical and Philosophical Research
in Classroom Practice. National Art Education Association Annual Convention, New York,
March 1-4, 2012.
Desai, D. & Darts, D. Pedagogy in Public Spaces: Issues and Possibilities of Critical Art Practices.
International Society for Education Through Art 33rd World Congress, Budapest, Hungary, June
27-30, 2011.
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Darts, D. The End of Art Education. National Art Education Annual Convention, Seattle, March 17-20,
2011.
Darts, D. The Makers of Things: Art Education in the Era of Digital DIY. National Art Education
Annual Convention, Seattle, March 17-20, 2011.
Darts, D. Teaching Critical Design. National Art Education Annual Convention, Minneapolis, April 1721, 2009.
Darts, D. & Grauer, K. Art and Media Education: Learning from Media Arts Centers. National Art
Education Annual Convention, Minneapolis, April 17-21, 2009.
Desai & Darts, D. Black Sites/Sights and White America: Pedagogies of Torture, Visions of Terror and
Art Education. National Art Education Annual Convention, Minneapolis, April 17-21, 2009.
Grauer, K., Darts, D., Weber, S., Sinner, A., & Carlos, J. Community-based new media arts programs
in North America: Engaging in Alternative Pedagogical Environments. Canadian Society for
Education Through Art Annual Conference, Montreal, QC, November 7, 2008.
Darts, D. & Desai, D. Bordering on Torture: Curricular Renditions, Black Sites/Sights and the Global
War of Terror. Thinking Beyond Borders: Global Ideas: Global Values. Canadian Society for the
Study of Education, Vancouver BC, May 31-June 3, 2008.
Desai, D. & Darts, D. Black Sites/Sights and White America: Pedagogies of Torture, Visions of Terror
and Art Education. Celebrating Pluralism Symposium, University of British Columbia,
Vancouver, BC, May 30, 2008.
Darts, D. Art Education and the Culture Wars: Moral Panics, Visual Culture, and Free Expression.
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, New York, NY, March 2008.
Darts, D. Disinfotainment and Democracy: Art Education in the Age of Illusion. National Art
Education Annual Convention, New Orleans, March 29, 2008.
Darts, D. Free Culture: Art Education, Digital Technology, and Open Democracy. National Art
Education Annual Convention, New Orleans, March 28, 2008.
Grauer, K., Darts, D. Sinner, A Community-Based New Media Arts Programs: Engaged Learners in
Alternative Learning Environments. National Art Education Annual Convention, New Orleans,
March 28, 2008.
Darts, D., Desai, D., Benedict, C., Koff, S., Marin, C. Education for a Change: Socially Engaged Arts
Education. WNET13 Celebration of Teaching & Learning Conference, March 6, 2008.
Darts, D. Dumbing Down and Smartening Up: Popular Culture, Public Schools, and Teacher
Education. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 10,
2007.
Darts, D. (Chair). Engaging and Educating Learners with Media. Media, Culture, and Curriculum SIG,
American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Chicago, IL, April 9, 2007.
Darts, D. The Art of Culture War. National Art Education Annual Convention, New York, NY, March
14-18, 2007.
Sweeny, R., Tavin, K. & Darts, D. Scopic Regime Change: The War of Terror, Visual Culture, and Art
Education. National Art Education Annual Convention, New York, NY, March 14-18, 2007.
Darts, D. Edutainment: Watching What We Learn. National Art Education Annual Convention,
Chicago, IL, March 22-26, 2006.
Darts, D., Springgay, S., & Bickle, B. Relational Aesthetics as Artistic Interventions in Social Justice
Education. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Montreal, QC, April
11-15, 2005.
Darts, D., Beudert, L., & Garber, E. Negotiating Borders Through Visual Culture. National Art
Education Association Annual Convention, Boston, MA, March 4-8, 2005.
Darts, D., Community Cultural Development. Third Winter Conference on Arts Education, University
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of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, February 16-18, 2005.
Garber, E., Darts, D., & Beudert, L. Teaching Visual Culture in the Borderlands. Third Winter
Conference on Arts Education, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, February 16-18, 2005.
Darts, D. Imagining Art Education for a Change. Second Annual International Conference on
Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC, July 14-17, 2004.
Darts, D. Are We Reproducing the Status Quo Through Teacher Education? Seventh Annual
Investigating Our Practices Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, May
1, 2004.
Springgay, S., Irwin, R.L. & Darts, D. Interpreting Visual Culture: The Hermeneutics of Aesthetic
Experience. National Art Education Association Annual Convention, Denver, CO, April 16-20,
2004.
De Cosson, A., Irwin, R.L., Gruer, K., Snowber, C., & Darts, D. Dancing the Corridors: Interruptions
for Learning in School Based Settings. American Educational Research Association Annual
Meeting, Sand Diego, CA, April 11-14, 2004.
Darts, D. Life on the Street: Bringing the Street to Life Through Performative Inquiry. International
Conference on Imagination and Education, Vancouver, BC, July 16-19.
Gingras, J., Darts, D. , Higgins, C., Purru, K., & Smith, A. Collaborative re/constructions for
transformation in higher education. Plus Ca Change: 23rd Annual Conference of the Society for
Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Vancouver, BC, June 11-14, 2003.
Darts, D. No More Teachers, No More Books: Global (in)access(ability) to Education. First
International Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice, San Francisco, CA, June 1315, 2003.
Darts, D. Development Education Trips: Taking Global Education on (and Off) the Road. First
International Conference on Teacher Education and Social Justice, San Francisco, CA, June 1315, 2003.
Darts, D. Stop run: Listen to the Silenced, Silencing, Silences. Provoking Curriculum Conference,
Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, Vancouver BC, February 28 - March 1, 2003.
Darts, D. & the Curriculum & Instruction Collective. Centering Silences. Astonishing Silences
Conference, Northwest Philosophy of Education Society, Vancouver, BC, October 18-19, 2002.
INVITED RESEARCH PRESENTATIONS
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Psychogeography and Public Space Art. Brigham Young University
Department of Visual Arts, Salt Lake City, September 29, 2011.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Art and Technology as the Practice of Freedom. Council for Policy Studies
in Art Education, Seattle, WA, March 16, 2011.
Darts, D. (Public Lecture). D. Jack Davis Endowed Lecture in Art Education, University of North
Texas, March 9, 2011.
Darts, D. (Keynote Lecture). Participatory Culture: An Incomplete Introduction. Kutztown University,
November 19, 2010.
Darts, D. (Public Lecture). When I Hear the Word Culture, I Reach for My Source Code. College of
Art and Design, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, October 4, 2010.
Darts, D. (Invited Workshop). Free Software, Free Culture: A Practical Introduction to Freedom in the
Digital Age for Artists and Teachers. College of Art and Design, University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign, October 5, 2010.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Open Source and Commons Based Peer Production. Council for Policy
Studies in Art Education, Minneapolis, MN, April 16, 2009.
Darts, D. (Keynote Lecture). Contemporary Art and Media Education for a Change. Globalization,
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Diversity, and Education Conference sponsored by the Cultural Studies and Social Thought in
Education program, Washington State University, Spokane, WA, February 26-28, 2008.
Darts, D. (Keynote Lecture). Contemporary Art Education: A Manifesto for the 21st Century. Teenage
Cultural Practices Symposium. Concordia University, Montreal, QC, November 7 & 8, 2008.
Darts, D. (Public Lecture). DIY Culture: How Participatory Media and Collective Intelligence are
changing the Ways We Create, Learn, and Live. Melbern G. Glasscock Center for Humanities
Research, Texas A&M University, April 5, 2008.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Dumbing Down and Smartening Up: Learning from Popular Culture and
Digital Media. Invited lecture presented to Richard Magill’s Human Development and the Arts
graduate class, New York University, November 6, 2007.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Creative Tools for Critical Times: Education, Popular Culture, and
Creative Resistance. NYU Steinhardt Commission on Gender, Race, and Social Justice Speaker
Series Monday 20, 2006.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Head Game$. Invited Graduate Seminar for Dr. Debbie Smith-Shank’s Art
Teacher Education class, Northern Illinois University School of Art, October 13, 2005.
Darts, D. (Invited Respondent), Graduate Research in Art Education Conference, Teachers College
Columbia University, November 11, 2006.
Darts, D. (Invited Respondent), MacArthur Foundation Series on Digital Media and Learning
Interactive Online Discussion, October 2006.
Darts, D. (Public Lecture). Edutainment: Watching What We Learn. Northern Illinois University
School of Art, October 12, 2005.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Contested Bodies. Invited Lecture presented to the UBC 4th Annual
Teacher Institute, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC, July 15, 2005.
Darts, D. (Invited Workshop). Effective Teaching, Graduate Teaching Assistants, School of Art,
University of Arizona School of Art, January 28, 2005.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Critical Theory in Art Education. Dr. Mary Stokrocki’s Graduate Visual
Culture Research Class, Arizona State University School of Art, Phoenix, AZ, November 23,
2004.
Darts, D. (Invited Workshop). Effective Teaching, Graduate Teaching Assistants, School of Art,
University of Arizona School of Art, November 12, 2004.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Socially Engaged Design. Professor Ellen McMahon’s Critical Issues in
Design Graduate Class, University of Arizona School of Art, November 1, 2004.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Media Literacy as Culture Jamming. Dr. Kevin Sandler’s U.S. Media Now
class, University of Arizona, Tucson AZ, October 27, 2004.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Creative Citizenship, Community, Pedagogy and Curriculum Vitae (The
Curriculum of One’s Life). Center for Cross Faculty Inquiry, University of British Columbia,
October 21, 2004.
Darts, D. (Invited Workshop). Global Education Simulations: Experiential Learning in the Humanities
Classroom. Dr. Gabby Minnes Brandes’ Humanities and Social Justice Teacher Education
Cohort, University of British Columbia, November 18, 2003.
Darts, D. (Invited Workshop). Global Education Simulations: Experiential Learning in the Humanities
Classrooom. Dr. Gabby Minnes Brandes’ Humanities and Social Justice Teacher Education
Cohort, University of British Columbia, November 7, 2002.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). A Pedagogy of Creative Resistance. Invited Lecture presented to Dr. Lynn
Fels’ Performative Inquiry class, Center for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction, University
of British Columbia, July 17, 2002.
Darts, D. (Invited Lecture). Equitable learning in the global community. Class Action: A Conference
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About Public Education, Vancouver BC, April 5-7, 2002.
SERVICE AND LEADERSHIP
National and International
Editorial Review Boards
04.2008 – present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education,
United States Society for Education Through Art
08.2010 – present
Editorial Review Board Member, International Journal of Education and the
Arts
09.2009 – present
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Art for Life, University of Florida
04.2008 – 03.2012
04.2005 – 04.2008
Editorial Board Member, Studies in Art Education, National Art Education
Association
Editorial Board Member, Journal of Art Education, National Art Education
Association
Academic Leadership
04.2008 – present
Elected Member, Council for Policy Studies in Art Education
04.2008 – 03.2012 Task Force Chair, Studies in Art Education Web 2.0 Task Force, National Art
Education Association
02.2010 – present
Ad Hoc Research Steering Committee Member, Higher Education Division,
National Art Education Association
04.2007 – 04.2009 Chair, Arts Based Educational Research Special Interest Group, American
Educational Research Association
08.2005 – 05.2006 Director Elect, Higher Education Division, Pacific Region, National Art
Education Association
04.2005 – 04.2007 Program Chair, Arts Based Educational Research Special Interest Group,
American Educational Research Association
04.2004 – 04.2005 Program Chair Elect, Arts Based Educational Research Special Interest Group,
American Educational Research Association
Reviews
05.2010
05.2010
02.2009
02.2009
09.2007
04.2007
10.2006
Reviewer, Special Issue on Art and Social Justice, Journal of Equity and
Excellence
Reviewer, International Journal of Education and the Arts
Reviewer, Grant Proposal, Social Science and Research Council of Canada
Reviewer, Journal of Virtual Worlds Research
Reviewer, AERA Annual Meeting Proposals: Arts and Learning SIG, Critical
Educators for Social Justice SIG, Media, Culture and Curriculum SIG, Division
B – Curriculum Studies, Division K – Teaching and Learning
Reviewer, International Journal of Education and the Arts
Reviewer, Canadian Journal of Education
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NYU Steinhardt School of Culture, Education and Human Development
10.2011 – 05.2012 Chair, NYU Abu Dhabi Visual Arts Faculty Search Committee
09.2006 – present
Core Member, Steinhardt Consortium of Arts Educators
09.2006 – present
Committee Member, Teacher Education Council
04.2011 – present
Committee Member, NYU Steinhardt Advisory Committee for Online Course
Evaluation Advisory Group
09.2010 – 05.2011 Committee Member, NYU Steinhardt Doctoral Affairs Committee
09.2006 – 09.2012 Committee Member, Teacher Education Working Group
04.2011
Committee Member, Outstanding Dissertation Award Committee
09.2006 – 05.2009 Committee Member, Dean’s Advisory Group
09.2006 – 05.2009 Committee Member, Advisory Committee for Field Studies
09.2007 – 05.2009 Committee Member, NYU Steinhardt Commission on History and Democracy
09.2006 – 05.2010 Committee Member, NYU Visual Culture Working Group
03.2010
Reviewer, NYU Steinhardt Arts and Culture Challenge Grant Awards
05.2009 – 10.2009 Steering Committee Member, NYU Visual Culture Working Group
UnConference: The New Everyday http://theneweveryday.com
05.2008 – 09.2008 Committee Member, Search Committee for Arts Education Field Coordinator
09.2007 – 05.2008 Interim Chair, Teacher Education Working Group
09.2007 – 05.2008 Co-Chair, Arts Education: To What End? NYU Steinhardt International
Conference on Arts Education
01.2008
Design Coordinator, NYU Steinhardt Visual Culture Program website
01.2007 – 05.2007 Core Member, Commission on Gender, Race, and Social Justice
NYU Steinhardt Department of Art and Art Professions
09.2008 – present
Chair, Art Professions Committee
01.2007 – present
Committee Member, Curriculum Committee
09.2010 – present
Committee Member, Space Committee
09.2011 – present
Chair, Fundraising Committee
09.2006 – 05.2011 Committee Member, Technology and Facilities Working Group
09.2006 – 05.2011 Committee Member, Doctoral Studies Committee
09.2006 – 05.2011 Committee Member, Art Professions Committee
09.2007 – 08.2012 Associate Director, Venice MA Studio Art Program
10.2008 – 05.2011 Adviser to the Chair, Department of Art and Art Professions
09.2010 – 05.2011 Chair, Global Studies Committee
09.2010 – present
Steering Committee Member, NYU Center for the Study of Creative Activism
09.2007 – 08.2008 Core Faculty Member, Visual Culture Program
09.2006 – 05.2007 Acting Director, NYU Art Education MA Program
09.2006 – 05.2007 Search Committee Member, Search Committee for Master Teacher of Painting
09.2006 – 05.2007 Committee Member, ‘All Access’ Committee
01.2007 – 05.2007 Committee Member, Personnel Committee
University of Arizona College of Fine Arts
09.2005 – 05.2006 Steering Committee Member, Arts Bridge America, College of Fine Arts
01.2005 – 05.2006 Committee Member, International Studies Committee, School of Art
09.2005 – 05.2006 Search Committee Member, Assistant Professor of Painting, School of Art
08.2004 – 05.2006 Committee Member, Arts Education Committee, College of Fine Arts
08.2004 – 05.2006 Chair, Graduate and Undergraduate Student Issues Committee, School of Art
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08.2004 – 05.2006
Committee Member, Foundations Committee, School of Art
University of British Columbia Faculty of Education
09.2003 – 05.2004 Graduate Peer Adviser, Department of Curriculum Studies, Faculty of Education
09.2003 – 05.2004 Committee Member, Search Committee for Assistant/Associate Professor of
Physical Education, Department of Curriculum Studies
09.2002 – 05.2003 Graduate Peer Adviser, Center for the Study of Curriculum and Instruction,
UBC Faculty of Education
09.2002 – 05.2003 Councilor, Graduate Student Society, University of British Columbia
SELECTED MEDIA AND PRESS COVERAGE
Interviews and Features
01.28.2011
New Scientist, PirateBox lets you share files with anyone close by
01.30.2011
Ars Technica, PirateBox: An “artistic provocation” in lunchbox form
02.10.2011
Wired Magazine (Italy), PirateBox, il network portatile per il file sharing
01.29.2011
Lifehacker, Build a Pirate Box for Mobile and Secure File Sharing
02.18.2011
Novaya Gazeta (Russia), Мой пиратский сундучок
01.27.2011
Numerama (France), La PirateBox, nouveau calvaire de la Hadopi
01.27.2011
Alt1040 (Spain), PirateBox, una caja para el que sabe que compartir no es robar
01.27.2011
Ubergizmo, The PirateBox is the Coolest File Sharing
01.28.2011
Neoteo (Spain), PirateBox: Una re P2P porttil y libre
03.07.2011
Vlasti (Russia), Черный портфель PirateBox с черепом и костями — путь к
свободе?
01.30.2011
Tweakers (Netherlands), La Professor geeft bouwinstructies vrij voor PirateBox
01.29.2011
Blogeee (France), Une distribution PirateBox pour netbook?
01.31.2011
Punto Informatico (Italy), PirateBox, condivisione a prova di tracking
01.31.2011
derStandard (Germany), ”PirateBox”: Anonymes Filesharing zum Mitnehmen
02.01.2011
SG Informatika & Tudomany (Hungary), PirateBox: fájlcserélés akár útközben is
02.01.2011
Suddeutsche Zeitung (Germany), Von Pier zu Pier
02.02.2011
Revolucao Digital (Portugal), PirateBox: partilhar conteúdos localmente
01.31.2011
ITAvisen (Norway), Tenk i koffert
01.31.2011
Forte (Estonia), Professor õpetab piraadikaste ehitama
02.20.2011
Sueddeusche (Germany), Freiheit von der Macht der Webkonzerne
03.07.2011
Fmanzana Mecanica (Spain), The PirateBox: un dispositivo libre para
comunicarse y compartir
09.18.2009
New York Times, Conflux Festival Turns New York Into a Digital Playground
09.17.2009
NPR – All Things Considered, On Air Interview and Online Story: Artists Usurp
New York's Public Spaces at Conflux Festival
09.17.2009
WNYC, On Air Interview and Online Story: Conceptual Artists Gather in NYC
Public Space for Conflux Festival
09.21.2009
Gizmodo, Conflux Festival's Augmented Realty Games Descend on NYC
09.27.2009
NYU Today, Steinhardt’s Darts Curates Conflux Art and Technology Festival
02.16.2007
Associated Press, Interview: For Centennial, NYC Taxis Become Canvas for
30,000 Painters
07.2006
Edify: UBC Faculty of Education Alumni Magazine, Wonders of the World:
Education Alumni Reflect on How Working Around the Globe Changed Their
Way of Thinking About Education
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02.24.2005
05.12.2004
Arizona Daily Wildcat, Classmates Confess Secrets on Postcards
The Vancouver Courier, Edutainment: Students from King George Secondary
have been investigating the impact of media and popular culture on our society
by working closely with PhD candidate and researcher, David Darts, from the
University of BC
Conflux Festival Press
12.01.2010
New York Times, Art Gets Unmasked (Special Report: Contemporary Art)
10.11.2010
Inhabitat, Conflux Festival Explores the Urban Environment of NYC
10.11.2010
The Local East Village, An Event Where Tech Meets Geography
10.11.2010
Flavorpill, Conflux Festival 2010
10.09.2010
ARTCARDS Review, Conflux 2010: Day One
10.09.2010
PSFK, FUTUREPLACES, Conflux Festival, PSFK SALON MIAMI & More
10.08.2010
The L Magazine, Don't Miss This Weekend's Conflux Festival: Some
Suggestions
10.07.2010
NY Art Beat, Conflux Festival
10.06.2010
NearSay, 7th Annual Conflux Festival Takes over LES This Weekend
10.04.2010
UrbanOmnibus (Architectural League of NY), Conflux Festival: October 8-10
10.04.2010
Wooster Collective, One Not to Miss: Conflux Festival in New York This
Weekend
09.27.2010
The Independent, Weekly fitness trends: The Facebook Workout, Kangoo, urban
hikes
09.21.2009
Washington Square News, The Barney Building Gets A 'Violet Jolt'
09.19.2009
Inhabitat, Conflux Festival is this weekend!
09.18.2009
NY Art Beat, "The 6th Annual Conflux" Festival
09.18.2009
TimeOut NY, Weekend Zen event: Human chess board
09.18.2009
PSFK, Urballoon Creates a “Digital Bonfire” in NYC Tonight
09.18.2009
Groundswell, Conflux Starts Today!
09.17.2009
Fast Company, Fish in the East River Say: "Hey Wht R U Up 2?"
09.17.2009
Fast Company, Teaching the Art of Guerrilla Art
09.17.2009
Interior Design Magazine, Sixth Annual Conflux Festival Opens at NYU
09.17.2009
Transportation Alternatives, Sixth Annual Conflux Festival Opens at NYU
09.16.2009
New Hampshire Public Radio, Ear to the Ground of A City
COURSES TAUGHT (GRADUATE)
Advanced Projects in Digital Art
Media Literacy and Contemporary Art Education
Art and Ideas: Theory and Research in Contemporary Art
Research in Art Education
Final Project in Art Education
School Arts II: Issues in Curriculum and Pedagogy
Graduate Colloquium in Art Education
Contemporary Art Practices and Creative Curriculum
MA Graduate Studio Critique
MA Graduate Projects in Studio Art
Projects in Art and Media
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