I’m happy to share my conversation with artist and art educator, Meryl Meisler. She shares her experiences in the classroom, in her community and ideas to cope with our current social situations for art educators and all people.

Today’s chat with Dara explores experiences in art education, discussing the tough topics in class and asks what would you do as a second career if your position was displaced, cut to part time, etc. ?

Today’s episode is introducing Audra Murrieta from California and how she has been navigating through the current events and changes in art education.

Today’s podcast introduces Flavia Zuniga-West, art educator and advocate for inclusion, diversity and equity in education.

Today’s episode discusses an article by Elliot Eisner’s 1987 article, “Why arts are basic” and how art educators can relate and change their perceptions of new anti-racist arts curriculum.

In today’s episode, I put a call to art educators on social media to interview and discuss what art education looks like now and how it will change in the future. I include interview questions that I will use to interview art educators around the country.

In today’s episode I discuss what art may look like after the Pandemic and the current social justice movements taking place in our cities. I pose the question to art teachers and teachers, how can we use art to expand our student’s worldview so they may “level up” in their lives.

I introduce myself to the world! Hello world! Hello painters!