Arts in Education

Alan Brody

Alan Brody is Associate Provost for the Arts and Professor of Theater at MIT. He is a distinguished playwright, director of theater and opera, and author of two novels. Among his award-winning plays are Invention for Fathers and Sons (1989), The Company of Angels (1990), The Housewives of Mannheim (1995), and Greytop in Love (1998).

William Corbett

Poet William Corbett has written extensively about the visual arts. His recent work All Prose (2001) includes essays on these two twentieth-century artists. Other prose work on artists includes: John Raimondi (1999), New York Literary Lights (1998), and Philip Guston's Late Work (1994). Collections of poetry include: Don't Think Look, Boston/Vermont, and On Blue Note.

Elisabeth Soep

Dr. Soep is Producer and Education Director at the Peabody Award-winning Youth Radio in Berkeley, California, author of many articles, and co-editor of Youthscapes: Popular Cultures, National Ideologies, and Global Markets (in press, University of Pennsylvania).

Lawrence Scripp

At the New England Conservatory of Music, Dr. Scripp is Chair of Music Education, Director of the Music in Education Program, and Education Director of the Research Center for Learning Through Music. He is the founder of the Conservatory Lab Charter School in Boston, where he is Director of Research Curriculum and Dissemination.

Douglas Boughton

Douglas Boughton is Professor of Art Education at Northern Illinois University's School of Fine Arts. An international expert on visual arts assessment and program evaluation, his many publications include the edited volumes: Evaluation and Assessment in Visual Arts Education (1995) and the groundbreaking Evaluating Art Education in Community Centers: International Perspectives on Problems of Connection and Practice (1998).

Munir Jiwa

Munir Jiwa teaches at the New School University in the areas of anthropology and religion with a focus on the arts, museums, media, and material culture. He consults globally on the subject of Islamic affairs and communications. Jiwa's current research is entitled: Toward an anthropology of Islam: Visual artists and the construction of Muslim identities in the USA.

The Artists Collective

The Artists Collective is a nationally recognized urban community art center in Hartford, CT. Founded by alto saxophonist Jackie McLean, the Collective's executive director is Dollie McLean. Under the direction of artistic leaders Rufus Foote, Cheryl Smith and Aca Lee Thompson, students and teachers of the Collective perform annually at HGSE and reflect with us on teaching and learning in their unique setting beyond school walls.

See The Artists Collective website

Carol Becker

Carol Becker is Dean of Faculty at the Art Institute of Chicago. Professor Becker is a well known writer and critic whose many publications address artists in society, cultural studies, and feminist issues. They include: Surpassing the Spectacle: Global Transformations and the Changing Politics of Art, The Invisible Drama: Women and the Anxiety of Change, The Subversive Imagination: Artists, Society, & Social Responsibility, and Zones of Contention: Essays on Art, Institutions, Gender, and Anxiety.

Dick Deasy

Dick Deasy is executive director of The Arts Education Partnership (formerly the Goals 2000 Arts Education Partnership), a national coalition of arts, education, business, philanthropic and government organizations that demonstrates and promotes the essential role of the arts in the learning and development of every child and in the improvement of America's schools. Formerly a prize-winning journalist covering politics and government affairs, Mr. Deasy has enjoyed successful careers in international cultural affairs and education.

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Eileen Mason

A former book editor and talented violinist, Eileen B. Mason was appointed Senior Deputy Chairman of the National Endowment for the Arts by the Bush Administration in November 2001. She served as the senior agency official since NEA Chairman Michael Hammond passed away on January 29, 2002. Prior to coming to the Endowment, Ms. Mason served as a manager and administrator at the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. Her 23 years of public service include service on the Arts and Humanities Council of Montgomery County, MD, as Vice President for Grants, and as a Music Advisory Panelist for the Maryland State Arts Council.

See the National Endowment for the Arts website

Paul Duncum

Dr. Paul Duncum is a Lecturer in Visual Arts Curriculum on the Faculty of Education, University of Tasmania, where he teaches pre-service primary generalist teachers and secondary art specialists. A former graphic designer and high school art and design instructor, Duncum publishes widely on areas such as children's spontaneous drawing, critical theory and art education, picture appraisal strategies, images of childhood, and popular and global culture. A member of the Council for Policy Studies in Art Education in the United States, Duncum's most recent publication is On Knowing: Art and Visual Culture.