ART AS EDUCATION
UNA ESCUELA SUSTENTABLE [UES]
Artist-Educator Residency & Educator’s Guide
CHILE, 2019-20, Non-Governmental organization
Month-long Art as Education residency for artists and educators held in conjunction with the building of a UES sustainable primary school.
Publication of an Educator’s Guide focusing on sustainable artistic thinking with examples of projects relevant to the community’s interests developed by residency artists and educators.
Collaborators: SOA Arte Contemporáneo, Uruguay; Fundación Tagma, Uruguay
FUNDACIÓN CASA SANTA ANA
Pedagogical Advising & Content Development
PANAMÁ, 2016-2017, Cultural Institution
Pedagogical consulting, programming and resources for Casa Santa Ana, a nonprofit foundation located in Panamá City dedicated to social progress and innovative learning through contemporary art.
Projects: Exhibition educational programming and resources, pedagogical supervision of artist-educator youth courses and conceptual design of the foundation’s website.
Additional collaborators: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Panamá; Movimiento Nueva Generación
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Teacher’s Guide & Educator Talks
New York, UNITED STATES, 2015, Cultural Institution
Teacher’s Guide for the Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today exhibition in collaboration with Guggenheim Museum education professionals.
The Guide provides metadisciplinary problems and exercises inspired by the exhibition artists’ works that encourage teachers and students to devise their own projects. Modifications are included for different age groups.
Reedited for the exhibition at the Museo Jumex, Mexico City.
Talks on pedagogy for Guggenheim Museum and Museo Jumex Education Department staff and other educators.
UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE
Courses & Resource Guide for Teachers and Graduate Students
Ohio, UNITED STATES, 2013–2014, 2018, Educational Institution
Resource Guide with metadisciplinary connections to Ohio Learning Standards for the Greer Museum Collections and the University of Rio Grande Sculpture Garden.
Art as Education and Critical Multiculturalism 40-hour courses in the Summer Studio Class Series for regional teachers and graduate students in the Master of Education in Integrated Arts Program.
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE SALOMÉ UREÑA (ISFODOSU)
Professional Development & Teacher Training
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2014, Educational Institution
Arte como Educación 40-hour course and blended learning workshops for teachers in training and other educators to use Dominican modern and contemporary art in curricular development.
Collaborators: Centro Eduardo León Jimenes
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA (MINERD)
National Arts Curricular Reform
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2014, Governmental Organization
Advising the Dominican Republic Ministry of Education (MINERD) on the reform of the National Arts Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for public schools.
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, ESCUELA DE ARTE, FACULTAD DE ARTES
College Workshop & Lecture
CHILE, 2016, Educational Institution
Weeklong workshop for college students in the School of the Arts focusing on analyzing select community, museum and arts educational programming and practices in Chile and reenvisioning “art as education”.
Educación artistica: Desafíos para el futuro (Arts Education: Future Challenges) lecture for the University’s Arts Faculty and invited guests.
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE LA CULTURA Y LAS ARTES, GOBIERNO DE CHILE
Lecture
CHILE, 2015, Government
Participating keynote speech in a national conference in Santiago organized by the Chilean National Council of Culture and Arts.
Arte como Educación workshops in Valparaiso for Council staff, artists, educators and others, and in Concepción at the Casa del Arte, for museum educators and additional invited guests.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
In 2005, María del Carmen launched the Education Department of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros where, drawing on her educational work for The Museum of Modern Art in New York, she founded and developed the Piensa en arte/Think Art platform for the Collection and the Fundación Cisneros.
Sofía and Luis joined the team in 2009.
Since its inception, Piensa en arte/Think Art has been implemented in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States.
The following selected programs and projects were all carried out under the auspices of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and the Fundación Cisneros.
Our experiences implementing programs in different contexts and countries led us to identify broader educational needs for the 21st century and to transform and expand our work.
In 2013, we founded the independent collective Arte como Educación [Art as Education].
HISTORICAL PROJECTS
FUNDACIÓN TROPICALIA
Miches, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2008-2012, Nonprofit Organization
Arts education programming in collaboration with Fundación Tropicalia for all Miches rural public schools and backed by the Dominican Republic Ministry of Education, and local and international NGOs. The work included artist and teacher training, mentoring, and developing educational materials.
Collaborators: Ministerio de Educación de la República Dominicana; Artemiches and former Peace Corps staff in the Dominican Republic
UNICEF VENEZUELA
Petare, VENEZUELA, 2010-2012, Nonprofit Organization
Arts education programming in a socially-at-risk urban elementary school and surrounding communities as part of UNICEF Venezuela’s initiative to reduce youth violence, and in collaboration with local NGOs and contemporary Venezuelan artists.
In 2013, the program was evaluated and highlighted in UNICEF Venezuela’s Annual Report.
Collaborators: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Venezuela; Museo de Arte Popular de Petare Bárbaro Rivas; Fundación Luz y Vida; Fé y Alegría Venezuela; Escuela Básica Presbítero Manuel Aguirre
CENTRO CULTURAL EDUARDO LEÓN JIMENES
Santiago de Los Caballeros, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2006-2012, Cultural Institution
Multiyear partnership with the Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes for the professional development of museum educators and teachers, including courses and workshops, lectures, talks, and exhibition educational materials and guides.
Interactive pedagogical exhibition, “¿Qué es el arte moderno para ti?” (What is Modern Art for You?), inspired by the Dominican public's responses to surveys administered in three regions of the country featuring Dominican, and other renowned modern Latin American and European artworks.
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN EARLY EDUCATION, UNITED WAY OF MIAMI-DADE
Miami-Dade, UNITED STATED, 2009-2013, Educational Institution
In-depth collaboration with the Center’s teachers in the implementation and assessment of an arts in early childhood education program for children ages 3-6 years old.
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA, MINISTERIO DE CULTURA Y JUVENTUD, ACCIÓNARTE
COSTA RICA, 2007 (independently ongoing), Government, Cultural Organizations and Nonprofit Organizations
Launch of the first collaborative arts-in-education programming agreement sponsored by the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education, the Ministry of Culture and Youth and the nonprofit AcciónArte. The work included designing and implementing multi-institutional professional development courses in innovative teaching and learning practices and developing guides for museum educators, public school teachers and students.
Collaborators: Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, Museo de Arte Costarricense, Museo Nacional, Teatro Nacional, among others.
LAS CUATRO ESTACIONES, BODEGAS CHANDON
ARGENTINA, 2006-2011, Government, Cultural Organizations and Nonprofit Organizations
Collaboration with Las Cuatro Estaciones, an Argentinian nonprofit, to create arts education programming, materials and an online platform for public school administrators and teachers. The work was accomplished in agreement with the government municipalities of San Juan and Mendoza, Argentina, supported by L@titud and sponsored by Bodegas Chandon.
Collaborators: Gobierno de la Municipalidad de San Juan, Gobierno de la Municipalidad de Mendoza, L@titud (Project Zero Harvard Graduate School of Education, Latin America)
UNA ESCUELA SUSTENTABLE [UES]
Artist-Educator Residency & Educator’s Guide
CHILE, 2019-20, Non-Governmental Organization
Month-long Art as Education residency for artists and educators held in conjunction with the building of a UES sustainable primary school.
Publication of an Educators’ Guide focusing on sustainable artistic thinking with examples of projects relevant to the community’s interests developed by residency artists and educators.
Collaborators: SOA Arte Contemporáneo, Uruguay; Fundación Tagma, Uruguay
FUNDACIÓN CASA SANTA ANA
Pedagogical Advising & Content Development
PANAMÁ, 2016-2017, Cultural Institution
Pedagogical consulting, programming and resources for Casa Santa Ana, a nonprofit foundation located in Panamá City dedicated to social progress and innovative learning through contemporary art.
Projects: Exhibition educational programming and resources, pedagogical supervision of artist-educator youth courses and conceptual design of the foundation’s website.
Additional collaborators: Museo de Arte Contemporáneo Panamá; Movimiento Nueva Generación
GUGGENHEIM MUSEUM
Teacher’s Guide & Educator Talks
New York, UNITED STATES, 2015, Cultural Institution
Teacher’s Guide for the Under the Same Sun: Art from Latin America Today exhibition in collaboration with Guggenheim Museum education professionals.
The Guide provides metadisciplinary problems and exercises inspired by the exhibition artists’ works that encourage teachers and students to devise their own projects. Modifications are included for different age groups.
Reedited for the exhibition at the Museo Jumex, Mexico City.
Talks on pedagogy for Guggenheim Museum and Museo Jumex Education Department staff and other educators.
UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE
Courses & Resource Guide for Teachers and Graduate Students
Ohio, UNITED STATES, 2013–2014, 2018, Educational Institution
Resource Guide with metadisciplinary connections to Ohio Learning Standards for the Greer Museum Collections and the University of Rio Grande Sculpture Garden.
Art as Education and Critical Multiculturalism 40-hour courses in the Summer Studio Class Series for regional teachers and graduate students in the Master of Education in Integrated Arts Program.
INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE FORMACIÓN DOCENTE SALOMÉ UREÑA (ISFODOSU)
Professional Development & Teacher Training
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2014, Educational Institution
Arte como Educación 40-hour course and blended learning workshops for teachers in training and other educators to use Dominican modern and contemporary art in curricular development.
Collaborators: Centro Eduardo León Jimenes
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN REPÚBLICA DOMINICANA (MINERD)
National Arts Curricular Reform
DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2014, Governmental Organization
Advising the Dominican Republic Ministry of Education (MINERD) on the reform of the National Arts Standards and Curriculum Frameworks for public schools.
PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE, ESCUELA DE ARTE, FACULTAD DE ARTES
College Workshop & Lecture
CHILE, 2016, Educational Institution
Weeklong workshop for college students in the School of the Arts focusing on analyzing select community, museum and arts educational programming and practices in Chile and reenvisioning “art as education”.
Educación artistica: Desafíos para el futuro (Arts Education: Future Challenges) lecture for the University’s Arts Faculty and invited guests.
CONSEJO NACIONAL DE LA CULTURA Y LAS ARTES, GOBIERNO DE CHILE
Lecture
CHILE, 2015, Government
Participating keynote speech in a national conference in Santiago organized by the Chilean National Council of Culture and Arts.
Arte como Educación workshops in Valparaiso for Council staff, artists, educators and others, and in Concepción at the Casa del Arte, for museum educators and additional invited guests.
HISTORICAL BACKGROUND
In 2005, María del Carmen launched the Education Department of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros where, drawing on her educational work for The Museum of Modern Art in New York, she founded and developed the Piensa en arte/Think Art platform for the Collection and the Fundación Cisneros.
Sofía and Luis joined the team in 2009.
Since its inception, Piensa en arte/Think Art has been implemented in Argentina, Brazil, Costa Rica, the Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Mexico, Venezuela, and the United States.
The following selected programs and projects were all carried out under the auspices of the Colección Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and the Fundación Cisneros.
Our experiences implementing programs in different contexts and countries led us to identify broader educational needs for the 21st century and to transform and expand our work.
In 2013, we founded the independent collective Arte como Educación [Art as Education].
HISTORICAL PROJECTS
FUNDACIÓN TROPICALIA
Miches, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2008-2012, Nonprofit Organization
Arts education programming in collaboration with Fundación Tropicalia for all Miches rural public schools and backed by the Dominican Republic Ministry of Education, and local and international NGOs. The work included artist and teacher training, mentoring, and developing educational materials.
Collaborators: Ministerio de Educación de la República Dominicana; Artemiches and former Peace Corps staff in the Dominican Republic
UNICEF VENEZUELA
Petare, VENEZUELA, 2010-2012, Nonprofit Organization
Arts education programming in a socially-at-risk urban elementary school and surrounding communities as part of UNICEF Venezuela’s initiative to reduce youth violence, and in collaboration with local NGOs and contemporary Venezuelan artists.
In 2013, the program was evaluated and highlighted in UNICEF Venezuela’s Annual Report.
Collaborators: United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) Venezuela; Museo de Arte Popular de Petare Bárbaro Rivas; Fundación Luz y Vida; Fé y Alegría Venezuela; Escuela Básica Presbítero Manuel Aguirre
CENTRO CULTURAL EDUARDO LEÓN JIMENES
Santiago de los Caballeros, DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, 2006-2012, Cultural Institution
Multiyear partnership with the Centro Cultural Eduardo León Jimenes for the professional development of museum educators and teachers, including courses and workshops, lectures, talks, and exhibition educational materials and guides.
Interactive pedagogical exhibition, “¿Qué es el arte moderno para ti?” (What is Modern Art for You?), inspired by the Dominican public's responses to surveys administered in three regions of the country featuring Dominican, and other renowned modern Latin American and European artworks.
CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE IN EARLY EDUCATION, UNITED WAY OF MIAMI-DADE
Miami-Dade, UNITED STATES, 2009-2013, Educational Institution
In-depth collaboration with the Center’s teachers in the implementation and assessment of an arts in early childhood education program for children ages 3-6 years old.
MINISTERIO DE EDUCACIÓN PÚBLICA, MINISTERIO DE CULTURA Y JUVENTUD, ACCIÓNARTE
COSTA RICA, 2007 (independently ongoing), Government, Cultural Organizations and Nonprofit Organizations
Launch of the first collaborative arts-in-education programming agreement sponsored by the Costa Rican Ministry of Public Education, the Ministry of Culture and Youth and the nonprofit AcciónArte. The work included designing and implementing multi-institutional professional development courses in innovative teaching and learning practices and developing guides for museum educators, public school teachers and students.
Collaborators: Museos del Banco Central de Costa Rica, Museo de Arte y Diseño Contemporáneo, Museo de Arte Costarricense, Museo Nacional, Teatro Nacional, among others.
LAS CUATRO ESTACIONES, BODEGAS CHANDON
ARGENTINA, 2006-2011, Government, Cultural Organizations and Nonprofit Organizations
Collaboration with Las Cuatro Estaciones, an Argentinian nonprofit, to create arts education programming, materials and an online platform for public school administrators and teachers. The work was accomplished in agreement with the government municipalities of San Juan and Mendoza, Argentina, supported by L@titud and sponsored by Bodegas Chandon.
Collaborators: Gobierno de la Municipalidad de San Juan, Gobierno de la Municipalidad de Mendoza, L@titud (Project Zero Harvard Graduate School of Education, Latin America)