Contemporary Art in Multicultural Education

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Absent from multicultural art education is an approach that connects everyday experience, social critique, and creative expression with classroom learning. For over a decade, Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education has addressed this void by focusing on topics that students care about and that resonate with real life. This fully revised second edition volume provides both theoretical and practical resources for educators and students everywhere, including: Educators' perspectives on contemporary art and youth culture and teaching students in ways they will really learn. Color reproductions and artists statements from over 50 contemporary artists Lesson plans for using art to explore subjects such as race and representation, exile and displacement, and networks and technology. Resources including annotated bibliographies for further study and lists of arts and media organizations.