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CAA Round Table Discussion on Social Practice

by Ellen Mueller on February 13, 2018, no comments

Please join Karen Gergely and I as we lead a round table discussion at this year’s CAA Conference: SOCIAL PRACTICE: DOING AND TEACHING Time: 02/23/2018: 12:30PM–2:00PM Location: Petree Hall CD, Red Table We’ll be discussing artistic practice that works with and for the benefit of communities. I’ll be handing out some zines too:  

Intersections: Drawing & Social Practice

by Ellen Mueller on February 12, 2018, no comments

I am chairing a panel at the SECAC conference in Birmingham, October 17 – 20th, 2018. My panel is entitled, Intersections: Drawing & Social Practice, and I’m looking for presenters. Here’s the abstract: Socially engaged art practices are growing in popularity, encompassing more media, approaches, forms, and strategies. As Pablo Helguera articulates in Education for Socially Engaged Art, “[it] is […]

Strategies for Letters of Recommendation

by Ellen Mueller on December 30, 2017, no comments

Image Credit Fun news: I’ll be leading a workshop on writing letters of recommendation at the 2018 CAA Conference. Friday, February 23, 2018, 8:30–10:00AM Limit: 20 participants Price: Members $20, Non-members $35, REGISTER HERE We will cover the basic structure and guidelines for writing letters of recommendation for individuals in a variety of situations (students applying […]

Fall Semester 2017 Re-Cap

by Ellen Mueller on December 28, 2017, no comments

I finally have gotten around to my end-of-semester re-cap for fall 2017 (winter break has been a long to-do list so far!): My courses included 2D Design (highlight was a field trip to Boston’s ICA), Foundations Seminar (notably, hosting visiting artist Sage Perrott and organizing a student exhibition of zines at the library), and Digital Fabrication (hosted […]

CAA Conversations Podcast Launches

by Ellen Mueller on October 30, 2017, no comments

Hooray! A big project I’ve been working on since last summer has finally launched: The weekly CAA Conversations Podcast. The goal of this project is to continue the vibrant discussions initiated at the annual CAA conference. Listen in each week as educators explore arts and pedagogy, tackling everything from the day-to-day grind to the big, universal questions of […]