Browsing by Department "Art Education"
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The 1941 Junior League docent training course conducted by the Metropolitan Museum of Art : an examination of museum education beliefs and convictions towards volunteer educators
(2011-05)This thesis explored the 1941 docent-training course for members of the Junior League held at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. The research focused on understanding what place this philanthropic organization held in the ... -
A museum hack for museum education
(2018-05-03)The purpose of this study was to investigate the alternative approach to museum education utilized by the Corning Museum of Glass and influenced by the museum tour company, Museum Hack. Through the process of identifying ... -
A quest for uplift : Charlotte Hawkins Brown and the Palmer Memorial Institute
(2017-05)This study investigated the life and arts education practices of Charlotte Hawkins Brown. Framed around her life, 1883-1961, this study concentrated on the years, 1901- 1961, when she built and ran the Palmer Memorial ... -
And thus we shall survive : the perseverance of the South Side Community Art Center
(2015-05)This study investigates The South Side Community Art Center in Chicago, Illinois, an art center founded at the end of the Works Progress Administration's Federal Art Project. The Art Center was only one of a handful of ... -
Art & allyship : fostering LGBT inclusion at the Chrysler Museum of Art
(2017-05-03)This study examines an art museum’s efforts to foster greater inclusion for the LGBT community through a range of programming, outreach, and staff initiatives. Employing a mixed methods case study methodology, this research ... -
Art and activism 1968-1974 : a season of protest at the University of Virginia
(2011-08)This thesis investigates the role of politically-motivated visual culture relative to the social and cultural transformations taking place at the University of Virginia between 1968-1974, culminating in the “May Days” ... -
Art education as violence : Western European influence upon the Mandan
(2011-05)This thesis attempts to complicate the solely positive nature most often attributed to art education. This complication occurs through a deconstruction of an episode of art education and subsequent interpretation and ... -
Art education for girls : Juliette Gordon Low and early girl scouting
(2011-08)This study investigates Girl Scout founder Juliette Gordon Low’s role as an art educator. The study is framed around the years of Low’s life, 1860-1927, concentrating on the years 1912-1927, when Low’s role as an art ... -
"Art for everyone" at the Georgia Museum of Art : the importance of sociocultural context for school field trips to art museums
(2013-05)This thesis is a qualitative case study of a 5th grade field trip program at the Georgia Museum of Art in Athens, Georgia. The value – educational, social, and otherwise – of direct experiences with artworks in the museum ... -
Art from the streets : a case study
(2011-05)This case study examines the history and structure of Art from the Streets (AFTS) a community-based art (CBA) program in Austin, Texas that for the past twenty years has offered art classes twice a week to the local homeless ... -
Art making practices for groups of individuals with Alzheimer's disease
(2016-05)Through the method of action research, this study reflects upon the individual practice of an art educator in facilitating visual art making experiences for a group of adults with dementia caused by Alzheimer’s disease. ... -
The art of manipulation : gender inequity and the picture study movement
(2012-08)This study locates and examines the relationship between societal gendered expectations in nineteenth century United States and the content of a picture study manual published at the turn of the century: Lucy Langdon ... -
Artful education : the role of Art in Embassies in 21st century diplomacy
(2012-05)This case study focuses on the current purpose of the Art in Embassies (AIE) program that is run by the U.S. Department of State. More specifically, it examines how the temporary exhibition of art placed in Reykjavik, ... -
The artist as researcher : a narrative case study of Lead Pencil Studio
(2013-05)This thesis is a narrative case study that examined the studio art practice of Lead Pencil Studio, a Seattle-based artist collaborative that explore our spatial relationships with architecture through site-specific ... -
Arts education in the Chautauqua Movement
(2013-08)This study investigated arts education programs in the Chautauqua Movement during the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. The Chautauqua Movement was a nationwide phenomenon that combined education with entertainment ... -
Arts for all : exploring the ways arts serve East Austin residents affected by gentrification
(2013-08)This study examined two community programs, Helping Everyone Recognize Opportunity and Excellence in Success (HEROES) and the Alamo Recreation Center (ARC). Both programs incorporated art making in order to serve central ... -
An assessment of technology-centered art learning for students with autism spectrum disorder using universal design for learning curriculum
(2012-05)Working collaboratively with VSA Texas, the research study examined how a Universal Design for Learning (UDL) curriculum functions for students with Autism Spectrum Disorder in an art learning setting. The curriculum ... -
Between the secular and the sacred : emotive responses at the Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum
(2012-05)The focus of this research study was to determine the nature of the experiences visitors have at The Byzantine Fresco Chapel Museum in Houston, Texas. In order to discover these experiences visitors have in the space I ... -
Beyond the sugar skull: a critical discourse analysis of Mexican art lessons on Pinterest
(2016-05)This study is motivated by two research questions: (1) What criteria does an elementary school art teacher apply when searching “Mexican art lessons” on Pinterest? (2) What kinds of pins and pinboards are available to ... -
Breaking the silence : empowering adolescent girls through art
(2016-12)This action research study investigates “loss of voice” in adolescent girls and explores the ways art educators can promote assertiveness and self-confidence in middle school girls. This study examines literature on ...
