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season four educators' guide

Tana Hargest
Art21 Director of Education and Public Programs
New York, NY
Tana Hargest joined the Art21 staff in February 2007 after eight years developing education and new media programs at the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Bronx Museum of the Arts. Hargest earned her B.F.A at the Minneapolis College of Art and Design and an M.F.A at the Rhode Island School of Design. In addition to her work for Art21, Hargest is a multidisciplinary artist. Her work has been widely exhibited at national and international venues, including Mass MoCA, the Walker Art Center, MIT’s List Visual Art Center, and the Studio Museum in Harlem. Her recent residencies include the MacDowell Colony, Smack Mellon studio program, the Artist in the Marketplace program at The Bronx Museum of the Arts, and Harvestworks. Her recent grants and awards include a 2003 Rockefeller Foundation Media Arts Fellowship, a 2002 Individual Artist grant from NYSCA, a 2002 Jerome Foundation grant, and a 2002 Creative Capital grant in emerging fields. Ms. Hargest’s work has been featured in Social Text, Tema Celeste, and in OneWorld Magazine, and has been the subject of catalogue essays published by Mass MoCA, ICP, I-Space, the Bronx Museum of the Arts, MIT, and the Studio Museum in Harlem.

Jessica Hamlin
Art21 Education Consultant
New York, NY

Jessica Hamlin has spent the past 10 years in arts education and arts administration. Working with a wide variety of gallery, museum, and community-based organizations, Jessica has focused on bridging educational initiatives with new art and new ideas. Previously located in Boston, Jessica was involved with a comprehensive planning and assessment process for the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs as well as a model collaborative grant bringing cultural and neighborhood partners to Boston public schools. While in Boston, Jessica also taught visual art and art history through the Boston Public Schools/Museum of Fine Arts High School Scholarship Program. Relocating to New York to complete a Masters degree from New York University in Art Education, Jessica was awarded the prestigious Arch Award for community service. Most recently Jessica coordinated and taught the educational programs at the not-for-profit gallery Art in General as well as served as the Director of Pratt Institute’s community-based Saturday Art School. A member of the College Art Association (CAA) and the National Association of Art Educators (NAEA), Jessica presented her research on multicultural education in the arts at their national conference in 2001.

Amanda Donnan
Art21 Production Coordinator (2006-07)
New York, NY



season four
new york city education advisory council

Dina Helal
Head of Curriculum and Online Learning, Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY

Sasha Kopelowitz
Visual Art Teacher, White Plains Public Schools
White Plains, NY

Li Sumpter
Manager of School and Youth Programs, New Museum of Contemporary Art
New York, NY

April Kim Tonin
Director of Visual Education, Nightingale- Bamford School
New York, NY

Elly Karp Wong
Social Studies Teacher, Trinity School
New York, NY


season four
national education advisory council


Dale Allender
Associate Executive Director for the National Council of Teachers of English
West Berkeley, CA

Catherine Richmond-Cullen
Curriculum Specialist for the Scranton Public Schools
Scranton, PA

Dipti Desai, Ph.D
Director, Art Education Program, New York University
New York, NY

Joe Fusaro
Visual Arts Chair, Nyack Public Schools
Nyack, NY

Barbara Gurr
Director of Visual Arts, New York City Department of Education
New York, NY

David Henry
Director of Programs, Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA

Jennifer Herman
Social Studies Teacher and Representative of the National Council of Social Studies
Westminster, MD

Jennie Klein
Coordinator of Gifted Education, Barcroft School
Arlington, VA

Juliet Myers
Director of Education and Public Programs, SITE Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM

Susan Rotilie
Director of School/Tour/Family Programs, Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN

Mary Ann Stankiewicz, Ph.D.
Professor of Art Education, Penn State University
University Park, PA

Carolyn Sutton
Director of Visual Arts, The Park School
Baltimore, MD
season three educators' guide

Jessica Hamlin
Art21 Director of Education and Outreach (2002-06)
New York, NY

Jessica Hamlin has spent the past 10 years in arts education and arts administration. Working with a wide variety of gallery, museum, and community-based organizations, Jessica has focused on bridging educational initiatives with new art and new ideas. Previously located in Boston, Jessica was involved with a comprehensive planning and assessment process for the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs as well as a model collaborative grant bringing cultural and neighborhood partners to Boston public schools. While in Boston, Jessica also taught visual art and art history through the Boston Public Schools/Museum of Fine Arts High School Scholarship Program. Relocating to New York to complete a Masters degree from New York University in Art Education, Jessica was awarded the prestigious Arch Award for community service. Most recently Jessica coordinated and taught the educational programs at the not-for-profit gallery Art in General as well as served as the Director of Pratt Institute’s community-based Saturday Art School. A member of the College Art Association (CAA) and the National Association of Art Educators (NAEA), Jessica presented her research on multicultural education in the arts at their national conference in 2001.



season three
new york city education advisory council

Thi Bui
Visual Art and Social Studies Teacher, High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology
Brooklyn, NY

Lisa Charde
Art21 Intern
Raleigh, NC


Dina Helal

Head of Online Curriculum, Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY

Jonell Jaime
Head of School and Family Programs, Studio Museum in Harlem
New York, NY

Sasha Kopelowicz
MFA Candidate, Purchase College
Purchase, NY

Kristin Smith
Visual art teacher, Bronx Lab School
The Bronx, NY

Cathie Wright-Lewis
Literacy Coach and Language Arts Teacher, Bedford Academy
Brooklyn, NY



season three
national education advisory council


Dale Allender
Associate Executive Director of NCTE West, National Council of Teachers of English
Berkeley, CA

Dipti Desai
Director of Program in Art Education, New York University, Steinhardt School of Education
New York, NY

Sharon Dunn
Senior Instructional Manager for Arts Education, New York City Department of Education
New York, NY

Juliet Myers
Director of Education and Public Programs, SITE Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM

David Henry
Director of Public Programs, Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA

Jennifer Herman
Social Studies teacher, Winter Mill High School
Westminster, MD

Jennie Klein
Coordinator of Gifted Education, Barcroft School
Arlington, VA

Susan Rotilie
Associate Director of School/Tour/Family Programs, Walker Art Center
Minneapolis, MN

Mary Ann Stankiewicz
Associate Professor, Art Education at Penn State University
University Park, PA

Carolyn Sutton
Director of Arts, The Park School of Baltimore
Baltimore, MD
season two educators' guide

Stephanie Diamond
Stephanie is an artist and educator blending photography, community, and
activism.  Formerly the Director of Education and Community Relations at
Socrates Sculpture Park in Queens, NY and the Education and Community
Coordinator for P.S.1 in Queens, NY, Stephanie has also served as an
educational consultant in Bronx, NY.

Jessica Hamlin
Art21 Director of Education and Outreach (2002-06)
Art21, New York, NY

Jessica Hamlin has spent the past 10 years in arts education and arts administration. Working with a wide variety of gallery, museum, and community-based organizations, Jessica has focused on bridging educational initiatives with new art and new ideas. Previously located in Boston, Jessica was involved with a comprehensive planning and assessment process for the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs as well as a model collaborative grant bringing cultural and neighborhood partners to Boston public schools. While in Boston, Jessica also taught visual art and art history through the Boston Public Schools/Museum of Fine Arts High School Scholarship Program. Relocating to New York to complete a Masters degree from New York University in Art Education, Jessica was awarded the prestigious Arch Award for community service. Most recently Jessica coordinated and taught the educational programs at the not-for-profit gallery Art in General as well as served as the Director of Pratt Institute’s community-based Saturday Art School. A member of the College Art Association (CAA) and the National Association of Art Educators (NAEA), Jessica presented her research on multicultural education in the arts at their national conference in 2001.


season two
national education advisory council

Dale Allender
Associate Executive Director
National Council of Teachers of English, Urbana, IL

Linda Christensen
HS Language Arts Coordinator
Portland District Schools & Co-Editor Rethinking Schools

Dipti Desai
Director of Program in Art Education
New York University, Steinhardt School of Education

A.O. Forbes
HS Geography Teacher at Colorado Rocky Mountain School and
Founder of the Holden Center
Carbondale, CO

Lori Georgi
Outreach Manager
WIPB Ball State University, Muncie, IN

Kim Kanatani
Director of Education
Guggenheim Museum

Juliet Myers
Acting Director of Education and Outreach
SITE Santa Fe

David Henry
Head of Education
Rhode Island School of Design Museum of Art

Catherine Richmond-Cullen
Curriculum Specialist, Curriculum & Instruction Department and Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit #19, Scranton, PA

Mary Ann Stankiewicz
Associate Professor, Art Education at Penn State University and
President of NAEA

Carolyn Sutton
Director of Arts
The Park School of Baltimore, Baltimore, MD
season one educators' guide

Toby Levine
Tobey Levine is an educational consultant who works with a diverse range of production companies to develop educational materials and programs.

Laura Recht
Art21, New York, NY

Laura Recht has spent 10 years in non-profit management in
development, education, and program design. She has designed after
school, summer recreation, literacy, arts learning, and other related
programs. In 1999, she created a documentary on a NYC dance school
for WNET - Thirteen's "MetroArts." She holds a Master's
degree from NYU's Gallatin School, and graduated Magna cum Laude
from NYU's Tisch School of the Arts where she was a University Scholar.
She was the Recipient of the 1992 Dean David Oppenheim Award for
Outstanding Student Service. She has been a Buddhist for seven years,
practicing with the SGI-USA. Recht also worked as the Director of
Education for the first season of Art:21.


season one
national education advisory council


Debra Barrett-Hayes
Professor of Art Education
Florida State University School, Tallahassee

Dan Hamby
Vice President, PBS Video

David Henry
Head of Education
Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design

John Housely
English Teacher, Director and Designer of All-School Theater Program
Northern Valley Regional High School, Old Tappan, NJ

Kim Kanatani
Director of Education
Guggenheim Museum

Maura Malarcher
Co-Founder and Co-Developer of K-12 The Renaissance School, NYC

Juliet Myers
Co-Founder and Instructor, Fine Arts for Children and Teens (FACT),
Santa Fe

Catherine Richmond-Cullen
Curriculum Specialist, Curriculum & Instruction Department, Northeastern Educational Intermediate Unit #19


online lesson library contributors

Kristine Bowen
Director of School & Tour Programs, Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, CA

Kristine Bowen is an art educator who received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Art History and her Masters degree from New York University in Art Education. Now the Director of School & Tour Programs at the Orange county Museum of Art, Bowen is the former visual art teacher at the High School for Legal Studies in Brooklyn, NY.

George Barbolish
Visual Art Teacher, Mountain View High School
Kingsley, PA

George Barbolish is a Visual Art teacher, including crafts and
interdisciplinary curriculum, at Mountain View High School in Kingsley,
Pennsylvania.

Thi Bui
Visual Art and Social Studies Teacher, High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology, Brooklyn, NY

Thi Bui teaches Global Studies and Art at the High School of Telecommunication Arts and Technology in Brooklyn. She likes to do things in twos: having studied both Art and Legal Studies at UC Berkeley, and later Sculpture at Bard College and Art Education at NYU, she mixes disciplines regularly in her practice as an artist and a teacher.

Ann Marie Castelgrande
Visual Art Teacher, Willard Elementary School
Scranton, PA

Ann Marie Castelgrande is a visual art teacher at the Willard Elementary
School and an Adjunct Professor at Marywood University in Scranton,
Pennsylvania.

Lisa Charde
Art21 Intern

After graduating from NYU with a Masters in Art Education, Lisa is pursuing museum education in Raleigh, NC.

Dipti Desai, Ph.D.
Director of the Program in Art Education, New York University
New York, NY

Dr. Desai is an Associate Professor and Director of the Art Education Program. Prior to coming to NYU She taught art education at SUNY-New Paltz and was the Co-Director of the controversial 1997 National Arts Now Conference: "Subject to Desire: Refiguring the Body." She has extensive experience teaching students from diverse cultural and ethnic backgrounds at all levels in the United States, India, and New Zealand where she taught courses in Education at Victoria University in Wellington. She has published articles in various art education journals examining the politics of representation in multicultural art education. Recent publications include, “The Ethnographic Move in Contemporary Art: What Does it mean for Art Education, Studies in Art Education,” “Working with People to Make Art: Oral History and Artistic Practice, the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education,” and “Imaging difference: the Politics of Representation in Multicultural Art Education, Studies in Art Education.” Desai serves on the editorial board of Studies in Art Education and Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education. Her current research interests include critical pedagogy in art education, multiculturalism, feminism, contemporary art and postcolonial theory and globalization in relation to visual culture. Her current work examines the intersection of popular memory and art through the artworks of six women artists who use ethnography or oral history as an integral part of their artistic process.

Amanda Donnan
Art21 Intern
Pittsburgh, PA

A recent graduate from Pennsylvania State University, Amanda Donnan worked with Art21 on Season Three related education materials and programs. Currently living in Pittsburgh, Amanda is pursuing museum education.

A.O. Forbes
Geography Teacher, Colorado Rocky Mountain School
Carbondale, CO

A high school geography teacher in Colorado, A.O. Forbes employs classic geographic principles, observing compelling global situations that present students with critical, moral and ethical implications. Forbes is also the founder of the Holden Center, a nonprofit educational consortium that offers educational workshops, as well as graduate-level teacher education, focusing on civic, ethical and intellectual development. In his eleven-year tenure with the Boulder Public schools, Forbes taught American History, Earth Science and Geography and has been honored with several distinguished awards, including the Governor’s Award for Excellence in 1985 and the National Distinguished Teaching Achievement Award in 1986. With a background in Spanish, Forbes currently serves as a consultant for Latino literacy Initiative.

Jessica Hamlin
Art21 Director of Education and Outreach (2002-06)
New York, NY

Jessica Hamlin has spent the past 10 years in arts education and arts administration. Working with a wide variety of gallery, museum, and community-based organizations, Jessica has focused on bridging educational initiatives with new art and new ideas. Previously located in Boston, Jessica was involved with a comprehensive planning and assessment process for the Mayor’s Office of Cultural Affairs as well as a model collaborative grant bringing cultural and neighborhood partners to Boston public schools. While in Boston, Jessica also taught visual art and art history through the Boston Public Schools/Museum of Fine Arts High School Scholarship Program. Relocating to New York to complete a Masters degree from New York University in Art Education, Jessica was awarded the prestigious Arch Award for community service. Most recently Jessica coordinated and taught the educational programs at the not-for-profit gallery Art in General as well as served as the Director of Pratt Institute’s community-based Saturday Art School. A member of the College Art Association (CAA) and the National Association of Art Educators (NAEA), Jessica presented her research on multicultural education in the arts at their national conference in 2001.

Dina Helal
Head of Online Curriculum, Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, NY

Dina Helal is Head of Curriculum and Online Learning at the Whitney Museum of American Art. She oversees the development of paper, digital, and audio resources for K-12 educators, students, and families. Dina is also an artist working in mixed media.

David Henry
Director of Programs, Institute of Contemporary Art
Boston, MA

As Director of Programs, Henry is involved in all aspects of program planning for the ICA’s new 60,000 sq. ft. facility set to open on Boston’s waterfront in 2006, including education, gallery interpretation, film, media and performing arts. Henry was formerly the Head of Education at the RISD Museum in Providence, RI, where he administered all areas of the Museum's educational programs including adult public programs, family and children's programs, outreach to teachers, students, and hospitals, the docent program, and collaborative programs with other community and cultural organizations. Before that, Henry was at the Walker Art Center in Minneapolis, MN, where he created multi- and interdisciplinary programs for students, teachers and families and collaborated with arts and community organizations and school systems to institute new educational initiatives. Henry has also served as curatorial assistant at the Memorial Art Gallery at the University of Rochester and as staff of the education department at the International Museum of Photography at George Eastman House. In addition to actively lecturing and publishing, Henry has also served on review panels for state and national councils, as well as on numerous boards and advisory councils.

Kim Kanatani
Director of Education, Guggenheim Museum
New York, NY

Kim Kanatani is the first Gail Engelberg Director of Education of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York City. As Director of Education, Kanatani works with the education programs at the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, Deutsche Guggenheim Berlin, and at the Las Vegas venues to coordinate and work in synergistic exchange with the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. Prior to joining the Guggenheim, Kanatani was the Director of Education at The Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA), Los Angeles, which she joined in 1985. Kanatani holds an M.A. in Art Education with teaching credentials in both elementary and adult education. Honored with several professional awards, Kanatani was named the National Art Museum Educator of the Year by the National Art Education Association in 1999. The former Director of the Museum Division for the National Art Education Association, Kanatani has also served as President of Museum Educators of Southern California.

Brian McGurl
7th Grade Teacher, Dunmore Middle School
Dunmore, PA

Brian McGurl is a 7th Grade English teacher at the Dunmore Middle School in Dunmore, Pennsylvania.

Juliet Meyers
Director of Education and Public Programs, SITE Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM

Juliet Myers currently serves as the Director of Education and Public Programs for SITE Santa Fe in Santa Fe, NM. In 1990, Juliet co-founded Fine Arts for Children & Teens (F.A.C.T.), an organization that provides quality visual arts education to local young people, ages 8 to 18, regardless of family income. With co-founder Rosanne Kadis, Myers established and developed F.A.C.T.’s innovative instructional format and curriculum based on the principle that when children and teens make art they enrich and empower their own lives and the community they live in. FACT continues to offer hands-on art-making opportunities for students, teachers and adults, Teacher Trainings, A Teen Mentor Program, and an Internships program for local college students. In addition, Myers' business, Art/Artist Care has provided curatorial and organizational services to artists in Santa Fe for the past eighteen years. Myers is also liaison and assistant to Bruce Nauman and has worked extensively with Judy Chicago.

Eileen Pocius
7th & 8th Grade Gifted Education Program
Scranton City Schools, PA

Eileen Pocius is a teacher with the 7th and 8th Grade Gifted Education
Program, Intermediate Gifted Scranton City Schools.

Carolyn Sutton
Director of Arts, Park School of Baltimore
Baltimore MD

Carolyn Sutton serves as the Director of Arts for the Park School in Baltimore, MD, where she is responsible for arts programming and faculty—including professional development and curriculum development—in the Lower, Middle, and Upper Schools. From 1981 to 2000, Sutton chaired a multi-discipline arts department and taught visual arts at the Colorado Rocky Mountain School. While in Colorado, Sutton was also active in ArtSource Colorado, a statewide team of teachers dedicated to developing high quality arts programs and teaching practices. In 1999, while on sabbatical from teaching, Sutton received her master’s degree from the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where she also served as an instructor in RISD’s Community Art Program. Sutton’s thesis focused on strategies to meet professional development needs of arts teachers.

Elly K. Wong
Social Studies Teacher, Trinity School
New York, NY

Elly K. Wong is currently a seventh and eighth grade social studies teacher at Trinity School in New York. She received her B.A. from Barnard College and an M.S. in Education from the Bank Street Graduate School of Education with a focus on museum studies.

student art project contributors

Todd Bartel
Visual Art Teacher, Cambridge School of Weston
Weston, MA
1962 Born: Manitowoc, WI
1985 BFA Painting: Rhode Island School of Design
1984-85 European Honors Program, Rome, Italy
1990 Jacob K. Javits Fellowship
1994 MFA Painting: Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
2000 Connecticut Council On The Arts, Fellowship Grant, Hartford, CT
1986-present: Art teacher, secondary schools, BFA and MFA programs
Collage and Assemblage based artist, exhibits nationally


Kristine Bowen
Director of School & Tour Programs, Orange County Museum of Art
Newport Beach, CA

Kristine Bowen is an art educator who received her bachelor’s degree from the University of California at Berkeley in Art History and her Masters degree from New York University in Art Education. Now the Director of School & Tour Programs at the Orange county Museum of Art, Bowen is the former visual art teacher at the High School for Legal Studies in Brooklyn, NY.

Joe Fusaro
Visual Arts Chair, Nyack Public Schools
Nyack, NY

Joe Fusaro is the Visual Arts Chair for the Nyack Public Schools in New York, a member of the adjunct faculty at Fordham University’s Graduate School of Education, and a National Board Certified Teacher of visual arts. Prior to his work in Nyack, he taught in the New York City Public Schools for 13 years. Mr. Fusaro lives in Hawthorne, New York with his wife Pam, their newborn son Paul Robert, and a dachshund named Oscar. Since 1987, Joe Fusaro has created paintings, drawings, and mixed-media around the language of the human figure. His influences stem from the raw emotion expressed in gestures and movement.

Juliet Meyers
Director of Education and Public Programs, SITE Santa Fe
Santa Fe, NM

Juliet Myers currently serves as the Director of Education and Public Programs for SITE Santa Fe in Santa Fe, NM. In 1990, Juliet co-founded Fine Arts for Children & Teens (F.A.C.T.), an organization that provides quality visual arts education to local young people, ages 8 to 18, regardless of family income. With co-founder Rosanne Kadis, Myers established and developed F.A.C.T.’s innovative instructional format and curriculum based on the principle that when children and teens make art they enrich and empower their own lives and the community they live in. FACT continues to offer hands-on art-making opportunities for students, teachers and adults, Teacher Trainings, A Teen Mentor Program, and an Internships program for local college students. In addition, Myers' business, Art/Artist Care has provided curatorial and organizational services to artists in Santa Fe for the past eighteen years. Myers is also liaison and assistant to Bruce Nauman and has worked extensively with Judy Chicago.


Paola Prato
Photography Teacher, Cleveland High School, Academy for Arts and Technology
Reseda, CA

In addition to teaching Photography at Cleveland High School, Paola Prato has been one of the primary organizers of the new Academy of Arts and Technology launched in 2004 to serve as a small learning community within Cleveland High School that follows a humanities-based curriculum.

Emily Sullivan
Adjunct Faculty, University of Miami at Ohio
Cincinnati, OH

Emily Sullivan is an Adjunct Faculty member at the University of Miami at
Ohio.  She currently is working in the Education Department of the
Cincinnati Museum of Art.

Amy Van Horn
Visual Art Teacher, Hope High School
Providence, RI

Amy Van Horn received her Bachelor of Fine Arts from Florida State University and her Master of Arts in Teaching at the Rhode Island School of Design where she was awarded the RISD Art Education Award of Excellence. Amy is currently in her second year of teaching visual arts at Burrillville High School in Harrisville, Rhode Island.

Candace Villecco and Stacy Goldstein
Humanities Teachers, School of the Future
New York, NY

Candace Villecco and Stacy Goldstein teach 7th grade Humanities at School of the Future in New York City.

Barbara Wigren
Former Visual Art Teacher, Ponaganset High School
Ponaganset, RI

Barbara Wigren is the former visual art teacher at Ponaganset High School. Barbara participated in a collaborative project between Art21 and the RISD Museum of Art that provided professional development and Art21 educational materials to teachers across the state of Rhode Island.

Cathy Zekas
Visual Art Teacher, Lancaster High School
Lancaster, OH


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