The Pint-Sized Door

• In Event: 29.025 - Visual Pedagogies and Methodologies: Forwarding Critical Thinking and Action

Abstract

In this paper, I discuss one photograph from a youth who participated in a 12-week arts based educational program I facilitated for Indigenous Young Adults at the Native Youth Drop-In centre in Toronto, Canada. By being able to communicate through their artwork, the youth shifted away from thinking of themselves as victims, and exuded a sense of power and futurity. This is what I witnessed happening with the IYAs over the course of my project. The photograph and analysis stand as a visual resistance to constrictive schooling ideals.

Author

• Audrey Hudson, OCAD University