Artful Renderings: Historying and Art Education

• In Event: 31.093 - Sheraton Roundtable Three - Osgoode Ballroom
  In Roundtable Session: 31.093-2 - Interdisciplinary Approaches to History of Education

Abstract

Evolutions within the field of historiography have been followed closely by historians of art education, and in recent years, a shift to arts-based constructions of history has radically redefined art education history. The question of how to do this new kind of history, both methodologically and theoretically, has been addressed periodically in art education literature. I will first provide a brief review of key literature from the past 30 years, chronicling a shift toward more artful histories, and then introduce recent historiographic theory as a way to articulate the practice of historying the past. Bringing theory and practice together creates a synergistic link between the concept of new histories and the unique positioning of an art education historian.

Author

• Dustin Ian Garnet, California State University