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Advocating For Mother Earth In The Undergraduate Classroom: Uniting Twenty-First Century Technologies, Local Resources, Art, And Activism To Explore Our Place In Nature, Christina Triezenberg, Ilse Schweitzer Vandonkelaar Nov 2015

Advocating For Mother Earth In The Undergraduate Classroom: Uniting Twenty-First Century Technologies, Local Resources, Art, And Activism To Explore Our Place In Nature, Christina Triezenberg, Ilse Schweitzer Vandonkelaar

Christina Triezenberg

Despite the growing evidence of humanity’s impact on the natural world and the urgent need to shape citizens who understand the impact that their choices and actions have on their local and global environments, colleges and universities throughout the United States have been slow to add environmental education as a core component of their undergraduate curricula. Harnessing our shared interest in environment issues and the humanities, we designed and taught an experimental course in environmental literature for the honors program at Western Michigan University that we hope will become a template of what is possible in postsecondary environmental education. Using …


Advocating For Mother Earth In The Undergraduate Classroom: Uniting Twenty-First Century Technologies, Local Resources, Art, And Activism To Explore Our Place In Nature, Christina Triezenberg, Ilse Schweitzer Vandonkelaar Mar 2014

Advocating For Mother Earth In The Undergraduate Classroom: Uniting Twenty-First Century Technologies, Local Resources, Art, And Activism To Explore Our Place In Nature, Christina Triezenberg, Ilse Schweitzer Vandonkelaar

Ilse A Schweitzer VanDonkelaar

Despite the growing evidence of humanity’s impact on the natural world and the urgent need to shape citizens who understand the impact that their choices and actions have on their local and global environments, colleges and universities throughout the United States have been slow to add environmental education as a core component of their undergraduate curricula. Harnessing our shared interest in environment issues and the humanities, we designed and taught an experimental course in environmental literature for the honors program at Western Michigan University that we hope will become a template of what is possible in postsecondary environmental education. Using …


Bringing The University Into The Rural Community, The Value And Dangers Of Taking Design Education Out Of The Classroom, B. Canniffe, D. Adams, B. Wiley Mar 2013

Bringing The University Into The Rural Community, The Value And Dangers Of Taking Design Education Out Of The Classroom, B. Canniffe, D. Adams, B. Wiley

Brian M. Wiley

Art and design education prepares students for careers that increasingly don't exist, and further compounds this issue by purveying the myth that these supposed opportunities exist in major cities where jobs are scarce and cost-of-living is overwhelming. While there are many potential reasons for this, the end result is that students, already saddled with an increased debt-load, are progressively destined to fail.

During the summer of 2012, the Minneapolis College of Art and Design (MCAD) in partnership with the Bush Foundation engaged with two rural communities in the Western and Northern areas of Minnesota, USA, to develop meaningful partnerships that …


The Power Of Fashion, Virginia Heaven Dec 2012

The Power Of Fashion, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

Essay in Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years of Ebony Fashion Fair exhibition catalog.


Co-Principal Investigator: (2010-2013) Images Of Practice In Arts Education In Singapore (Oer 7/10 Lch) Erfp Nie (S$214,097), Sirene Lim Dec 2012

Co-Principal Investigator: (2010-2013) Images Of Practice In Arts Education In Singapore (Oer 7/10 Lch) Erfp Nie (S$214,097), Sirene Lim

Sirene Lim

No abstract provided.


Art Education: Perspectives From Lonergan, Langer And Maslow, Richard M. Liddy Dec 2012

Art Education: Perspectives From Lonergan, Langer And Maslow, Richard M. Liddy

Richard M Liddy

No abstract provided.


“Class Acts: Readings, Author Conversations, Panels & Perfromances, Darrell Jones Feb 2011

“Class Acts: Readings, Author Conversations, Panels & Perfromances, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

No abstract provided.


Hoo-Ha, Darrell Jones Dec 2010

Hoo-Ha, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

An exploration into Feminzed Ritual Performance. Venue: Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, Chicago, IL


Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years Of Ebony Fashion Fair, Virginia Heaven Dec 2010

Inspiring Beauty: 50 Years Of Ebony Fashion Fair, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

Role: Consultant Costume Curator.


Creating And Maintaining An Artists Journal, Virginia Heaven Jan 2010

Creating And Maintaining An Artists Journal, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

No abstract provided.


Fashioning Desire: Chicago Fashion Photographers, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford Dec 2009

Fashioning Desire: Chicago Fashion Photographers, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford

Virginia Heaven

Role: Curator, co-curated with Robert Blandford.


Can I See, Darrell Jones Dec 2009

Can I See, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

Ensemble piece for Undergradute/Gradulate students at Colorado University. University Theatre Building, Charlotte York Irey Theatre, Boulder, CO


The Jury's Out! Showcasing 12 Columbia College Fashion Graduates, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford Dec 2009

The Jury's Out! Showcasing 12 Columbia College Fashion Graduates, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford

Virginia Heaven

618 South Michigan Avenue windows, Co-curated with Robert Blandford.


Halloween Books In The Haunted Library, Virginia Heaven Dec 2009

Halloween Books In The Haunted Library, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

Group exhibition of artists books.


Sketches In Fabric: Dennis Brozynski, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford Dec 2009

Sketches In Fabric: Dennis Brozynski, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford

Virginia Heaven

618 South Michigan Avenue windows, Co-curated with Robert Blandford.


Home Sewn/Home Grown: Sewing Culture In America, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford Dec 2009

Home Sewn/Home Grown: Sewing Culture In America, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford

Virginia Heaven

618 South Michigan Avenue windows, Co-curated with Robert Blandford.


The Future Of Fashion, Virginia Heaven May 2009

The Future Of Fashion, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

No abstract provided.


Focus China, Spirals Of Indigo: Deconstructing Meaning Through Chinese Dress, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford Dec 2008

Focus China, Spirals Of Indigo: Deconstructing Meaning Through Chinese Dress, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford

Virginia Heaven

618 South Michigan Avenue windows, Co-curated with Robert Blandford. In association with Columbia College Focus China.


Fashion’S Victims: Considering The Dualistic Oppression Of The Makers And Consumers Of Apparel, Virginia Heaven Dec 2008

Fashion’S Victims: Considering The Dualistic Oppression Of The Makers And Consumers Of Apparel, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

In association with Columbia College Critical Encounters, Poverty and Privilege.


Rhythm! Discovery Center, Virginia Heaven Dec 2008

Rhythm! Discovery Center, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

Exhibition Mannequin Consultant


The Doll Project: Fashion Design Students Of Theory And Practice, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford Dec 2008

The Doll Project: Fashion Design Students Of Theory And Practice, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford

Virginia Heaven

618 South Michigan Avenue windows, Co-curated with Robert Blandford.


The Waning, Darrell Jones, Paige Cunningham Dec 2008

The Waning, Darrell Jones, Paige Cunningham

Darrell Jones

Collaboration with Paige Cunningham. Venues: The Other Dance Festival, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater; Dance Theater Workshop, New York City, NY


The Bootsy Series, Darrell Jones Dec 2008

The Bootsy Series, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

Solo dance piece. Venues: Links Hall, Chicago, IL; Dixon Place, New York City, NY


Whiff Of Anarchy, Darrell Jones Dec 2007

Whiff Of Anarchy, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

Commission for The Seldoms. Venues: Chicago Cultural Center, Chicago, IL; Columbia College Dance Center, Chicago, IL; Loyola University Museum of Art (LUMA), Chicago, IL


Traitor, Darrell Jones, Lisa Gonzales Dec 2007

Traitor, Darrell Jones, Lisa Gonzales

Darrell Jones

Collaboration with Lisa Gonzales. Venues: Mahaney Dance Theater, Middlebury, VT;The Other Dance Festival, Hamlin Park Fieldhouse Theater, Chicago, IL


A Hot Mess, Darrell Jones, Mauren Avant-Garde Dec 2007

A Hot Mess, Darrell Jones, Mauren Avant-Garde

Darrell Jones

Collaboration with Mauren Avant-Garde. Venue: Columbia College Dance Center, Chicago, IL


Fashion Fusion: The Lines Of Tribe Will Soon Dissolve, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford Dec 2007

Fashion Fusion: The Lines Of Tribe Will Soon Dissolve, Virginia Heaven, Robert Blandford

Virginia Heaven

618 South Michigan Avenue windows, Co-curated with Robert Blandford.


Root Reflections: Break Dancing, Capoeira, Voguing And The Human Beat Box, Darrell Jones Apr 2007

Root Reflections: Break Dancing, Capoeira, Voguing And The Human Beat Box, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

No abstract provided.


Roundtable: Lindy Hopping, Steppin', Voguing: Black Social Dance Now, Darrell Jones Feb 2007

Roundtable: Lindy Hopping, Steppin', Voguing: Black Social Dance Now, Darrell Jones

Darrell Jones

No abstract provided.


Mary Todd Lincoln Exhibition, Virginia Heaven Dec 2006

Mary Todd Lincoln Exhibition, Virginia Heaven

Virginia Heaven

Period dress consultant.