ACTIVISM
Feminist Art Educator Wikipedia Activism
(click here for a plan of action, or click here for a pdf of the plan)
LOBBY SESSIONS
Beyond the WC sessions, meetings, and events that reside within the formal protocol of the NAEA, the lobby session serves as an informal forum for personal as political discussion and/action.
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At the 2011 WC Lobby session, the 36 participants responded to the prompt: A Time When ..." A transcription of the 2011 session is linked here with permissions granted by the participants. Click on the image below for a postcard about the 2011 Lobby sesson. The lobby session is open to all. Small groups engaged in open-ended discussion to translate personal experiences into possible pedagogical or political actions, and then shared with the full group.
More than 40 people recorded their responses to a question posed at the 2010 WC Lobby Session, “What is the image of a feminist in the field of art education today?” The NAEA Convention WC Lobby Session extended the “Survey of Art Educators' Perceptions of and Relationship to Feminism.” The purpose of this survey is to learn of art educators' perceptions of and relationship to feminism in their work in the field of art education today. What are the reasons that art educators identify with or reject feminism? What are the differences of ideology and teaching practices between those who consider themselves to be feminists and those who don't? Those who missed the 2010 lobby session in Baltimore, contributed their views by responding to the survey by July 1, 2010 at http://www.surveymonkey.com/s/GBQV8Z6. A transcript of the lobby session responses are linked here as a PDF.
A group of 31 NAEA Women's Caucus members gathered from 5-6 p.m. in the Hilton Minneapolis Hotel lobby (see photos) to review the mission of the Women's Caucus with the following questions:
Some people have been involved with the Women's Caucus for a long time, and others are fairly new, or have not been involved for awhile. What can we learn from each other? What would you like to ask of each other? What do you think the role of the Women's Caucus is? What is it that we would like to see as our mission?
How do feminists view "rules" and "boundaries" across cultural difference and socio-political hierarchies intended to maintain order?
When are rules a matter of state, and when do these allude to human relationships of a global nature?
Does the Women's Caucus need a collective identity (e.g., a construct of "women") or mission or coalition for socio-political mobilization?
Linked here is a transcription of the NAEA WOMEN'S CAUCUS "ENACTING CHANGE" LOBBY SESSION
Organized by the NAEA Women's Caucus, a group of 16 art educators met at NAEA in New Orleans in 2008 to discuss relevant issues that build on the past, are of the present, and look to the future. This article is published in the July 2008 issue of the journal of Art Education (Copyright 2008. Used with permission of the National Art Education Association). See also New Orleans, March 27, 2008, 12-1 p.m. lobby session notes! ]