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Aileen Wilson - Chairperson of Art and Design Education.

Aileen Wilson

Chairperson of Art and Design Education.
Art and Design Education.
awilson2@pratt.edu
(718) 636-3637
(718) 636-3613 fax
Brooklyn Campus
Steuben Hall 2

Education

2005- 2012
EdD (with distinction) in Art/Art, EducationTeachers College, Columbia University, New York.

1997-1999
EdM in Art/Art Education (with certification), Teachers College, Columbia University, New York.

1985-1986
MA (postgraduate) Printmaking, Chelsea School of Art, London, UK.

1982-1985
BA (Hons) Fine Art (Printmaking/Painting) First Class Degree, Grays School of Art, Aberdeen, Scotland.

Biography

A Fulbright specialist grantee in Art Education to Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2011 and 2012, her research interests center on drawing, studio pedagogy and the role of art and design in youth and community development. Current projects include co-curating (with Tara Kopp) “The Imperative of Teaching:” Studio Pedagogy at Gallery Bergen at Bergen Community College, New Jersey, February 2013, a group exhibition with Kim Beck, Adam Brent, Nina Katchadourian and Sheila Pepe and others; developing a new course on College Teaching scheduled to run in spring 2013 and work as co-coordinator of the School of Art and Design's Initiative for Research in Teaching and Learning in Art and Design to launch spring 2013.

Presentations

  • 2010 From Studio to Classroom: The ‘confessional tale’ of a studio class for pre-service teachers with Hannah Brenner-Leonard, Jane Rothberg & Danielle Barbaro. NAEA Annual Convention, Baltimore, MD. April 14-18, 2010. Baltimore, MD.
  • 2009 Drawing (Violent) Acts: Adolescent’s search for meaningful expression. NAEA Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MI. April 17-21, 2009.
  • 2009 Outside Art Education with Amy Snider, Chair of Art and Design Education, Pratt Institute and Tom Cahill, Director of Studio in a School. NAEA Annual Convention, Minneapolis, MI. April 17-21, 2009.
  • 2007 Saturday Art School with Heather Lewis. Conversations Across Culture: Community Arts Education Conference, Exploring Possibilities. Teacher’s College, Columbia University, Nov., 2007.
  • 2007 Violent Content in the Artwork of Early Adolescents. NAEA Annual Convention, New York, March 2007.
  • 2000 Adolescent Artists/Adolescent Art at Bank Street College of Education, New York, March, 2000.

Publications

  • 2010 building_space_with_words: An interactive, multi-media installation exploring the relationship between physical and virtual space co-authored with Anne-Laure Fayard. Leonardo: The Journal of The International Society for the Arts, Sciences and Technology. MIT Press. Vol. 43, No 3 (2010).
  • 2010 Promenade(s) with Anne-Laure Fayard in Mihatsch, R. (Ed) (2010). TakingFROMLeavingINMovingON. Revolver: Berlin (ISBN 978-3-86895-137-0)

Selected Projects

  • 2011 Neo-Nomads What travels with you? Co-curated with Baseera Khan and Anne-Laure Fayard at the Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, New York, January 19-March 5, 2011.
  • 2010 Investigatio, a group exhibition with Yasmine Abbas, James Auger, Lucy Kimbell, Patrick Stacey Ileana Stigliani, Nina Wakeford at the Hockney Gallery, Stevens Building, Royal College of Art, London. January 13- 15, 2010. Curated by Anne-Laure Fayard.
  • 2009 building_space_with_words, an interactive, multi-media installation with Anne Laure Fayard, NYU-Poly, Brooklyn, New York, March 5-27, 2009.