art saves lives
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The arts, it has been said, cannot change the world, but they may change human beings who might change the world.
Maxine Green
NAEA Position Statement on Art Education and Social Justice
NAEA recognizes the importance of art education to raise critical consciousness, foster empathy and respect for others, build community, and motivate people to promote positive social change. Service learning is one approach to education in which social justice is addressed through service with others, often in arts-based projects.
Artists often engage with the issues of their time, and some treat the creation of art as a social practice. Art can provide a meaningful catalyst to engage individuals and communities to take action around a social issue. The processes by which people create and interact with art can help them understand and challenge inequities through art education and social justice.
The interconnectedness of the Internet has enabled many social justice and service learning projects to grow into global arts-based efforts. Visual art educators are encouraged to have their students participate in pre-existing social justice/service learning projects or to develop their own.
The Art of Compassion: Humanitarian Art-based Projects
Focus In feature inSchoolArts Magazine
The Memory Project
Pinwheels for Peace
Pinwheels for Peace
Pinwheels for Peace
Pinwheels for Peace
Pinwheels for Peace
Pinwheels for Peace
Pinwheels for Peace
The Peace Pole Project
The Peace Pole Project
International Child Art Foundation
International Child Art FoundationChildArt Magazine
Arts Olympiad
The Global Art Initiative
Global Art Initiative for Haiti
The Global Art Initiative
One Million Bones
One Million Bones
One Million Bones
One Million Bones
The Cradle Project
The Cradle Project
The Cradle Project
Students Rebuild
Imagine Peace Tower in Iceland
The Inside Out Project
The Inside Out Project in Dallas
Inside Out Project in Times Square
Inside Out Project around the World
The Interdependence Hexagon Project
The Interdependence Hexagon Project
The Interdependence Hexagon Project
The Interdependence Hexagon Project
Artist Mel Chin
From the Bow Seat
2016 Doodle 4 Google Now Open, Due December 2, 2016
Empty Bowls
Fresh Artists
Fresh Artists
Fresh Artists
The #withMalala challenge is a global digital art project encouraging young people to speak out about why every girl should have a right to an education. We invite you to submit your photography, film, video, graphics, dance, spoken word, drawing, or painting to help raise awareness about this issue.
