Caitlin M. Black is a visual arts and design educator currently based in Providence. She has a variety of professional experiences in museum, community and classroom settings. She worked at the Philadelphia Museum of Art and taught visual art in public schools for eight years, working with students grades PreK–12 in New Jersey and California. Most recently, Caitlin taught undergraduate and graduate art education courses at Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, VA.
Her research focuses on the transformational power of the arts in cultivating more inclusive communities. She is interested in the significance of community engagement and accessibility in creating meaningful arts opportunities that promote empathy, connection and healing rooted in social justice.
Her work has been published in the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education and Studies in Art Education, and she has a forthcoming co-authored chapter in Restorative Practices in Education Through Art. She earned her BA with a major in studio art and minor in art history from James Madison University, an MA in art education from Boston University and a PhD in education with an emphasis on art education from Virginia Commonwealth University.
Courses
Fall 2024 Courses
TLAD 651G-01 - CRITICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN ARTS LEARNING
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TLAD 651G-01
CRITICAL INVESTIGATIONS IN ARTS LEARNING
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: TH | 9:00 AM - 12:00 PMInstructor(s): Caitlin BlackLocation(s): SoMain Barn (355 S. Water St.), Room 004Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This seminar provides an opportunity to critically examine topics and issues within various arts learning contexts. The course is designed to provide students with a primer to practices and scholarship of the intersections between the arts and education. The course is grounded in types of learning that occur in a range of institutional and organizational settings that include schools, colleges and universities, museums as well as non-profit sector community-based organizations. The seminar explores the role of art and design in individuals' lives from the perspective of the past and present as well as contemporary shifts that suggest a re-examination of focus and pedagogical approach. The course draws extensively from key documents from the arts learning literature as well as the expertise of scholars and practitioners who will join the course throughout the semester to share with students perspectives that illustrate both common ground and a diversity of thinking surrounding some of the more pressing topics and problems within the guests' respective professional fields. Throughout the course, students are required to provide annotations of journal articles, present reaction papers, make presentations on designated topics, and at completion of the course present a proposal for a potential thesis monograph essay or thesis book.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Teaching + Learning in Art + Design Students.
Major Requirement | MA Teaching + Learning in Art + Design
TLAD 652G-01 - FOUNDATIONS + FUTURES OF ART + DESIGN EDUCATION
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
Period Fall 2024
Credits 3
FormatSeminar
Mode In-Person
Start date
End date
TLAD 652G-01
FOUNDATIONS + FUTURES OF ART + DESIGN EDUCATION
LevelGraduate
UnitTeaching + Learning in Art + Design
Subject Teaching+Learning in Art+Design
PeriodFall 2024
Credits3
FormatSeminar
ModeIn-Person
Start and End2024-09-04 to 2024-12-11
Times: T | 1:10 PM - 4:10 PMInstructor(s): Caitlin BlackLocation(s): SoMain Barn (345 S. Main St.), Room 231Enrolled / Capacity: 12Status: Open
SECTION DESCRIPTION
This course examines the historical developments of visual arts education in its connection to general education; contemporary theory and practices of art education; and implications for the future of the field related to equity and justice. At each stage of the investigation, issues are examined in terms of the relationship between context, content, and pedagogical practice. There is a particular emphasis in this course on exploring the manner in which social and political constructions shape curriculum and pedagogy in art + design education. Major topics of investigation include: social theories impacting curricular practices in visual arts and design education, and histories of advocacy, justice, and equity in art + design education.
Enrollment in this course is limited to Teaching + Learning in Art + Design Students.
Major Requirement | MAT Teaching + Learning in Art + Design
