Toward an Art Education of Place

Abstract

Eco-theory is shaping contemporary scholarship across academic areas. This shared discussion filters through the knowledge base of each discipline and field of study as scholars seek to link research and pedagogy with current environmental issues and concerns. Art educators are not unfamiliar with the relationships among art, art education, and the environment. This article continues to explore these relationships through a consideration of environment as imagined by contemporary ecotheorists. From this discussion emerges an expanded view of the concepts of community in relation to concepts of place. The authors project ramifications of this view as it relates to artmaking and art criticism.