Art, Artists and Pedagogy

Reframing fundamental, enduring issues in arts education, this collection of papers on the arts, artists and pedagogy is fresh, timely, insightful, at times provocative, always compelling.

— Liora Bresler, PhD, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, Professor in the College of Education, Curriculum and Instruction, and the School of Art and Design

I find it a useful text for masters students studying early years music as it questions the accepted and challenges us to think about the underlying and often unspoken aspects of arts education in society today... The book calls us to think about our work as music educators as pedagogical artistry…encouraging philosophical discussion and reflection on the role of music education; thereby helping individuals clarify for themselves their role, purpose and identity as music educators.

— Jessica Pitt, Honorary Research Fellow University of Roehampton, Music Educator and Researcher

"This is a good book. It should be archived in your collection and you should come back to it often. Actually, there’s no other way to be with it. You must come back to it repeatedly. You must read it sequentially sometimes and you should also read it from its last chapter to its introduction."

— Jorge Lucero, International Journal of Education & the Arts

"…those interested in Deleuzian theories of art, advocacy for the arts in education, and the pedagogical philosophy of Gert Biesta will surely benefit from reading this collection."

— Anna Ryoo, University of British Columbia and Samuel D. Rocha, University of British Columbia

"Art, Artists and Pedagogy: Philosophy and the Arts in Education invites readers into a lively discussion of current issues in arts education, offering a philosophical ground on which to consider, or re-consider, broad policy questions concerning the nature and purpose of the arts to education and twenty-first century life."

—Marissa Nesbit, Arts Education Policy Review

"In their book, Naughton, Biesta, Cole, and the other co-authors provide a rich theoretical and philosophical basis where now the individual approaches and ideas can be further developed and transformed into concrete steps."

— Annette Ziegenmeyer, University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany

"The book Art, Artists and Pedagogy is a book that highlights philosophical perspectives on art in education. It is a book that references Gert Biesta's educational philosophy, but in dialogue with Deleuze and Guattari's immanent philosophy... Biesta's powerful introductory chapter echoes throughout all 15 chapters."

— Anna-Lena Østern, Journal for Research in Arts and Sports Education