Kerry Freedman Editor & Author

Richard Hickman, PhD, MA (Cantab), ATD, Cert Ed, is emeritus professor of aesthetic development at the University of Cambridge, UK, and dean of Homerton College. His teaching experience includes 13 years as a teacher of art and design, and he has been a university lecturer in art and design education since 1985. Professor Hickman’s major works include The Art and Craft of Pedagogy (2011) and Why We Make Art and Why It Is Taught (2010). He was awarded the Sir Herbert Read Award for lifetime achievement in art education by the International Society for Education through Art in 2014 and has also won the University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for teaching excellence.

John Baldacchino, B.Ed (Hons), MA, PhD is professor of arts education and director of the Division of the Arts at the University of Wisconsin–Madison, USA. He was previously faculty at Columbia University, USA, Gray’s School of Art, UK, and the universities of Dundee, Warwick, and Falmouth, UK. A specialist in art, philosophy, and education, to date he has published 10 books. These include John Dewey: Liberty and the Pedagogy of Disposition (2014), Art’s Way Out: Exit Pedagogy and the Cultural Condition(2012), Makings of the Sea (2010), and Education beyond Education: Self and the Imaginary in Maxine Greene’s Philosophy (2009).

Kerry Freedman, PhD, MA, BFA is professor of art and design education at Northern Illinois University, USA. Her research focuses on questions concerning the relationship of curriculum to art, culture, and technology. Professor Freedman has published five books and over 100 articles and book chapters translated into multiple languages. She has given over 200 national and international presentations and has been a visiting professor and Fulbright Scholar at several universities. Professor Freedman has provided significant leadership at the national and international levels and won numerous grants and awards, including the National Art Education Association Manuel Barkan Memorial Award for outstanding publication, the Australian Leon Jackman Award for distinguished research in art education, and, in 2018, the Viktor Lowenfeld Award.

Emese Hall, BSc (Hons), PGCE, M.Ed, MSc, PhD, FHEA is senior lecturer in art education and former director of the Postgraduate Certificate in Education Primary Program at the University of Exeter, UK. Previously a primary and early years teacher, she began lecturing full time at Exeter in 2010. Her research interests encompass drawing, reflective practice, professional learning, communication, and creativity. She is a co-vice president of the National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) and coordinator of the NSEAD regional network group Exeter Area Art Educators. Recent publications include “The NSEAD Survey Report 2015–16: Political Reflections from Two Art and Design Educators” (with Rachel Payne, International Journal of Art & Design Education, 2017) and the book chapter “The Ethics of ‘Using’ Children’s Drawings in Research” (2015).

Nigel Meager, BA (Hons), PGCE, MFA, MRes, PhD is a visiting researcher with the Faculty of Fine Arts at the University of Barcelona, Spain, and an associate of King’s College, University of Cambridge, UK, where he supports visual arts practice in the college. After first working as a professional artist, Nigel became increasingly immersed in art education, working as a gallery educator, teaching in schools, and training teachers. His current research in Barcelona intersects with ethnographic film practices in social anthropology and explores how children can observe learning and living in school using observational filmmaking techniques. A new monograph, Observational Filmmaking for Education, was published in 2018.

The National Society for Education in Art and Design (NSEAD) is a leading professional association and an independent trade union, representing art and design education across the curriculum and throughout the United Kingdom.