DR. PATTY BODE
Westfield State University
Western Massachusetts.
Educational Leadership,
Social Justice Education,
Art Education,
Curriculum Transformation.

Photo credit: JOHNPOLAKPHOTOGRAPHY.COM

NEWS & UPDATES  

I will be leading a webinar for NAEA on “Making Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion Real in Art Education Practices” on October 3rd, Wednesday next week at 7:00 PM Eastern time.  To register for free Just click on the green “Register” button on the Virtual Art Educators page  on NAEA site.
"Our Collective Responsibility in Equity, Diversity and Inclusion" was the title of my keynote/interactive dialogue at the 2018 summer Leadership Conference of the National Art Education Association.  It was such an honor to teach and learn with these NAEA leaders! Looking forward to NAEA's national conference March 14-16, 2019 in Boston. See NAEA web site.
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Lark Ann Keeler's image from her visual journal that she made during my keynote. Thanks, Lark!
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Lark Keeler, NAEA leader working in visual journal during my talk. Photo credit: Dennis Inhulsen.
See my TEDx Talk
I gave a TEDx Talk at TEDxOhioStateUniversity.
​I titled the talk: "Art Education as  Civil Right." The video is available for viewing online.