writing, publications, video

"Transition to Choice Based Art Education,"  has been in existence since 2004. It is the oldest and most read blog on choice-based art education in existence. You can read it here:  https://clydegaw.blogspot.com/

The "Secret Art of Boys" is chapter eleven of "The Learner Directed Classroom," edited by my two wonderful friends, Diane Jaquith and Nan Hathaway. You can purchase the book here and read an excerpt here. Clark Fralick and I had been doing research on children's art that deals with make-believe and the role fantasy violence plays in child development. 

"In Search of Generative Experience" is chapter 14 of Enacting Praxis: How Educators Embody Curriculum Studies, edited by Kelly P. Vaughn and Isabel Nunez.  You can purchase the book here: https://www.tcpress.com/enacting-praxis-9780807769065

(The book cover has one of my paintings on it! Teachers College book cover designers preferred the sideway orientation over the vertical, but that's fine with me.)

"Abstract Thinking and Beneficence: Tales from Inside the Visual Arts Studio" with Nick Stonehouse, Anqi Yang, Juanita McGarrigle, Susan C. Kim, Valentina Kranjec Rosenzweig and Clyde Gaw. EARCOS Triannual Journal Spr 2025 pg 56-58. https://issuu.com/earcosorg/docs/earcos_et_journal_spring_issue_2025

Creativity and Benevolence: Teaching for Artistic Behavior Studio Experience, EARCOS Triannual Journal Winter 2025, pg 56-58 https://issuu.com/earcosorg/docs/winter-issue-2025

"I Got an Idea! Inside Communities of Studio Practice" 2020, research article with Clark Fralick, Art Education Journal, https://www.arteducators.org/research/art-education-journal 

"Blocks Paper Scissors Podcast" Clark Fralick with Clyde Gaw, https://blockspaperscissors.podbean.com/ 2017-present.

School Arts - April 2024, with Co-Editor Nancy Walkup:  https://www.davisart.com/schoolarts/issues/2024/choice/

School Arts - March 2023, with Co-Editor Nancy Walkup: https://www.davisart.com/schoolarts/issues/2023/choice/

"Art as Semiotic Experience" is a blog about my musings on semiotics and art. I began writing it in 2004. You can read it here: https://clydeagaw.blogspot.com/

https://savearteducation.blogspot.com/  Since 2010 I have written about protecting art education in K12 settings and advocacy efforts in Indiana and across the United States. We cannot afford future failures of imagination.