Art, Sustainability and Learning Communities

Raphael Vella is a professor of art education and socially engaged arts at the Faculty of Education, University of Malta.Victoria Pavlou (Ph.D.) is a professor of visual arts education at the Department of Education, Frederick University, Cyprus.

• IntroductionLearning Communities and Creative Actions for a More Sustainable PlanetRaphael Vella and Victoria PavlouPART ONEIntroduction Call to Action: Theoretical ConsiderationsVictoria Pavlou and Raphael Vella1. Promises and Delivery: Teacher Education for ESD-Enhanced Visual Arts EducationChrysanthi Kadji and Victoria Pavlou2. Voicing a Sustainable Future Through Visual Arts Education: Culture in ActionMartha Ioannidou and Soula Mitakidou3. Aliens or Allies? Towards Symbiotic Relationships in Art EducationRaphael Vella4. An Aesthoecological Approach to Professional Learning Communities: Analyzing With CAREEmese Hall and Chris Turner5. Bridging Theory and Practice: Evaluating and Developing Projects That Connect Visual Arts Education and Education for Sustainable DevelopmentErnst WagnerPART TWOIntroduction Call to Action: Real-World PropositionsRaphael Vella and Victoria Pavlou6. Peer Mentoring at the Intersection of Education for Sustainable Development and Visual Arts EducationVincent Caruana7. Visual Arts for Inclusion in Diverse School Contexts: A Kaleidoscope of LearningSoula Mitakidou and Martha Ioannidou8. Envisioning Better Futures: Integrating Sustainability Practices into Museum Education for Elementary Student Teachers Victoria Pavlou and Chrysanthi Kadji-Beltran9. Drawing and the Global Climate Emergency: Affective and Connective ExplorationsChris Turner and Emese HallPART THREEIntroduction Sustaining Diverse Epistemological Frameworks Through the ArtsRaphael Vella and Victoria Pavlou10. Lyric Convergences: Bringing Together Art, Philosophy, and Places We Can LoveBob Jickling11. THE TWO|FOUR|TWO ART GROUP: Can Contemporary Art Practice Act as a Vvehicle for Sustainable Development? Costas Mantzalos12. ‘Now We Know’: On Coming Together as an Artistic PracticeMargerita Pulè and Maren Richter13. Cross-Cultural Dialogue: Searching Traces and the Mahalla FestivalSabine Küper-Büsch and Thomas Büsch14. Participatory Art With Trees: A Pedagogical ApproachMaria Huhmarniemi15. ‘Ngen’ Ancient Spirits of the Woods: Art-Based Environmental Education in Chiloé ArchipelagoFrancisco Schwember, Felipe Palma, Antonia Condeza-Marmentini and Guillermo Marini16. Trash to Treasure: Sustaining and Preserving the Krobo Bead Culture Through Community LearningFelix Amofa Gyebi17. Changing Climate, Changing CommunitiesStephanie H. Danker, Shafkat Khan and Katie L. Feilen18. Reclaiming the Street: The Expanded GardenEva Marín Peinado19. Diffractive Methodology as a Posthuman Approach to Engage With Human Equity Through Socially Engaged Artistic PracticeSusan (Susie) Lachal20. Inviting Teacher Candidates in Art Education to Become Global Agents for SustainabilityKazuyo Nakamura and Anita Sinner21. Social Sculpture Perspective: Re-sculpting or De-sculpting Citizenship by Shaping Art as a Vehicle for Social ChangeAna María Marqués Ibáñez