Disruption and Convergence

Rébecca Bourgault, EdD, is Associate Professor and Chair of Art Education at Boston University. She has exhibited, published, and presented her artistic and scholarly research internationally, including The International Encyclopedia of Art and Design (Wiley Blackwell, 2019).    Catherine Rosamond, EdD, is Chair of Art Education at the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City. An educator, artist, and researcher, she has taught art to children in museum settings and painting to adults with developmental disabilities.

• List of FiguresNotes on ContributorsIntroductionRébecca Bourgault and Catherine RosamondPART 1: Collaboration and Interconnectedness1 Atomic Kinship: Re-Enchanting RadioactivityAurora Del Rio and Katri Naukkarinen2 Art and Creative Posthuman-AI Collaborations: Exploring Biases through Generated ImagesPatti Pente and Cathy AdamsConversation: Atomic Kinship and AI Collaboration—Once More, with FeelingAurora Del Rio, Katri Naukkarinen, Patti Pente and Cathy Adams3 Conversations about Language, Selfhood, and AutismAlice Wexler and Estée KlarConversation: A Conversation about Neurodiversity in Relation and CollaborationEstée Klar, Alice Wexler, Rébecca Bourgault and Catherine Rosamond4 The Pedagogy of the Individual with and within the Community: A Culturally Responsive Arts Education PracticeDamali Ibreck, jelena aleksic and Roni Raviv5 VAPEingEmese Hall and Rachel PayneConversationDamali Ibreck, Roni Raviv, jelena aleksic, Emese Hall and Rachel Payne6 What Does It Mean to Paint in the 2020s? A Practice-Led Framework for PaintersRabeya Jalil and David LeRue7 Painters and Their Places: Toward a Dialectical Understanding of Personal and Community Painting PracticesDavid LeRue and Rabeya JalilConversation: How to Paint a Dog—Reflections and Reservations on a Visual CommonalityDavid LeRue and Rabeya JalilPART 2: Disputed and Shared Spaces8 Placenta, Plastic and PlaceNicole Rallis9 This Street Is a Song: Situated Listening in a Contested SiteStephanie LovelessConversationStephanie Loveless and Nicole Rallis10 Walking and/as ListeningRachel Epp Buller11 Scattered in Existence: The Role of Community in Arts ResearchChristine D’OnofrioConversation: Tending PathsRachel Epp Buller and Christine D’OnofrioPART 3: Transformation through Storytelling12 Edmonia Lewis, the Greek Slave Statue, and the #SayHerName Movement: (Act One) Kindling the Fire, Hearing Her VoiceCatherine M. Roach, Yolanda M. Manora and Hannah L. Drake13 Container of the Uncontainable: In Dialogue with Women about Pregnancy in the 21st CenturyLinda KourkoulisConversation: And We Speak—A Conversation on the “Uncontainable” in Images and TextLinda Eva Kourkoulis, Yolanda M. Manora and Catherine M. Roach14 Teaching into the Excess: The Sensing Practice of Dancing-Reading-WritingCarolina Bergonzoni15 Trans-Temporal Collaborators in Research-Creation: An Afro-Caribbean ApproachMyrtle SodhiConversation: Self and Community Integration through SensingCarolina Bergonzoni and Myrtle Sodhi16 Espousing Trust and PowerCatherine Rosamond17 Sunnyside Road, Research JournalRébecca BourgaultConversation: CaesuraRébecca Bourgault and Catherine RosamondIndex