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Dr. Sydney Walker

Biography:

  • Ph.D., Art Education, Florida State University, Tallahassee,FL, Tallahassee,FL
    Dissertation: Relational Meaning in the Writing of Three Contemporary Art Critics, 1992.
  • MFA, Painting, University of Alabama, 1985.
  • MA, Art Education, University of Alabama, 1988.

Selected Publications

  • Walker, S.R. (2003,Nov/Dec)."Designing art curriculum with big ideas," Journal of Aesthetic Education, Vol.136, National Taiwan Arts Education Institute. Invited article.
  • Walker,S.R. (May 2004). "Understanding the artmaking process: Reflective practice," Journal of Art Education pp. 6-12.
  • Walker, S.R. (September, 2003), "What more can you ask?: Artmaking and inquiry," Journal of Art Education, 56, (5), pp. 6-12.
  • Walker, S.R. (forthcoming). "Artmaking in an age of visual culture: Vision and visuality," Visual Arts Research Journal.
  • Walker, S.R. (in press). "Naming the process," Teaching Artist Journal.
  • Walker, S.R. (2004, Aug/Sept). ). "Artmaking in an age of visual culture: Vision and visuality," International Journal of Art Education, reprint.
  • Walker.S.R. & Stewart, M. (under contract). Thinking through curriculum, Worcester, MA: Davis Publications.
  • The Ohio State TETAC Faculty, (2002), "Integrated curriculum: Possibilities for the Arts," Journal of Art Education.
  • Walker, S.R. Teaching Meaning in Artmaking, (2001) Worcester, MA: Davis Publications.
  • Walker, S.R. & Parsons, M. (2000) "School Reform and the Arts: Commentary", Arts Policy and Review.
  • Walker, S.R. (1997). "Postmodern theory and classroom art criticism: Why Bother?." J. Hutchens and M. Suggs (Eds.), Conceptual Issues in Art Education, NAEA publication.
  • Walker, S.R. (1996). "Thinking strategies for interpretation." Studies in Art Education, 37, 2, 69-91.
  • Walker, S.R. (September,1996). "Designing studio instruction: Why have students make artworks?" Journal of Art Education.
  • Walker, S.R. (July 1997), Working in the black box: Meaningmaking and artmaking. Journal of Art Education, pp. 23 +.
  • Walker, S.R. & Barrett, T. (1996). "Interpreting Sandy Skoglund's installations." ArtsEdNet, Getty Center for Education in the Arts: (http://www.artsednet.getty.edu/).

Research Interests:

  • Contemporary Art
  • Art Criticism
  • Studio Production
  • Cognitive Learning Theory
  • Poststructualist Theory
  • Content Analysis Research Methods