As I just started to finish a community based project through the city of Kingston and the Sinterklaas festivial I have had some moments of where I want my research to go. I am very interested on community based art education and how students can give back and really appreciate where they live by what they create for their community. Although I put my blood sweat and literal tears into this project I am unable to use it for my research due to an unwritten proposal and consent from parent/student/school.

However, I have found that this type of project is one that I would like to do on a smaller scale for my research. I want to also incorporate visual culture and make it more accessible to my students that are unable and unwillingly to travel to NYC to go to the met, moma, etc. to view contemporary and famous works of art.

In Kingston we do alot with the community and even though I was interested in community based art education before this, I am even more interested in it now. It was amazing to see my students voice opinions about the project and what they thought would be acceptable to put out in the community.