Dr. Mira Kallio-Tavin Wins 2022 Manuel Barkan Memorial Award for Art Education

The National Art Education Association (NAEA) has granted Winnie Chandler Distinguished Professor of Art, Dr. Kallio-Tavin, the 2022 Manuel Barkan Memorial Award. The prestigious award recognizes an outstanding NAEA member who, through their published work in either Art Education or Studies in Art Education, has contributed a product of scholarly merit to the field of art education. The award was presented at the NAEA National Convention in New York on March 5, 2022.

The award was granted for Dr. Kallio-Tavin on her Studies in Art Education publication titled “Art Education Beyond Anthropocentricism: The Question of Nonhuman Animals in Contemporary Art and its Education.” The publication recognizes current problems in human co-existence with nonhuman lives and speaks to the urgent needs of environmental, ecological, ethical, and social justice concerns of current times. The publication develops and decenters humanist-centered philosophy in art education through posthumanist lenses, introducing critical animal studies to the field of art education.