Congratulations to Minor student, Jenna Green, for JSTAE publishing accomplishment!

Please help us congratulate AIAR minor student, Jenna Green, for her publishing accomplishment to the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education. Her paper entitled, "Fuel to the Fire", was published in March 2025. 

Read the full paper here:  https://scholarscompass.vcu.edu/jstae/vol44/iss1/7/

Abstract: 

This article suggests museum theory and practice needs to shift its ideological foundation from storage, preservation, restoration, exhibition making, and learning, to one of radical care. Responding to the questions posed by the Journal of Social Theory in Art Education and drawing focus around the theme of (re)activating theory to envision an alternative educational model, I engage with Dana Carlisle Kletchka’s (2023) introduction of care ethics to art museum education. I suggest that care ethics, as a growing   theory in museums, is interdisciplinary and should include contemplative scholarship and practices to embody its guiding tenants. I then take up Kletchka’s provocation for   museum educators to reflect on their guiding frameworks through two approaches, first, a contemplative arts-based inquiry, followed by applying contemplative practices to a museum program. By building care skills, contemplative practices can be applied not only to cultivate personal well-being, but also the well-being of museum staff and the  communities they serve.