Author Archives: Courtnie Wolfgang

VAEA Educator award, research grant and profile on VCUArts website

I was profiled on the VCUArts website last week for my two recent honors: Courtnie Wolfgang, assistant professor in the Department of Art Education, was recently named the 2019 Higher Education Art Educator of the Year at the Virginia Art Education Association’s fall conference. … While the award acknowledges Wolfgang’s influence on her students, her […]

New article: “The White Supremacy of Art Education in the United States: My Complicity and Path Toward Reparation Pedagogy”

Published this fall in Vol 36 No 3 (2019)of the Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education: Abstract: In this paper, the author discusses legacies of white supremacy in the United States of America and the effects on art education. Through personal reflection and resourcing the ongoing work to right the misinformation acquired through inherently […]

Submissions for Visual Arts Research special issue

Visual Arts Research:: Special Issue CFP:: Guest Editor:: Courtnie N. Wolfgangvarqueeringarted@gmail.com queering art education: counternarratives to “controversy” Submission Deadline: July 1, 2019Publication: Summer 2020 Queer — as in theory— refers to texts and artifacts as being queer subject matter as well as the reading of those texts and artifacts. It is both an adjective and a verb. […]

New interview: Profiles in teaching excellence

Melanie Buffington and I were interviewed as part of the VCU Center for Teaching and Learning Excellence’s Profiles in Teaching Excellence series. Dr. Melanie Buffington, Associate Professor of Art Education, and Dr. Courtnie Wolfgang, Assistant Professor of Art Education, discuss the generalities of their curriculum transformation grant, with a focus on inclusive teaching towards student […]