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Available Books for Review

 Authors and readers may submit well-crafted reviews in English and French on listed books to Canadian Review of Art Education: Research and Issues/ Revue Canadienne de recherches et enjeux en education artistique.

Propositions for studio Inquiry: A Journey Into Artist's Studio

By Alison Shields

Abstract "Examining art studios as a way of thinking through a cross-Canada journey into over 100 painters’ studios. Drawn from ways artists described their process, the studio is presented as an active ecosystem wherein artmaking is emergent, performative, generative, material, speculative, messy and in dialogue with the world. 48 col, 127 b&w illus."

Art Is the Evidence: A guid to Art-Based Research

By Shaun McNiff

Abstract "The practical research guide explores art as both the process of inquiry and the evidence it generates. Universal access across disciplines is encouraged. Artistic intelligence and its sustained personal contributions to human understanding offers a timely complement to science and the exponential growth of artificial intelligence."

artmaking as embodied enquiry

Edited By Susan Sentler and Glenna Baston

Abstract "Designed as a generative platform for sourcing creativity, this book is about folding as a vibrant stimulus for inter/trans/postdisciplinary artistic research, transforming playful exploration into deeper intimacy within art making with mixed media artist Susan Sentler and somatic educator Glenna Batson. Includes practice samples and images. 150 colour and b&w illus."

Arts Education in Ireland

Edited by Dervil Jordan and Jane O'Hanlon

Abstract "Arts in Education in Ireland: From Pedagogy to Practice examines the distinctive nature of arts-based learning in education in Ireland. It draws on recent research from pedagogy to practice in Irish schools. It examines the relevance of arts-based learning against the backdrop of the drive for twenty-first century skills."