David Darts
David Darts is Assistant Professor of Art and Art Education and Associate Director of the NYU Steinhardt MA in Studio Art Program in Venice, Italy. His research and writings about contemporary art, public pedagogy, emerging technologies and creative citizenship have been published in a number of top scholarly journals and books. He is currently working on two book projects: Creative Tools for Critical Times (CT4CT) and Digital Republic: A Citizen's Guide to Freedom. Darts is Curatorial Director of Conflux, the annual art and technology festival for the creative exploration of urban public space. He teaches courses on media literacy, technology, and theory and research in contemporary art.
Degrees Held
- Ph.D.
University of British Columbia
2004
Awards and Research Grants
- 2009 Humanities Initiative Grant-in-Aid, NYU ($5,000)
- 2009 Faculty Challenge Grant - Art & Culture Award, NYU Steinhardt ($5,000)
- 2007-2010 SSHRC Standard Research Grant, Grauer, K. (Principal Investigator), Darts, D., Webber, S., Sinner, A. (Co-Investigators). The Art of New Media Education: A Study of Community-Based New Media Arts Education. Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($110,160)
- 2004 – 2006 Doctoral Fellowship, Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada ($40,000)
- 2004 – 2005 PhD Tuition Fee Award, University of British Columbia ($3,400)
- 2004 Gordon and Marion Smith Prize in Art Education, University of British Columbia
- 2003 – 2004 University Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia ($16,000)
Courses
- E90.2277 Contemporary Art & Media Education
- E90.2001 Research in Art Education
- E90.2451 Art and Ideas: Theory & Research in Contemporary Art
- E90.2301 Final Thesis Projects
Editorial Boards
- 2008-Present Studies in Art Education Editorial Board Member
- 2008-Present Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education Editorial Board Member
- 2005-2008 Journal of Art Education Editorial Board Member
National Leadership
- 2008-Present Council for Policy Studies in Art Education, Elected Member
- 2007-Present Arts Based Educational Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, Chair
- 2005-2007 Arts Based Educational Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, Program Chair
- 2004-2005 Arts Based Educational Research Special Interest Group of the American Educational Research Association, Program Chair Elect
Research Interests
- Contemporary Art & Media
- Art as Social Practice
- Art & Media Activism
- Public-space Art
- Free Open Source Software