Art Educator, Artist, and Researcher
An article I co-wrote with Dr. Jungmin Choi in the Mathematics Department of my university has been published in the Art Education Journal. This project was supported by the East Carolina University Interdisciplinary Research Grant. Special thanks to artists Jong Oh and George Hart!
Song, B., & Choi, J. (2025). Art and math integration: A collaborative journey of an art educator and a mathematician. Art Education, 78(5), 16–22. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2025.2549964
The following article has been published in the Art Education journal!
Koo, A., & Song, B. (2025). Exploring privacy, data painting, and hidden biases: Lessons from contemporary artists for AI use in art education. Art Education, 78(2), 16–24. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2025.2455359
An article in the Multicultural Perspectives Journal has been published:
Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024). Belonging together through art: Reconstructing connections by deconstructing stories. Multicultural Perspectives, 26(1), 62–74. https://doi.org/10.1080/15210960.2024.2350073
I gave presentations at the following international and national conferences in 2024.
International
Song, B., Lee, O., Chang, E., & Koo, A. (2024, September). Thriving together: Collaborative autoethnography of Asian American female art educators in a writing group. Art Education Research Institute Annual Symposium, Cambridge, England, United Kingdom.
Song, B., & Koo, A. (2024, June). AI and art pedagogy. Video Participation. The 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane, Australia.
Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024, June). AI or not AI: The perspectives of artificial intelligence from contemporary artists in the U.S. Video Participation. The 29th International Symposium on Electronic Art, Brisbane, Australia.
Song, B., Lee, O., Chang, E., & Koo, A. (2024, May). Thriving together in a writing group: Collaborative autoethnography of Asian American female art educators. The 20th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Virtual.
Song, B., & Koo, A. (2024, March). AI in visual art education: Inspirations from contemporary artists. Global Digital Humanities Symposium, Virtual.
Song, B. (2024, January). Teaching about adoption through contemporary art: The work of JooYoung Choi. Arts & Humanities Education Session (Chair). The 22nd Hawaii International Conference on Education, Waikoloa, Hawaii.
National
Song, B., Chang, E., Koo, A., & Lee, O. (2024, April). Collaborative autoethnography of Korean American female art educators in a writing group. Roundtable Panel. Korean American Education Research Association Preconference, American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024, April). Symbiosis? Uncertainties and possibilities of artificial intelligence in K-16 art education. Poster Session. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Song, B., & Bae, J. (2024, April). Student empowerment with critical conversations: Exploring child adoption through contemporary art. Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Liao, C., Song, B., Koo, A., & Leonard, N. (2024, April). Beyond generative images: Contemporary AI and media arts for critical and ethical art education. Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Song, B., Chang, E., Koo, A., & Lee, O. (2024, April). Becoming: Female art educators’ renewal and empowerment of researcher identities through collaborative autoethnography. Research Preconvention, Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Koo, A., & Song, B. (2024, April). AI or not AI: Pedagogical implications from the insights of contemporary artists and scholars. Research Preconvention, Annual Convention of National Art Education Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The following journal article has been published. I am so glad to publish a paper about our recent work on online art education in this prestigious academic journal.
Song, B., & Lim, K. (2024). “Wow, she’s real!”: Re-examining pre-service art teachers’ online learning experiences. Distance Education, 1-11. https://doi.org/10.1080/01587919.2024.2347997
Mia Hussey, Virtual Helping Hands, Acrylics on Paper, 2020.
A new co-authored article has been published in Studies in Art Education. I am thrilled about my first article published by this prestigious journal!
Koo, A., Lim, K., & Song, B. (2024). Belonging pedagogy: Revisiting identity, culture, and difference. Studies in Art Education, 65(1), 63-80. https://doi.org/10.1080/00393541.2023.2285206
A co-authored article for Art Education Journal has been published!
Bain, C., Taylor, K. V., Song, B., Lim, K., Heller, H., Antonisse, M., Ripley, A. T., Fejeran, Z., Spiers, O., Zaia, A., Cesena, A., & Becerril, C. (2024). Moving from me to we: Highlighting collaborative research in art education. Art Education, 77(2), 21-29. https://doi.org/10.1080/00043125.2023.2292001
This paper was based on a panel for the Professional Leaning through Research Working Group of Research Commission at NAEA 2022 Annual Convention held in New York City. I am very grateful for the two organizers, Drs. Bain and Taylor, as well as my colleague Dr. Kyungeun Lim.
Dr. Ahran Koo and I gave a guest speaker lecture to Masters and Doctoral students in the Art and Visual Culture Education program at University of Arizona via Zoom on February 20, 2024, invited by Dr. Ryan Shin at the School of Art. Our lecture was titled “AI Use in Contemporary Artists’ Practices: Implications for Art Education,” and we were glad to get diverse feedback from the participating graduate students.
We are truly grateful to artists Patrick Tresset and ssbkyh for their heartfelt support for our research. Thank you, Dr. Shin, for inviting us to share our research with your students!
On January 10, 2024, I was invited to give a lecture at a NAEA Professional Learning Studio Webinar session titled “Artificial Intelligence and Art Education Part II: Ethics and Impact.” My presentation was Toward human-centered AI: Contemporary art perspectives. Artificial Intelligence. We had over 500 registrants, and I also learned so much from Ms. Megan Fowler, another presenter for the session, about AI practices in K-12 art education. I am very grateful for such an amazing experience!!!
Hello, all. I have given presentations at the following conferences in Fall 2023:
International
Song, B. (2023, December). Rethinking STEAM education: Insights from Black Mountain College. Mapping International Art Education Histories Conference, New York, New York.
Song, B., & Koo, A. (2023, September). AI use in contemporary artists’ practices: Implications for art education. Digitally Engaged Learning Conference, Virtual.
National
Koo, A., & Song, B. (2023, October). Belonging pedagogy: Revisiting identity, culture, and difference. Art Education Research Institute Annual Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.
Song, B., & Koo, A. (2023, October). AI use in contemporary artists’ practices: Implications for art education. Art Education Research Institute Annual Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.
Shin, R., Lim, M., Lee, O., Chang, E., Song, B., & Koo, A. (2023, October). Bang social gatherings as post-qualitative research. Art Education Research Institute Annual Symposium, Tucson, Arizona.
State
Liao, C., & Song, B. (2023, October). Reimagining art education with AI: Possibilities, challenges, and implications. Video Presentation. North Carolina Art Education Association Conference, Durham, North Carolina.
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