Linda Stein is a feminist artist, activist, educator and writer, who has been practicing for the last six decades. She has lectured and given workshops, webinars, and performances throughout this country and abroad, coining the expression of The 4 Bs (Bully, Bullied, Bystander, Brave Upstander) as a teaching tool. “A goal of mine as an artist,” Stein says, “is to use my gender-bending art to inspire Upstander behavior for peace, equality and diversity.”
This website is dedicated to Social Justice Art Education based on Stein’s art and the mission of the non-profit Have Art: Will Travel (HAWT). It highlights the work of HAWT’s Curricular Team (C-Team) consisting of art curriculum scholars and practitioners who have developed Curricular Encounters. These teaching methods use keywords or themes, such as Upstander, Power, Identity, Displacement, and Justice.
Those who have adapted the curricular encounters with their classes provide examples of their lesson plans and student work, which are offered as resources and linked to curricular encounters with Linda Stein’s art.
An underlying goal of the C-Team’s teaching methods, and of HAWT’s mission in general, is highlighted by this Board Member: “Have Art: Will Travel! (HAWT) works. It inspires young and old to break gender stereotypes and become upstanders for parity, protection and peace.” – Gloria Steinem
To begin to explore teaching toward social justice with Linda Stein’s art, click here.