Leslie Gates

• Doctor of Philosophy
• Professor of Art Education at Millersville University

The artist’s book, Families Separated and Detained at the Border , features 10 cyanotypes that visually communicate messages about being detained and separated. The cyanotypes, presented in sheer vellum envelopes, are reminiscent of postcards that one might mail home. However, the haunting imagery suggests the story is not about a vacation, but rat...

This study uses Mace and Ward’s model of the artistic process as a theoretical framework to examine the art-making processes of students enrolled in an Advanced Placement (AP) art class in a public high school. Previous scholarship about the artistic process is grounded in the experience of professional artists and has not sufficiently attended to...

This is a publication of pencil drawings I completed during the COVID-19 pandemic to chronicle my experience working in/through Zoom.

Response as Catalyst is a collaboration between artists Daniel Clarke and Leslie Gates. During 2016, Clark and Gates each produced and exchanged a drawing every week. The drawings—exchanged weekly—served as a catalyst for the artists to respond with a new drawing the following week. The intention of this exploration and exchange was to provoke new...

Researchers, policy centers, and professional organizations have identified social justice issues related to teacher certification and retention, and have published recommendations for addressing these issues. This article uses one such issue – the underrepresentation of students of color in passing scores on teacher certification exams – as an exa...

This qualitative case study describes the ways in which a group of art educators who were engaged in collaborative inquiry privileged sameness, downplayed difference, selfsilenced, and "played nice" in attempt to gain acceptance and support from the other group members. The author argues that the group avoided complicated conversations and overlook...

The culture of isolation in schools leaves many art educators feeling that they are, in a sense, islands. Working from the idea of an island, I use the geographic metaphor of an archipelago as a means to understand the tensions between isolation and collaboration related to professional development for art educators. In this article, I describe the...