Flavia Bastos , Ph.D

Flávia Bastos, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Research Professor in Visual Arts Education, in the School of Art, University of Cincinnati. Her research and scholarship are indebted to her Brazilian roots, experiences with social and cultural diversity and inspired by the educational philosophy of educator Paulo Freire. Therefore, art education practices are fueled by progressive education ideas that honor the artistic potential and celebrate possibilities and talents of all people. Flávia’s recent accomplishments include being Chairperson of the Council of Policy Studies in Art Education, Distinguished Fellow of the National Art Education Association, and past- Director of the Higher Education Division of the National Art Education Association. She received the. University of Cinicnnati 2020 Distinguished Research Professor Award, the 2009 the Ziegefeld Award of the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA) for her distinguished service in international art education and the 2007 the Mary J. Rouse Award of the National Art Education Association Women’s Caucus. She is past senior editor of the Journal of Art Education and has published and lectured extensively in the United States and other countries such as such as South Africa, Brazil, Chile, Indonesia, Spain, and Portugal. Her books include Transforming City Schools through Art: Approaches to Meaningful K-12 Learning, a co-edited volume published by Teachers College Press (2012), and the anthology Connecting Creativity Research and Practice in Art Education: Foundations, Pedagogies, and Contemporary Issues (2015), released by the National Art Education Association.

Ph.D: Indiana University Bloomington, IN., 1999 (Art Education)

Bachelor of Arts : University of Rio Grande do Sul Porto Alegre,Brazil, 1989 (Pedagogy)

Master of Science: Indiana University Bloomington, IN, 1996 (Art Education)

Community-based art education, art education theory and methods, global and international art education, social-reconstruction and education, qualitative and arts-based research methods, cross-cultural and ethnographic research, participatory action-research, minority and underrepresented education, community-based art and social-practice art, community empowerment, service-learning.

2011 -2012 Interim Director, School of Art ( University of Cincinnati), Cincinnati,OH

2013 -2015 Director of Graduate Studies (2002-2011, 2013-2015), School of Art (University of Cincinnati), Cincinnati,OH

08-2009 -12-2009 Visiting Professor of Art Education, University of Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil

08-2014 -To Present Professor of Art Education, School of Art, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2014 -2017 Program Direct, Art FUTURES (Fostering Urban Teens University-Related Experiences of Success), Cincinnati, OH

2006 -To Present Associate Professor of Art Education, School of Art, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2001 -2006 Assistant Professor of Art Education, School of Art, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH

2015 UC Diversity DAAP Camp Scholarships for Art FUTURES students

2009 -2011 Graduate School, University of Cincinnati University Editorial Scholarship; full UGS and stipend for an editorial assistant over 2 years

2009 -2010 University of Cincinnati University Research Council Interdisciplinary Grant

2009 -2010 University of Cincinnati Faculty Development Council Interdisciplinary Award

Grant: #080032 Investigators:Bastos, Flavia Maria Cunha 07-01-2008 -09-30-2008 Ohio Arts Council Artist in Residence Role:PI

Grant: #R40527 Investigators:Bastos, Flavia Maria Cunha; Blevins, Jeffrey; Hughes, Sean; Iversen, Kristen; Lind, Amy; Torner, Evan 10-01-2019 -03-31-2020 UC's Urban Futures Digital Futures Anchor Development Program Story-telling & Social Justice Role:Collaborator $10,000.00 Active Level:Internal UC

Grant: #NAEA Res Fund Investigators:Bastos, Flavia Maria Cunha 07-01-2019 -06-30-2020 National Art Education Foundation Critical Digital Citizenship for High School Students: A Participatory Arts-Based Study Role:PI $10,500.00 Awarded Level:Private Non-Profit

Other Publications

Bastos, F. M. C. (2015. ) Creating communities: The practice of visual arts educators today .The Painted Monkey: The Official Newsletter of the California Art Education Association, 41 (1 ) ,9

Bastos, F. M. C. (2015. ) Making the invisible visible .NAEA News, 57 (2 ) ,9

Bastos, F. M. C. (2014. ) Higher Education forums: An evolving tradition .NAEA News, 56 (5 ) ,9

Bastos, F. M. C. (2014. ) Artistry of leadership: Musings about the first National leadership conference .NAEA News, 56 (4 ) ,9

Bastos, F. M. C. (2014. ) Post-NAEA Musings: Conventions as Sites for Leading and Learning .NAEA News, 56 (3 ) ,9

Bastos, F. M. C. & McKay, S. W. (2014. ) Higher Education Division .NAEA News, 56 (2 ) ,9

Bastos, F. M. C. (2014. ) Higher Education Division .NAEA News, 56 (1 ) ,10

Bastos, F.M. C., Daiello, V., Holland, K., & Luessen, C. F. Hernández, Fendler, R. (Eds.), (2013. ) Walking spaces for socially engaged arts- based research: Reflections and disruptions in practice .1st Conference on Arts-Based and Artistic Research: Critical Reflections on the Intersection between Art and Research, 185-194

Bastos, F. M. C. (2013. ) Higher Education Division .NAEA News, 55 (5 ) ,10

Bastos, F. M. C. (2013. ) Participation .NAEA News, 55 (3 ) ,9

Bastos, F. M. C. & Zimmerman, E. (Eds) (2015. ) Connecting Creativity Research and Practice in Art Education: Foundations, Pedagogies, and Contemporary Issues . National Art Education Association

Romanos, M. C., Bastos, F. M.C., & Jenkins, L. (2010. ) Use of the arts as stimulus for economic development: Strategies for sustainable economic development and cultural preservation.

Published Books

Bastos, F. M. C. & Zimmerman, E. Connecting Creativity Research and Practice in Art Education .Reston, VA: National Art Education Association

Book Chapter

Bastos, F. M. C. Creating communities at home and abroad Through the prism: Looking into the spectrum of writings .(pp. 29-46).Reston, VA:National Art Education Association.

Hutzel, K., Bastos, F. M. C., & Cosier, K. (Eds) (2012 ) Introduction and Conclusion Transforming city schools through art: Approaches to Meaningful K-12 learning .New York, NY, Teachers College Press

Bastos, F. M. C. (2012 ) Artful cityscapes: Transforming urban education with art Transforming city schools through art: Approaches to meaningful K-12 learning .(pp. 13-23).New York, NY, Teachers College Press

Bastos, F. M. C. (2011 ) Understanding African Heritage in a Transnational Perspective: An Experience in Brazil Art, Culture and Ethnicity .(pp. 107-112).Reston, VA, National Art Education Association

Bastos, F. M. C. (2012 ) Seeing the city: Resources, assets, and possibilities. Trasforming city schools through art: Approaches to meaningful K-12 learning .(pp. 11-12).New York, NY, Teachers College Press

Bastos, F. M. C. (2011 ) Understanding African Heritage in a Transnational Perspective: An Experience in Brazil Art, Culture and Ethnicity (2nd edition) .(pp. 107-112).Reston, VA:, National Art Education Association

Technical Reports

Romanos, M. C., Bastos, F. M.C., & Jenkins, L. (2010. ) Use of the arts as stimulus for economic development: Strategies for sustainable economic development and cultural preservation.

Editorial

Bastos, F. M. C. (2010. ) Place, 63 (6) .(pp. 4-5).

Bastos, F. M. C. (2010. ) What does social justice art education look like? .(pp. 2-3).

Bastos, F. M. C. (2010. ) Voice 2 .(pp. 4-5).

Bastos, F. M. C. (2010. ) Language .(pp. 4-5).

Bastos, F. M. C. (2010. ) New media art education .(pp. 4-5).

Invited Presentations

(2013. ) “Transforming Cities through Art: Pedagogies of Change and Empowerment” .University of Barcelona, Spain. Level:International

Bastos, Flavia (04-2014. ) AITM Today .Presentation to community art course, Art Education Program, University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign, IL. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia (2012. ) Colonialism, Resistance, and Transformation: A Brief History of Art Education in Brazil .Visiting Artists and Scholars Program, Ernest G. Welch School of Art and Design, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia (01-2015. ) STEM to STEAM: Art Education for Today’s Students .Evenings for Educators, Cincinnati Art Museum. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (04-2014. ) Brazilian Art and Community Work .Arts Administration, Education, and Policy Colloquium, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (02-2014. ) Brazil Art, Culture, and Society .World Vision Program, Wexner Center of the Arts, Ohio State Univeristy, Columbus, OH.

Bastos, Flavia (03-2013. ) Outsider Art .Reel Abilities Film Festival, Contemporary Art Center, Cincinnati, OH. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (10-2012. ) Everyday Innovation: The “little c” and the “BIG C” of creativity .Introduction to Innovation Course, Center for Entrepreneurship Education & Research, Carl H. Lindner College of Business, University of Cincinnati. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (05-2012. ) Teaching Art for Social Justice .Evenings for Educators, Cincinnati Art Museum. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (11-2011. ) Art Educators’ Visual Eyes Creativity (Keynote) .Ohio Art Education Association, Annual Conference, Dayton, OH. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (10-2010. ) Subversive Marks: Transgressive Meanings: Children’s Books by Brazilian Cartoonist Ziraldo .Miami University Art Museum, Oxford, Ohio. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (05-2010. ) Black Atlantic Art: Hybrid Cartographies of Brazil .Minority Languages and Cultures of Latin America Program Spring Institute, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (04-2010. ) Art Education and Contemporary Art .Authors, Editors, and Composers, University of Cincinnati, OH.

Bastos, Flavia and Corrina Mehiel (09-2014. ) The pedagogical turn: A case against social Practices and participatory arts-based arts research methods .Second BMBF-Workshop: International Perspectives of Research in Arts Education , German Federal Ministry of Education and Research, Kunstakademie Dusseldorf, Germany,. Level:International

Bastos, Flavia (01-2013. ) Walking spaces for socially engaged arts-based research: Reflections and disruptions on practice .Conference on Arts-Based and Artistic Research: Critical reflections on the intersection between art and research, Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Barcelona, Spain.

Colloquium

Bastos, Flavia; Mehiel, Corrina (09-2014). The pedagogical turn: A case against social practices and participatory arts-based research methods . BMBF Workshop: International Perspectives of Research in Arts Education, Dusseldorf, Germany. Workshop. Level:International

Bastos, Flavia (01-2013). Walking spaces for socially engaged arts-based research: Reflections and disruptions on practice . Conference on Arts-Based and Artistic Research, University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain. Conference. Level:International

Bastos, Flavia; Zimmerman, Enid (03-2015). Reconsidering Creativity in Art Education . National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, LA. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Broome, Jeff (03-2015). Conversations with Colleagues: Connecting with Higher Education Art Educators . National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia (03-2015). Meet the Authors . National Art Education Association Conference, New Orleans, Louisiana. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Zimmerman, Enid (03-2014). Using Innovative Teaching Practices and New Technologies to Reconsider Creativity in Art Education . National Art Education Association Conference, San Diego, California. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia (03-2014). Clothes Swap as Participatory Art and Education . National Art Education Association Conference, San Diego, California. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Daiello, Vittoria; Holland, Kris (03-2013). Creating a Community of Leaders in 21st Century Art Education . National Art Education Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Hutzel, Karen; Buffington, Melanie (03-2014). Seeing Art as Central to Urban Education Reform . National Art Education Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Zimmerman, Enid (03-2013). Developing a Community of Inquirers: Strengthening the Role of Creativity in Art Education . National Art Education Association Conference, Fort Worth, TX. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Zimmerman, Enid (03-2012). Mind the Gap: Connecting Research and Practice about Creativity in Art Education . National Art Education Association Conference, New York, NY. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Diket, Read; Davis, Jack; Zimmerman, Enid (03-2011). Fellows Forum: Creativity over the Lifetime . National Art Education Association Conference, Seattle, WA. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Hutzel, Karen (03-2011). Lasting Transformations: Outcomes of a 13-year Community-Based Art Education Program . National Art Education Association Conference, Seattle, WA. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Zimmerman, Enid (04-2010). Practical Resources for Reconsidering Creativity Middle Level Art Classrooms . National Art Education Association Conference, Baltimore, MD. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Bode, Patty; Funk, Clayton; Gude, Olivia; Castro, Juan Carlow; Buffington, Melanie; Staikdis, Dryssi; Tavin, Kevin (04-2010). Super Section: Investigating Social Justice through Art and Theory: Questions, Practice, and Research . National Art Education Association Conference, Baltimore, MD. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Hafeli, Mary; Moore, Jo-Anna (04-2010). Super Section: Teaching Art in Urban Contexts . National Art Education Association Conference, National Art Education Association Conference. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Ballengee-Morris, Christine; Kundu, Rina; Aquila, Kelli (04-2010). Writing for Art Education . National Art Education Association Conference, Baltimore, MD. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Ballengee-Morris, Christine; Kundu, Rina; Aquila, Kelli“Art Education Editorial Board Meeting . National Art Education Association Conference, Baltimore, MD. Conference. Level:National

Bastos, Flavia; Carson, Mindy (11-2011). Teaching Students to Create Meaning through Photo Dyptychs . Ohio Art Education Association, Annual Conference, Dayton, OH. Conference. Level:Regional

Bastos, Flavia (11-2010). Writing for Art Education . Ohio Art Education Association, Annual Conference, Columbus, OH. Conference. Level:Regional

-2007 Mary Rouse Award Women's Caucus, National Art Education Association

-2009 National Ziegfeld Award United States Society for Education through Art

-2011 Council of Policy Studies in Art Education Elected Member

Art Education Editor Type:Editorial Service 2011 -2011

Art Education Associate Editor Type:Editorial Service 2009 -2010

(Master's Committees Chaired ) Committee Chair Type:Departmental Service Level:Department 2010 -2015

(Fine Arts Committees ) Committee Member Type:Departmental Service Level:College

(Doctoral Committee ) Type:Departmental Service Level:College 2014 -To Present

Committee Member Type:Other Level:National 2011 -2014

Type:University/College Service Level:University -08-20-2015

Type:University/College Service Level:University -2014

Type:University/College Service Level:University 2013 -To Present

(UC Foundation Employee Campaign ) Coordinator Type:University/College Service Level:University 01-2013 -05-2013

CT&L New Faculty Mentorship Program (New Faculty Mentor to Assistant Professor Cathy Crosby ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 2012 -2013

(Member, Dean’s Executive Council ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 2011 -2012

(Member, UC International Academic Director Search, UC International ) Type:University/College Service Level:University -2012

(Member, Teaching for Hope and Justice Network Advisory Board, School of Education, UC ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 2011 -To Present

Artswave Campaign (Department Coordinator ) Type:University/College Service Level:University -2012

(Member, University Assessment Team ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 2010 -2012

(Member elected, Rieveschl Award for Creative and/or Scholarly Works Committee ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 2010 -2012

(Member, Service-Learning Advisory Council, University of Cincinnati ) Type:University/College Service Level:University 2007 -2011

Member, DAAP Lecture Series Committee Type:University/College Service 2014 -To Present

Member, DAAP Graduate Studies and Research Type:University/College Service 2013 -To Present

Chair, School RPT Committee Type:University/College Service 2014 -To Present

(Chair, Visiting Artists and Scholars Committee ) Type:University/College Service 2013 -2014

(New Faculty Mentor to Assistant Professor Kris Holland ) Type:University/College Service 2012 -2013

(New Faculty Mentor to Assistant Professor Vicki Daiello, ) Type:University/College Service 2011 -2012

Member, NASAD review committee Type:University/College Service 2011 -2012

Member, Faculty workload committee Type:University/College Service -2012

Member, Faculty Travel Committee Type:University/College Service 2011 -2013

Chair, Art Education Graduate Program Committee, University of Cincinnati Type:Other Educational Service 2002 -2011

Program Coordinator, Type:Other Educational Service 2011 -2015

Member, Art Education Search Committee Type:Other Educational Service -2010

(Higher Education Division Director, National Art Education Association ) Type:Service to Professional Development Programs 2013 -2015

(External Evaluator, Dr. Marina Sotiropoulou-Zorbala Promotion to the rank of Associate Professor in the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete, Greece ) Type:Service to Professional Development Programs -2014

(External Evaluator, Assistant Professor Nicole Marroquin for tenure in the Department of Art Education at the School of Art Institute of Chicago, IL ) -2014

(External Evaluator, Dr. Clayton Funk Promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure, Department of Arts Administration, Education, and Policy, The Ohio State University ) -2013

Higher Education Division Director-Elect, National Art Education Association 2011 -2013

(Member, Selection and Promotion Committee for the Tenureship of Dr. M. Sotiropoulou-Zorbala, Assistant Professor in the Department of Preschool Education of the University of Crete, Greece ) -2012

External Evaluator, Assistant Professor Ryan Shin promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. School of Art, University of Arizona -2011

(External Evaluator, Assistant Professor Laura Trafi-Prats promotion to the rank of Associate Professor with tenure. Peck School of the Arts, Department of Art and Design, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee ) -2011

Member, Editorial Board, Revista Digital do Laboratório de Artes Visuais [Journal of the Laboratory of Visual Arts], Federal University of Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil, 2010 -2011

(Senior Editor, The Journal of Art Education, National Art Education Association ) 2009 -2010

Vice-Chairperson, Artistic Committee, Cincinnati Ballet 2015 -2016

Advisory Board Member, ReelAbiltities Festival -2015

(Trustee, Cincinnati Ballet ) 2012 -To Present

Board Member, Word Play 2012 -2013

Design Committe Member, Krohn Conservatory Butterfly Show 2011

Vice-Chair, Partners of the Americas Ohio Chapter 2010 -To Present

Associate Member, Harmony Garden 2010 -To Present

2002 -To Present: American Association of University Professors

2009 -To Present: American Educational Research Association

1993 -1998: Art Education Association of Indiana

1996 -To Present: Associação Nacional de Pesquisadores em Artes Plásticas

2012 -To Present: Federação de Arte Educadores do Brasil [Federation of Art Educators of Brazil

1995 -To Present: International Society for Education Through Art

1993 -To Present: National Art Education Association

2001 -To Present: Ohio Art Education Association