Publications
Books
Kantrowitz, A. (2022). Drawing thought: How drawing helps us observe, discover, and invent. MIT Press. Link
Cabral, M. (2016) Art Makes Us Happy: Young Children Explore Materials and Ideas. Brooklyn, NY: Paperstar Press. Link
Justice, S. (2016). Learning to Teach in the Digital Age: New Materials and Maker Paradigms in Schools. New York, NY: Peter Lang, Inc. Link
Cabral, M. (2014) Broken things can be beautiful things: Early childhood explorations in play and art. New York, NY: Vast Playground Link
Chapters in Books
Justice, S. B. (2020). Designing the social interface: More than social, more than material. In A. Knochel, C. Liao, & R. Patton (Eds.), Critical Digital Making in Art Education (pp. 61–74). Peter Lang Inc.
Cabral, M. *(2019). Stories, stuff, and what we do with them. In J.Lampert & F. Duzzo (Ed.), Conversas Pictóricas [Pictorial Conversations] (pp. 172-176). Florianópolis: Editora Udesc.
Justice, S. & Cabral, M. with Kate Gugliotta (2019). The crayon doesn’t do that: Early childhood and advanced technology. In Rick Garner, (Ed.) Exploring Digital Technologies for Art-Based Special Education: Models and Methods for the Inclusive K-12 Classroom (pp. 122-131). Routledge.
Kozbelt, A., & Kantrowitz, A. (2019). Talent and ability in drawing and visual art. In R. F. Subotnik, P. Olszewski-Kubilius, & F. C. Worrell (Eds.), The psychology of high performance: Developing human potential into domain-specific talent (pp. 311–343). American Psychological Association. https://doi.org/10.1037/0000120-015
Cabral, M., & Justice, S. (2019). Material inquiry: Digital materials, people, and the relationships between them. In E. Garber, L. Hochtritt, & M. Sharma (Eds.), Makers, Crafters, Educators: Working for Cultural Change (pp. 28–32). Routledge.
Cabral, M. (2018). Fighting the Mad King: play, art, and adventure in an early childhood art studio. In C. M. Schulte & C. M. Thompson (Eds.), Communities of practice: Art, play, and aesthetics in early childhood (pp. 77-91). Springer.
Kantrowitz, A. (2017). What Artists Do (& Say) When They Draw: A Cognitive Ethnographic (and Arts-Based) Study of Eight Contemporary Artists’ Improvisational Drawing Practices. In J.M. Zacks & H.A. Taylor (Eds.) Representations in Mind and World (pp. 207-220). Routledge.
Justice, S. B. (Accepted / In press). Engineering joy: Toying with process in expanded media arts. In STEAM Education: Transdisciplinarity of Art in the Curriculum. National Art Education Association.
Articles
Cabral, M. (2020). But “did you make it?” Art and Ownership in Early Childhood Education. International Art in Early Childhood Research Journal.
Justice, S. B. (2020). Joyful toys: A journey in expanded media arts learning. NAEA News, 62(4). 19.
Cabral, M., Fincham, E., & Templeton, T. (2019). Making their marks: Graffiti explorations as toddler’s artistic practices. Trends. Journal of the Texas Art Education Association, 2019(1), 32–37.
Justice, S. (2019). Interface: The transformative potential of computational making. National Art Education Association NEWS, 61(5), 20.
Cabral (2018). Oferecer, ouvir, e responder: Explorações artísticas com crianças pequenas. [Offering, listening, responding: artistic explorations with young children]. Cadernos de Educação de Infância, Edição Especial 30 Aniversário [Early Childhood Education Jornal, 30th anniversary edition]. Volume 112 pp71-74.
Justice, S. B. (2017). Material learning in action: Building an arts-based research community. Art Education, 70(3), 39–48.
Justice, S. B. (2017). Prompting for a serendipity mindset with simple digital tools. National Art Education Association News, 59(2), 18.
Kantrowitz, A., Fava, M., & Brew, A. (2017). Drawing together research and pedagogy. Art education, 70(3), 50-60. Justice, S. (2015) Learning to Teach in the Digital Age: Enacted Encounters with Materiality. Marilyn Zurmuehlen Working Papers in Art Education. University of Iowa.
Cabral, M. (2015). Story, not Gadget. Digital Media as Art Materials and Curatorial Tools in Early Childhood Art Education. International Journal for Infonomics. 8(4) Justice, S. & Cabral, M. (2013). Material learning: Digital 3D with young children. Proceedings from Fablearn 13: Conference in Digital Fabrication in Education, Stanford University, October 2013, Palo Alto, CA. Cunnington, M., Kantrowitz, A., Harnett, S., & Hill-Ries, A. (2014). Cultivating Common Ground: Integrating Standards-Based Visual Arts, Math and Literacy in High-Poverty Urban Classrooms. Journal for Learning through the Arts, 10(1).
Presentations & Workshops
Kantrowitz, A., Cabral, M., & Justice (2023, April 14). Animating Clay: 4D Material Inquiry in Action. National Conference, National Art Education Association, San Antonio, TX.
Justice, S., Kantrowitz, A., & Cabral (2023, April 13). Teaching Inquiry: Leading with Materials in Classrooms, Pre-service Seminars, and Professional Development Studios. National Conference, National Art Education Association, San Antonio, TX.
Justice, S. B., Digitally Engaged Learning Conference, "Engineering Joy: Process-Oriented Outcomes in Hybrid Learning Communities," Texas State University. (Online.) (2020, September).
Cabral, M., Postcards from the (future) community. Workshop. Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Conference, Las Cruces, NM (2019, October).
Justice, S., Kantrowitz, A., & Cabral, M. Paper lights action. Workshop. FabLearn 2019, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York, NY. (2019, March).
Cabral, M. & Moffett, C. Sound pedagogy: Material Inquiry into the spatiality of embodied listening. Workshop. International Society for Education Through Art (InSEA) World Congress, Vancouver, Canada. (2019, July).
Cabral, M. Artmaking, materials, and ownership in Early Childhood Education and Care (ECEC). Presentation. 8th International Art in Early Childhood Conference, Wellington, New Zealand. (2019, January).
Cabral, M. #quizzicalitch artmaking, materials, and ownership in ECEC. Presentation. 2018 Reconceptualizing Early Childhood Education, Copenhagen, Denmark. (2018, October)
Justice, S., Kantrowitz, A., & Cabral, M. Spatializing knowledge for the 21st Century art and design. Workshop. Digitally Engaged Learning Conference, Toronto, Canada. (2018, September).
Justice, S., Kantrowitz, A., & Cabral, M. Making knowledge / moving knowledge: Unfolding spatial thinking & material knowing. Workshop. National Art Education Association: Research Commission, Seattle, WA. (2018, March).
Cabral, M. #storynotgadget: Materials, processes, and ownership in artmaking. Presentation, Digital Life Salon Series. University of Southern Queensland, New Zealand. (2017, August)
Justice, S., & Kantrowitz, A. Thinking through drawing: Andrea Kantrowitz. Workshop. School of Art & Design, Texas State University, San Marcos, TX. (2017, November).
The crayon doesn't do that: Children following the lead of materials. Presentation. National Art Education Association, National Conference. Chicago, IL. (2016, March)
Cabral, M. & Justice, S. Electric Paper: Art Educators Leading Across the Curriculum. Workshop. National Art Education Association, National Conference. Chicago, IL. (2016, March)
Justice, S. Material Inquiry. Presentation. Ignite Innovation Conference. Honolulu, HI (2016, January)
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Contact us at inquiry@materialinquiry.com