The New Museum of Contemporary Art (212) 219-1222 is please to announce the release of a new book: **Contemporary Art and Multicultural Education** Edited by Susan Cahan and Zoya Kocur A comprehensive approach to multicultural arts education in one fully illustrated volume Absent from the teaching of multicultural art education today is an approach that connects everyday experience, social critique, and creative expression with classroom learning. CONTEMPORARY ART AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION fills this void. Not just another multicultural text, it is designed to help students learn in original ways by focusing on topics they care about and that resonate with real life. In clear and accessible language this new volume provides both theoretical foundations and practical resources for educators and students everywhere: * Notable educators' perspectives on affirming diversity, the dynamics of media education, the relationship between contemporary art and youth culture, and how to enhance ESL teaching. * Comprehensive lesson plans for helping educators use art to explore cultural subjects such as American identity, changing definitions of the family, AIDS and its representation, discrimination, racism, homophobia and the language of mass media, and the roles of public art in society. * 50 color and 40 black and white reproductions as well as personal statements in English and Spanish from over 50 contemporary artists including Guillermo GGirls, David Hammons, Keith Haring, Maya Lin, Faith Ringgold, Andres Serrano, and David Wojnarowicz. * Hard to find resources including annotated bibliographies for further study and lists of arts and media organizations nationwide. * Contributors include: Amalia Mesa-Bains, artist, curator and educator; Steven Goodman, founding director of Educational Video Center; Adelaide Sanford, educator and Member-At-Large, New York State Board of Regents; Christine Sleeter, professor at California State University, Monterey Bay. CONTEMPORARY ART AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION is a first of its kind textbook to use contemporary art as a centerpiece for an authentic multicultural and democratically-based curriculum. Co-published with Routledge Press Edited by Susan Cahan, deputy director of The New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City and Zoya Kocur, former associate curator of Education at The New Museum and now an education and managerial consultant. ---------------------------------------------------------------- Please send me ________copies of CONTEMPORARY ART AND MULTICULTURAL EDUCATION at 24.95 each, plus postage and handling at $3.00 for one book plus $2.00 for each additional book. To place a credit card order by phone call (212) 219-1222 or by fax (212)-431-5328. All orders must be prepaid. The New Museum accepts checks payable in U.S. dollars; Mastercard, Visa and American Express accepted. Payment enclosed _____ or Charge to: MC____ Visa____ AMEX____ Account # _____________________________________ Expiration Date: ______________ Signature _____________________________________________ Name _____________________________________________ Address _____________________________________________ City ____________________State______ZIP_________ Send completed form with payment to: The New Museum of Contemporary Art 583 Broadway New York, NY 10012 Attn: Bookstore Or order with credit card by phone: 212-219-1222 (10am-5pm, EST) email inquiries to [log in to unmask] ---------------------------------------------------------------- The illustrations in this volume are also available as a slide set. For more information, please call Sandak, Inc. at 1-800-343- 2806.