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Windows Gallery

CHILD LEFT BEHIND

by: Visual Catalysts Inc.
Members: Munira Bootwala, Devika Coles (exhibition coordinator), Suzy Taekyung Kim, Heather McArdle, Tanya Stanger, Nicole Streuli, and Kaitlin Thurman

Coordinated by: Devika Coles
March 3 - March 23, 2007

Child Left Behind is the first exhibit by Visual Catalysts Inc., the newly formed art collective of New York University graduate Art Education students.

Visual Catalyst Inc. members are Munira Bootwala, Devika Coles (exhibition coordinator), Suzy Taekyung Kim, Heather McArdle, Tanya Stanger, Nicole Streuli, and Kaitlin Thurman.

We are a collective of artists and educators drawn together by a shared dedication for social justice. Through the creative process of making art, we address issues such as identity, community, and education with the intent to create awareness and spaces for dialogue. Our process is multi-faceted and collaborative. We come together as a group to share our perspectives regarding social issues and how they can be manifested through contemporary art. These dialogues play a crucial role in allowing us to create artwork that represents a more critical way of understanding our community and world. We hope our methodology will enable us to creatively collaborate with diverse communities to create opportunities for transformation and social change.

The exhibitionÕs central theme speaks to the current issues regarding the federal law, No Child Left Behind (NCLB). This legislation, perhaps the most influential piece of educational reform ever issued by the federal government, has impacted students, teachers, schools, and the education industry across the United States. Through imagery and installation, this exhibition seeks to examine how NCLB dictates and influences classroom curricula, teacher preparation and training, funding allocation, and the growing testing industry.

Child Left Behind is a visual attempt to expose both the NYU neighborhood and the broader New York City community to the various ways in which this controversial law has negatively affected K-12 public school education. Our aim is to encourage people to examine and dialogue about the impact of NCLB in hopes of increasing the possibility of revising the law.

We would like to thank New York UniversityÕs Kimmel Center and Jovana Stokic for their support of this exhibition.

For further information, please e mail: kimmel.galleries@nyu.edu