Dr. Brent Wilson Childhood Art

In this episode, we sit down with Dr. Brent Wilson, who was recently named the inaugural recipient of the CSCA’s Christine Marmé Thompson Distinguished Research Award. International in scope, the Christine Marmé Thompson Distinguished Research Award recognizes a scholar in Art Education or related field whose research has made significant and impactful contributions to the study of childhood art.
Dr. Brent Wilson is Pennsylvania State University School of Visual Arts Art Education Professor Emeritus. His research includes studies of visual cultural influences on children’s artistic development and self-initiated drawings, cross-cultural studies of children’s visual storytelling, Japanese and Taiwanese teenagers’ doujinshi/manga clubs and comic markets, studies of children’s interpretations of artworks, the evaluation of art educational outcomes, internet visual ethnography, pedagogical theory, and formal and informal pedagogical practices. He delivered the National Art Education Association “Studies Lecture” (1983), was elected an NAEA “Distinguished Fellow” (1988), the NAEA “Art Educator of the Year” (1989), received the NAEA “Lowenfeld Award” (1993), and the NAEA “Eisner Lifetime Achievement Award” (2017). He received the US Society for Education through Art “Edwin Ziegfeld Award” (1991) and was invited to deliver the International Society for Education through Art “Edwin Ziegfeld Keynote Lecture” in Osaka (2008). He keeps visual journals, makes and exhibits artist-books and folios.