{"id":529,"date":"2018-12-27T21:11:28","date_gmt":"2018-12-27T21:11:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/undergraduate-research\/?page_id=529"},"modified":"2024-08-26T15:46:00","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T22:46:00","slug":"karla-arteaga-cortes","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/student-research-stories\/karla-arteaga-cortes\/","title":{"rendered":"Karla Arteaga Cortes: Art in the quest for social justice"},"content":{"rendered":"<h1>Art in the quest for social justice<\/h1>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1040 size-square-image alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2019\/04\/NAU-CAL-female-student-works-on-print-project-1-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2019\/04\/NAU-CAL-female-student-works-on-print-project-1-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2019\/04\/NAU-CAL-female-student-works-on-print-project-1-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/319\/2019\/04\/NAU-CAL-female-student-works-on-print-project-1-600x600.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Art can transform teaching. Through her research and practice, Karla Arteaga Cortes believes that visual art creates a more connected classroom\u2014between teacher and students, and between students and lesson, especially on sensitive topics and in intercultural settings. \u201cStudents want something visual, kinesthetic,\u201d the NAU senior art education major said. \u201cThey need that. It\u2019s human. The three things that make us very different from animals are language, culture, and art.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Cortes\u2019 research focuses on creating free spaces in the classroom for counterhegemonic actions. It is a reimagining of power dynamics\u2014a recognition that whatever the subject being taught, social justice must be part of the discussion. As a teaching assistant, and a student-teacher and English as Second Language specialist in public schools during her NAU career, Cortes\u2019 research has led to an activist\u2019s viewpoint. She will carry that with her after graduation to Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where she will co-teach art alongside an engineer and an architect, adding art to turn a STEM class into STEAM.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI\u2019m so humbled I was picked and am grateful for that opportunity,\u201d she said. \u201cWhen you\u2019re doing research, it\u2019s a lot of talk. For me, it was the coals to light the fire in what I want to do and to act. Research gave me the confidence in knowing that I am a human being who can think and learn.<\/p>\n<!-- shortcode-right-column -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-right-column\" >\n    <div class=\"shortcode-right-column__container\"><!-- shortcode-block -->\n<div class=\"shortcode-block\">\n      <div class=\"block-header\">\n        <h3>Student spotlight<\/h3>\n    <\/div>\n          <div class=\"block-body\">\n      <div>\n<p>Karla Arteaga Cortes, Spring 2018<\/p>\n<p><strong>Major:\u00a0<\/strong>Art, Secondary Education<\/p>\n<p><strong>Mentor:\u00a0<\/strong>Dr. Sanjam Ahluwalia, history<\/p>\n<\/div>\n          <\/div>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Art in the quest for social justice Art can transform teaching. Through her research and practice, Karla Arteaga Cortes believes that visual art creates a more connected classroom\u2014between teacher and students, and between students and lesson, especially on sensitive topics and in intercultural settings. \u201cStudents want something visual, kinesthetic,\u201d the NAU senior art education major [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":455,"featured_media":0,"parent":15,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_relevanssi_hide_post":"","_relevanssi_hide_content":"","_relevanssi_pin_for_all":"","_relevanssi_pin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_unpin_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_keywords":"","_relevanssi_related_include_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_exclude_ids":"","_relevanssi_related_no_append":"","_relevanssi_related_not_related":"","_relevanssi_related_posts":"","_relevanssi_noindex_reason":"","_oasis_is_in_workflow":0,"_oasis_original":0,"_oasis_task_priority":"","ring_central_script_selection":"","footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-529","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/455"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=529"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1293,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/529\/revisions\/1293"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/15"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/office-undergraduate-research\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}