The Artful Approach to Exploring Identity and Fostering Belonging.

The arts move us, sustain us, and awaken us. In their book, Rebecca Bellingham and Veronica Scott outline ways to engage in conversations about identity and belonging using the lens of the arts. The authors encourage educators and educational leaders to expand their awareness of the structural and historical context that has led to inequity in our classrooms and communities. Our classrooms can and should be a hub of connecting and creating. When we invite the arts into our school day, we can help students learn how to pay close attention and listen generously, how to speak up when it matters, even how to find their own brief moments of beauty and joy when they need them the most.