Indira Bailey Design Studio

Art Education

Indira Bailey

Indira Bailey is an artist, educator, and researcher. She has a B.F.A., from Pratt Institute in Communication Design (Illustration) from Brooklyn, NY, a Masters in Educational Leadership and Supervision from Kean University, Union, NJ, and is a Ph.D. candidate in Art Education and Women’s, Gender, and Sexuality Studies dual degree program at Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA. Her research interests include professional development through art for K-12 educators, feminist art education, representation of Black women and women of color, restorative justice, history of art education, and racial diversity in instruction and curriculum development.

Bailey has taught high school art for 16 years, art education and women’s studies undergraduate students and prison art education. She had developed and lead community art-based programs for children and adults. Bailey holds three educational licenses New Jersey Teacher of Visual Art, New Jersey Teacher of Art, and New Jersey State Supervisor. The United States Department of Education recognized for The White House Initiative of Educational Excellence for African Americans. In 2012, she was one of four finalists selected from the state for the New Jersey Teacher of the Year Award.

Bailey received Fulbright Hayes Fellowships in South Africa, Morocco, Japan Fulbright Memorial Fund Teacher Program, artist’s residency in Panama, and a research grant to Ghana. She received several national teacher fellowships and selected for the Visual and Performing Arts Model Curriculum Team for the New Jersey Department of Education.

Art Education Consulting

Bailey’s expertise of over twenty years in art education brings a unique blend of creativity. She offers art education service for school districts, art organizations, non-profit organizations, juvenile justice and correctional facilities. Bailey can offer the following services:

· Evaluation and Assessment

· Art Education Program Design

· Curriculum Development

· Restorative Justice

· Community Based Art Education

· Professional Development

· Art Curator

For more information and speaking engagements email Indira at indirabailey.art@gmail.com

Publications

Bailey, I. (2018) Teaching while Black: The construction of race, class, and gender. International Journal of Africana Studies, 19(1), 100-111.

Bailey, I. (2017).The (in)visibility of four Black women artists: Establishing a support network, defining obstacles, and locating self through art. Visual Culture and Gender, 12, 48-57.<http://vcg.emitto.net/index.php/vcg/article/view/111>.

Keifer-Boyd, K., Bailey, I., Blandy, D., Congdon, K., Degge, R., & Staples, J., (2016).A feminist conversation about June King McFee’s critical-raising foundation for culturally responsive education, Visual Arts Research, 42(2), 73-85.

Bailey, I. (2013). Why even art teachers have a problem with standardized testing. Takepart. http://www.takepart.com/author/indira-bailey/

Bailey, I., (2013). Common core: Teachers are not prepared. TakePart. http://www.takepart.com/author/indira-bailey/

Bailey, I., (2013) Arts education is critical to student success. TakePart.

http://www.takepart.com/author/indira-bailey/

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