Drawing on a number of teaching tools and resources, Dr. Luis-Genaro Garcia will show participants how they can draw on their students’ familial/home knowledge (Funds of Knowledge) in order to connect art and Common Core standards to their own subject-specific curriculums. Participants will have the opportunity to engage in lesson planning activities where they will consider non-traditional approaches like drawing from students' familial and communal assets in the planning of their own culturally relevant practices.

Luis-Genaro Garcia is an artist, scholar, former LAUSD educator, and current Assistant Professor of Art Education at Sacramento State. His work as a scholar, educator, and artist spotlight the social and political barriers (past and present) that exist in marginalized communities. As an artist and former educator he is influenced by critical education theory as a pedagogical tool that draws on the socio-political, cultural and communal knowledge of students. His lectures and workshops, focused on critical art education approaches, have been presented through institutions like Self Help Graphics and Art, the Getty, the California State University system, and the University of Arizona. He is a practitioner who engages with communities to build relationships and to best prepare pre-service educators and community advocates through the continued legacy of the Barrio Art program at Sacramento State. His work is housed in the collections of the Library of Congress, Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and other university collections.

The Educator Speaker Series invites K-12 teachers to present on crucial topics in art education that center on criticality and social justice.

Generous support for School and Teacher Programs is provided by the Anna H. Bing Children’s Art Endowment Fund. Additional funding is provided by The Lucille Ellis Simon Foundation, Dwight Stuart Youth Fund, Thomas and Dorothy Leavey Foundation, the Mara W. Breech Foundation, The Kenneth T. and Eileen L. Norris Foundation, the Edward A. and Ai O. Shay Family Foundation, Edison International, Employee Community Fund of Boeing – Southern California Chapter, the Louis and Harold Price Foundation, the Goodwin Family Memorial Trust, and the Ducommun and Gross Family Foundation.