Brandon Bauer

Examines the development of Art in a Democratic Society, an arts-based, civics-focused service-learning course created during the COVID-19 pandemic and the 2020 U.S. Presidential Election. Addresses the challenges of adapting service-learning to hybrid instruction, the role of institutional support, and the value of creative pedagogy in civic education, while reflecting on how lessons from the pilot course informed later iterations.

This study evaluates the pedagogical impact of the Center for Artistic Activism’s Creative Campaign Framework through the 2024 Unstoppable Voters Faculty Fellowship. Findings highlight its adaptability, student engagement, and the challenges of translating activist methods into academic contexts.

Discusses Bauer's work to bring civics education to the arts and the necessary role artists must play in a pro-democracy movement to reverse the trends of authoritarianism in our country and internationally.

An interview with Oliver Ressler on the occasion of his exhibition Catastrophe Bonds, the first survey of his work in the United States. The exhibition focuses on forms of grassroots democracy and economic and political alternatives to the existing state of global affairs. A critical unifying theme throughout the work is envisioning and attempting to enact new forms of vibrant social and economic democracy where all voices are welcomed in the deliberative process.