Connie Gilmore: Connecting Culture and Identity Through Art

Teaching through art using Leaving Home: Socratic dialogue with Art enabled the students to dive deep inside and make connections they had not realized were there previously. Reading and studying the art by the Mayan painter Paula Nicho Cumez and Crossing Borders Through Art: The Tortilla as Canvas enabled them to better realize what a rich cultural heritage they have and how they will contribute this to the world. —Connie Gilmore, high school language arts teacher, Nashville, Tennessee