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Olivia Gude is an associate professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago and founding director of Spiral Workshop. The Spiral Art Education Web site shares innovative projects for use in public school settings. Olivia is also a senior artist of Chicago Public Art Group (CPAG) and is the editor of CPAG's on-line Community Public Art Guide.
Olivia has received many awards and commissions for her public artwork—creating large-scale collaborative murals and mosaics - and has published many articles and book chapters on art education and on community public art.
Her current research focuses on identifying new paradigms for structuring visual art curriculum, including the articles "Postmodern Principles: In Search of a 21st Century Art Education" and "Principles of Possibility: Considerations for a 21st Century Art and Culture Curriculum."
Olivia frequently presents lectures and workshops in university, school district and museum settings, including the University of British Columbia, The Ohio State University, Pennsylvania State University, California College of Art, University of Texas Austin, the Los Angeles United School District, the Museum of Modern Art, Palm Springs Art Museum, the Walker Art Center and Chicago's Art Institute and Museum of Contemporary Art. She has been the keynote speaker for art education conferences in Wisconsin, Illinois, Michigan, Minnesota, and Ontario, Canada.
Clips from Olivia Gude 
On the Emerging Role of the Media Arts
On Schools Overflowing with the Arts
On What Excellent Teaching Should Include
