Terry Barrett

barrett.8@osu.edu

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Terry Barrett

Professor, Department of Art Education

Areas of Expertise
• Contemporary art and photography
• Teaching art criticism and aesthetics
• Museum and multimedia arts education

Professor of Art Education at The Ohio State University, Dr. Barrett is a recipient of a Distinguished Teaching Award for his courses in criticism. He is author of CRITICIZING PHOTOGRAPHS: AN INTRODUCTION TO IMAGES(Mayfield),CRITICIZING ART: UNDERSTANDING THE CONTEMPORARY (Mayfield), and TALKING ABOUT STUDENT ART (Davis); editor of an anthology, LESSONS FOR TEACHING ART CRITICISM; former senior editor of the research journal STUDIES IN ART EDUCATION; and his chapters and articles on teaching criticism are published in anthologies and journals. He was visiting scholar to The Getty Educational Institute for the Arts, Los Angeles, California; visiting scholar of education at the Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona; and visiting scholar and critic at Colorado State University, the University of Georgia, and Ball State University. He serves as a critic-in-education for the Ohio Arts Council, engaging school and community groups in discussions about contemporary art.

Education
• PhD, Art Education, The Ohio State University
• MA, Art Education, The Ohio State University
• AB, Art & Philosophy, Webster College