Mindy R. Carter, PhD is an Assistant Professor at McGill University in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. She has taught a range of education courses specializing in arts education and curriculum theory. She is currently the President of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education "ARTS" special interest group; the Secretary for the American Educational Research Association's "Arts Based Educational Research" special interest group; and the Chair of McGill University's "Artful Inquiry Research Group".Valerie Triggs is Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, Arts Education, at University of Regina, Canada.

"A tremendous contribution to the field of education. The editors have done a wonderful job of collecting Rita Irwin’s important essays and art-works in one volume. This book will be an essential read for students and scholars working in the areas of arts education, teacher education, and curriculum studies." Ashwani Kumar, Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada"This is a long overdue and much anticipated collection that solidifies the incredible aesthetic contributions, efforts, and mentorship Irwin has dedicated her life to—locally, nationally, and globally. The ripples of Irwin’s ‘artful life’ are boundless." Pauline Sameshima, Lakehead University, Canada

• Theme 1: Gathering 1. The spirit of gathering, or L'esprit du rassemblement 2. Multiculturalism denies the realities of Aboriginal art and culture 3. Making connections through cultural memory, cultural performance, and cultural translation 4. Experiencing the Visual and Visualizing Experience Theme 2: Transforming 5. Charismatic and transformational leadership within a community of women arts educators, or Direction charismatique et transformationnelle au sein d'une communauté d'éducateurs d'arts féminines 6. Listening to the shapes of collaborative artmaking 7. Encountering pedagogy through relational art practices 8. Walking to Create an Aesthetic and Spiritual Currere Theme 3: Becoming Artful through A/r/tography 9. A/r/tography: A metonymic métissage 10. Communities of A/r/tographic Practice 11. A/r/tography as practice based research 12. The City of Richgate: A/r/tographic Cartography as Public Pedagogy 13. Becoming a/r/tography