My studies in Art Education at Ohio University (BS, 1974) and The Ohio State University (MA, 1979; Ph.D., 1983); my association with schools, community arts centers, and universities; and my research have attended to providing art educational experiences that meet the needs of all students within a life long learning context.

My research and teaching also attends to the relationships between art, education, community, and place. My research has been published in Studies in Art Education, Art Education, the Journal of Multicultural and Cross-Cultural Research in Art Education, and the Visual Sociology Review among other journals. I co-edited with Kristin G. Congdon Art in a Democracy (1987) and Pluralistic Approaches to Art Criticism (1991).With Paul Bolin and Kristin G. Congdon I co-edited Remembering Others: Making Invisible Histories of Art Education Visible (2000) and Histories of Community-Based Art Education (2001).

My research, teaching and service has been recognized with the Mary J. Rouse Award, NAEA Manual Barkan Research Award, and delivery of a Kenneth Marantz Invited Lecture at The Ohio State University. I am currently the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs for the School of Architecture and Allied Arts and the Director Institute for Community Arts Studies.

Blandy, D. & Voelker-Morris, R. (2005). Zines and d-i-y democracy: Witness this moment. Culturework, Special Topic.

Blandy, D. & Bolin, P. (2003). Beyond visual culture: Seven statements of support for material culture studies in art education. Studies in Art Education, 44(3), 246-263.

Blandy, D. & Congdon, K. G. (2001). Approach the real and the fake: Living life within the fifth world. Studies in Art Education, 42(3), 266-278.

Blandy, D. & Hoffman, E. (1993). Toward an art education of place. Studies in Art Education, 35(1), 22-33.

Blandy, D. (1991). Toward a socio-political orientation for art education. Studies in Art Education, 32 (3), 131-144.

Arts and Administration Assistant Professor, Dr. Patricia Dewey

At the University of Oregon, I coordinate the performing arts management area of concentration for the Arts and Administration Program and I serve as the Associate Director for Cultural Policy for the Institute for Community Arts Studies. I hold degrees in music (B.M., Indiana University, 1990), international business (M.A., Webster University, 1997), arts management (M.A.S., University of Linz, 1998), and arts policy and administration (Ph.D., Ohio State University, 2004). My employment experience in Europe and the United States is comprised of positions as a professional classical singer, opera administrator, artist manager, foundation programs administrator, marketing communications consultant, and instructor. I currently teach graduate-level courses in performing arts administration, cultural policy, and research methods as well as undergraduate-level courses titled "Art and Human Values" and "Globalization, Culture, and the Arts."

My research focuses on three interrelated thematic areas: arts administration education, international cultural policy, and cultural development. Specific research interests include comparative cultural policy and administration (especially North America, Europe, and Australia), international organizations as a vehicle for policy transfer in the cultural sector, cultural diplomacy, international training in cultural policy and administration, professional development in arts administration, and the role of the arts in regional cultural development. Details on current research projects and a list of publications are provided below:

Current Project: Cultural Development in the Pacific Northwest, 2004-present

Stage 1 (2004-2006) explores how cultivating a thriving arts and culture sector contributes to a sustainable creative economy in the Pacific Northwest of North America. The first phase of research concentrates on the interconnections among the arts, the creative sector, and sustainable community well-being. The study will culminate in a collective case study of Portland, Seattle, and Vancouver, leading to an educational and public policy needs assessment for strengthening public participation in the arts and culture sector.

Current Project: European Union Cultural Policy, 2005-present

This study explores development of a supranational model of cultural policy, addressing a gap in comparative cultural policy scholarship that is based on nation-state models. Conference papers/panels, journal articles, and a special issue of the Journal of Arts Management, Law, and Society (guest editor, summer 2007), are anticipated outcomes of this project, 2005-2007.

Information on the following research projects is available upon request:

Training Arts Administrators to Manage Systemic Change, 2002-2004

International Issues in Cultural Management Training, 2000-2002

Cultural Development in New Democracies of Eastern Europe, summer 2001

Selected Recent Publications

Dewey, P., & Wyszomirski, M. J. International Issues in Cultural Policy and Administration: A Conceptual Framework for Higher Education. Under review for publication.

Dewey, P. Systemic Capacity Building in Cultural Administration. Forthcoming in the fall 2005 issue of the International Journal of Arts Management.

Dewey, P. (2004) From Arts Management to Cultural Administration. International Journal of Arts Management, 6 (3), 13-22.

Dewey, P., & Rich, J. D. (2003). Developing Arts Management Skills in Transitional Democracies. International Journal of Arts Management, 5 (2), 15-28.

Selected Fellowships and Grants

University of Oregon New Faculty Research Award, summer 2005

Fellow, International Canadian Summer Institute, summer 2005

Deans Award, University of Oregon School of Architecture and Allied Arts Faculty

Development Research and Creative Work Awards, 2004-2005

Phyllis Krumm Memorial International Scholarship, 2002-2003

Barnett Fellow (two-year full fellowship), Department of Art Education, Ohio State University, 2000-2002

Center for Arts & Culture (Washington, D.C.) Graduate Student Policy Research Grant, 2000-2001

Rotary International Foundation Graduate Ambassadorial Scholar, 1991-1992

Arts and Administration Assistant Professor, Dr. Lori Hager

Lori Hager (Ph.D. Theatre, Arizona State University, 2003) joined the Arts and Administration faculty in fall, 2004. She coordinates the Community Arts Concentration in the graduate program and the undergraduate Community Arts Minor, and teaches undergraduate and graduate courses. Her specialty is in community youth arts education and administration and her research examines community youth arts histories, programs, and policies. She conducts evaluations on out-of-school time youth arts, and has designed and directed numerous community arts partnerships. As Associate Director for Community Arts for the Institute for Community Arts Studies (ICAS), Hager conducts research in three programmatic areas: community youth arts, arts education, and intermedia. In the area of community youth arts, she continues her research into the programs and policies of contemporary and historical community youth arts practice. In the area of arts education, she is working on a professional development initiative, which strives to serve in-service and pre-service classroom teachers, community artists, arts students and recreation staff. In the area of intermedia, she is directing the eportfolio project, a pilot project funded by the UO Educational Technology Committee to assist AAA students to develop and maintain eportfolios as part of their research and professional preparation.

Publications and presentations include:

Co-Author, "Theatre Teachers." Perceptions of the Arizona State Standards. Youth Theatre Journal 14 (2000): 64-77.

"Partnerships, Policies, and Programs: Ideological Constructions in Federal Youth Arts and Drama." Youth Theatre Journal 17 (2003): 82-89.

"Interrogating the State Theatre Standards." American Alliance for Theatre and Education, Washington, D.C., May 2000.

"Performing Researcher: Discord and Discourse in TYA Ethnographic Constructions." American Society for Theatre Research, NYC, November 2000.

"Whose 'real' is it: Staging difference in community drama and national funding initiatives." American Society for Theatre Research, San Diego, November 2001.

"Staging Difference: Community Drama Programs and National Funding Initiatives." Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts, Charleston, S.C., October 2002.

"Who Owns the Glass Slipper? Transformation Ideology in Community Drama with Youth and Youth Arts." ASU ArtsWork research symposium on Theatre and Drama/Ideology/Young People, Tempe, AZ, January 10, 2003.

"Ideological Constructions in federal youth arts policies, funding, and programs." Social Theory, Politics, and the Arts, Columbus, Ohio, October 2003.

Panel Chair, "No Child Left Behind: Challenges and Opportunities for K-12 Theatre Teachers." American Alliance For Theatre and Education Pre-Conference. Salt Lake City, August 2004.

"Ethical Issues in Arts Education Residencies." Invited paper, Ethics panel, American Alliance for Theatre and Education, Chicago, Ill, August 2005.

Arts and Administration Program Director, Dr. Gaylene Carpenter

Gaylene Carpenter is Director and Associate Professor of Arts & Administration Program at the University of Oregon. She teaches courses in arts program theory, and event and festival management. She is also Academic Coordinator for the university's Festival & Event Management Certificate Program. Dr. Carpenter taught previously at Temple University in Philadelphia, at the University of California-Davis, San Jose State University, and California State University, Long Beach. She is Principal Investigator for A Study of Leisure During Adulthood, a longitudinal study designed to explore change and continuity in leisure and life perceptions, values, and life experiences during adulthood. She has presented study findings at various national and international leisure research symposia, university settings, and community groups.

Gaylene Carpenter is a member of the Association of Arts Administration Educators, a Certified Park & Recreation Professional with the National Recreation and Park Association and the Oregon Recreation and Park Association, and member of the Outdoor Recreation Council for the state of Oregon. She was a founding Board Member for the Oregon Festival and Event Association and President of the American Leisure Academy. She has authored a number of journal and magazine articles, and two textbooks. She has presented on leisure programming, festival and event management, and various aspects of adult leisure behavior at various state meetings in the U.S.A., Alberta, British Columbia, Nova Scotia, Ontario, South Korea, Hong Kong, and Australia. A recipient of the 2004 Ovation Award for Lifetime Achievement from the Oregon Festivals & Events Association, she also received the 2001 Innovative Teaching Award and the 1996 Teaching Excellence Award from the Society of Park and Recreation Educators, the 1998 Professional Award given by the National Recreation & Park Associations Pacific Northwest Regional Council, and the 1993 Outstanding Achievement Award from the American Association for Leisure and Recreation. In 2005, Dr. Carpenter was invited as Visiting Scholar/Executive in Residence at California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo.