Noah Simblist: Living to Learn - Art & Education for the Common Good

Inventory Press, 2026, Softcover, 432 pages, 19.3 x 22.86 cm

This book presents the work of artists, curators, collectives and scholars who address contemporary art as a site of learning in the 21st century. Building on earlier histories of education as civic service for the common good, it focuses on the last 25 years, as well as the question of the future of art education―as a practice that unfolds both in and beyond school. The book constructs an impressionistic constellation of case studies to see how innovations in education have had a dynamic relationship with artistic practice, alternative arts organizations, universities and museums.

Contributors include: Helmut Batista, Jonathas de Andrade, Magnus Ericson, Gordon Hall, Pablo Helguera, Prem Krishnamurthy, Marilia Loureiro, Lola Malavasi, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Sarah Rifky, Pelin Tan, Christine Tohmé, Jalal Toufic, Caroline Woolard.