Journals
2019
Walking Propositions: Coming to Know A/r/tographically, by Lee, N., Morimoto, K., Mosavarzadeh, M., & Irwin, R. L. The International Journal of Art & Design Education, 38(3), 681–690.
Editorial, by Irwin, R. L., Kalin, N. & Sinner, A. International Journal of Education Through Art, 15(2), 129-131.
Sub/versing mentoring expectations: Duration, discernment, by LeBlanc, N., Triggs, V. & Irwin, R. L. Journal of Social Theory in Art Education, 39, pp. 2-17.
2018
Ways of attending: Poetry and art, by Leggo, C. & Irwin, R. L. Canadian Review of Art Education, 45(1), 50-76. See: http://crae.mcgill.ca/article/view/48/108
Editorial, by Irwin, Rita L., Kalin, N. & Sinner, A. International Journal of Education through Art, 14(3), 271-273.
Editorial, by Sinner, A., Irwin, Rita L., & Kalin, N. International Journal of Education through Art, 14(2), 141-143.
Teachers storying themselves into teaching: Comics as an emergent and relational way of sharing stories, LeBlanc, N. & Irwin, R. L. Landscapes of Learning, 11(2), 221-239. See this web page.
2017
Images, speech balloons and artful representation: Comics as visual narratives of early career teachers, Lawrence, Julian, Lin, Ching-Chiu, & Irwin, Rita. SANE Journal: Sequential Art Narrative in Education, 2(2), article 3, 31 pages.
Becoming teacher: A/r/tographical inquiry and visualizing metaphor. International Journal of Art & Design Education, 36(2), 200-214.
Walkings-through paint: A c/a/r/tography of slow scholarship, by Lasczik Cutcher, L. & Irwin, R. L. Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, DOI: 10.1080/155505170.2017.1310680 (pp 1-9).
Editorial, by Irwin, Rita L., Kalin, N. & Sinner, A. International Journal of Education through Art, 13(3), 281-283.
Editorial, by Irwin, Rita L., Kalin, N. & Sinner, A. International Journal of Education through Art, 13(2), 143-145.
Editorial, by Rita L. Irwin. International Journal of Education through Art, 13(1), 3-5.
Interlude: Mentoring Co-existence, by Carter, Mindy, Triggs, Valerie & Irwin, Rita L. Journal of Visual Inquiry, 5(3), 457-460.
2016
Changing notions of teacher mentorship in British Columbia, by Lin, Ching-Chiu, Lawrence, Julian, & Irwin, Rita. L. CAP Journal, Fall issue, 44-47. http://cdnprincipals.org/blog/category/cap-journal/
Becoming a/r/tography. Neveléstudomáény: Oktatás – Kutatás – Innováció (Hungarian Art Education Journal), Vol 1, 23-37. Abridged version reprinted from Irwin, R. L. (2013). Becoming a/r/tography. Studies in Art Education, 54(3), 198-215.
2015
Resistance and intervention through a radical ethical aesthetic: The art of Gu Xiong by Bickel, B. Gu, X., with Irwin, R. L. with Beer, R., Grauer, K. & Springgay, S. Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art, 4(2), 97-109.
Becoming through a/r/tography, autobiography and stories in motion, by LeBlanc, N., Davidson, S., Ryu, J. Y. & Irwin, R. L. (2015). International Journal of Education through Art. 11(3), 355-374.
2014
Performing an Intervention in the Space Between Art and Education, by May, H., O’ Donoghue, D. & Irwin, R.L. International Journal of Education through Art, 10(2), 163-177.
Walking art: Sustaining ourselves as arts educators, by Triggs, V., Irwin, R. L., & Leggo, C. (2014). Visual Inquiry: Learning and Teaching Art 3(1), 21-34.
Between signification and illumination: Unfolding understandings of an a/r/tographical turn on practicum, Carter, M. & Irwin, R. L. (2014). International Journal of Education & the Arts. Retrieved May 31, 2014 at http://ijea.org/v15n3/v15n3.pdf
Turning to a/r/tography, Irwin, Rita L. (2014), KOSEA Journal, 15(1), 1-40.
Elliot Eisner Remembered, Irwin, R. L. (2014). International Journal of Education & the Arts, 15(SI 1.19). Retrieved from http://www.ijea.org/v15si1/
2013
The Creation of mind through art education, by Irwin, R. L. (2013). Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 10(2), 136-139.
Editorial: A/r/tography and the literary and performing art, by Irwin, R. L. & Sinner, A. (2013). UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts E-journal, 3(2), 1-5. Retrieved August 15, 2013 at: http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/UNESCO/pdfs/ejournals/vol3iss2_2013/EDITORIAL_LITERARY_AND_PERFORMANCE.pdf
Editorial: A/r/tography and the visual art, by Irwin, R. L. & Sinner, A. (2013). UNESCO Observatory Multi-Disciplinary Research in the Arts E-journal, 3(1), 1-5. Retrieved July 26, 2013 at: http://web.education.unimelb.edu.au/UNESCO/pdfs/ejournals/vol3iss1_2013/editorial_visual_arts.pdf
Becoming a/r/tography, by Irwin, R. L. (2013). Studies in Art Education. 54(3), 198-215.
Becoming pedagogical: Sustaining hearts with living credos, Leggo, Carl & Irwin, Rita L. (2013). In education, 19(1), 2-17. Retrieved June 11, 2013 at http://ineducation.ca/index.php/ineducation/article/view/41/590
Commitments to a community of artistic inquiry: Becoming pedagogical through a/r/tography in teacher education, by Gouzouasis, Peter, Irwin, Rita L., Miles, Emily, & Gordon, Alexandra. (2013), International Journal for the Arts in Education, 14(1). Retrieved February 16, 2013 from http://www.ijea.org/v14n1/
2012
Encountering pedagogy through relational art practices, by Irwin, R. L. & O Donoghue, D. (2012). International Journal of Art and Design Education, 31(3), 221-236.
2011
Liminal Spaces: A/r/tography as living inquiry in a language arts class, by Carl Leggo, Anita Sinner, Rita L. Irwin, Kathy Pantaleo, Peter Gouzouasis, & Kit Grauer. (2011). International Journal of Qualitative Studies in Education, 24(2), 239-256.
2010
A/r/tographic Collaboration as Radical Relationality, by B. Bickel, S. Springgay, R. Beer, R. L. Irwin, K. Grauer, & G. Xiong. (2010). International Journal of Qualitative Methods, 10(1), 86-102.
Research and Creation: Socially-Engaged Art in The City of Richgate Project, by R. Beer, R.L. Irwin, K. Grauer, & G. Xiong. (2010). Journal of the International Society for Education through Art, 6(2), 213-227.
The Educational Imagination Revisited: A review of Elliot W. Eisner(1979), by Rita L. Irwin & Karen J. Reynolds. (January, 2010). The Educational Imagination: On the Design and Evaluation of School Programs. New York: Macmillan Publishing. Journal of Curriculum Inquiry, 40(1), 155-166.
2009
Rendering Embodied Heteroglossic Spaces, by Pauline Sameshima, Rita L. Irwin, Ruth Beer, Kit Grauer, Gu Xiong, Barbara Bickel, & Kathryn Ricketts. (2009). Journal of Arts and Communities, 1(2), 129-146. Abstract: http://www.intellectbooks.co.uk/journals/view-Article,id=9082/
A Haiku Suite: The importance of music making in the lives of secondary student, by Monica Predergast, Peter Gouzouasis, Carl Leggo, & Rita L. Irwin. (2009). Music Education Research, 11(3), 303-317.
Complexity Thinking Mentorship: An emergent pedagogy of graduate research development, by Nadine M. Kalin, Daniel T. Barney, & Rita L. Irwin. (2009). Mentoring & Tutoring: Partnership in Learning, 17(4), 353-367.
Mentoring Relations Within A/r/tographic Inquiry, by Nadine Kalin, Daniel Baney, & Rita L. Irwin. (2009). Visual Arts Research, 35(2), 11-23. Abstract: http://www.jstor.org/pss/20715499
The City of Richgate: A/r/tographic cartography as public pedagogy, by Rita L. Irwin, Barbara Bickel, Valerie Triggs, Stephanie Springgay, Ruth Beer, Kit Grauer, Gu Xiong, & Pauline Sameshim.a (2009). International Journal of Art and Design Education, 28(1), 61-70. Abstract: http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/j.1476-8070.2009.01593.x/abstract
Educational Arts Research as Aesthetic Politics, by Valerie Trigg & Rita L. Irwin, with Ruth Beer, Kit Grauer, Gu Xiong, Stephanie Springgay, & Barbara Bickel. (2009). Working Papers in Art & Design 5. Retrieved May 29, 2011 from http://sitem.herts.ac.uk/artdes_research/papers/wpades/vol5/vtriabs.html ISSN 1466-4917
2008
Pedagogy of Trace: Poetic Representations of Teaching Resiliance/Resistance in Arts Education, by Monica Prendergast, Julie Lymburner, Kit Grauer, Rita L. Irwin, Carl Leggo, & Peter Gouzouasis. (2008). Vitae Scholasticae: The Journal of Educational Biography, 25, 58-76.
Rendering Dimensions of a Liminal Currere, by Pauline Sameshima & Rita L. Irwin (2008). Transnational Curriculum Inquiry, 5(2). Available online at: http://ojs.library.ubc.ca/index.php/tci/article/view/28
Muffling Identities/Cultural Silencing: Exploring issues in cultural diversity through dance, by Kathryn Ricketts, Rita L. Irwin, Carl Leggo, Peter Gouzouasis, & Kit Grauer. (2008). NJ, Drama Australia, 31(2), 21-34.
2007
Re-imagining Arts Integration: Rhizomatic relations of the every day, by Sean Wiebe, Pauline Sameshima, Rita L. Irwin, Carl Leggo, Peter Gouzouasis, & Kit Grauer. (2007). Journal of Educational Thought, 31(3), 263-280.
Artist-Teacher Partnerships in Learning: The In/Between Spaces of Artist-Teacher Professional Development, by Sylvia Kind, Alex de Cosson, Rita L. Irwin, & Kit Grauer. (2007). Canadian Journal of Education, 30(3), 839‐864.
(see http://www.csse.ca/CJE/Articles/FullText/CJE30-3/CJE30-3-KindEtAl.pdf)
Transforming Public Spaces Through Community-Engaged Art, by Barbara Bickel, Valerie Triggs, Stephanie Springgay, Rita L. Irwin, Kit Grauer, Gu Xiong, Ruth Beer, & Pauline Sameshima. (2007). Amerasia Journal, 33(2), 115-124.
2006
Arts-Based Educational Research Dissertations: Reviewing the practices of new scholars, by Anita Siner, Carl Leggo, Rita L. Irwin, Peter Gouzouasis, & Kit Grauer. (2006). Canadian Journal of Education, 29(4), 1223-1270. Available at: http://www.csse-scee.ca/CJE/Articles/Articles.htm
The Rhizomatic Relations of A/r/tography, by Rita L. Irwin, Ruth Beer, Stephanie Springgay, Kit Grauer, Gu Xiong, & Barbara Bickel. (2006). Studies in Art Education, 48(1), 70-88.
Walking to Create an Aesthetic and Spiritual Currere, by Rita L. Irwin. (2006). Visual Arts Research, 32(1), 75-82. Abstract: http://www.jstor.org/pss/20715404
2005
A/r/tography as Living Inquiry Through Art and Text, by Stephanie Springgay, Rita L. Irwin, & Sylvia Wilson Kind. (2005). Qualitative Inquiry, 11(6), 897-912. Abstract: http://qix.sagepub.com/content/11/6/897.abstract
Medicine Wheel imag(in)ings: Exploring holistic curriculum perspectives, by Sylvia Kind, Rita L. Irwin, Kit Grauer, & Alex de Cosson. (2005). Art Education, 58(5), 33-38.
2004
Unfolding Aesthetic In/sights Between Curriculum and Pedagogy, by Rita L. Irwin. (2004). Journal of Curriculum and Pedagogy, 1(2), 43-48.
2003
Towards an Aesthetic of Unfolding In/sights Through Curriculum, by Rita L. Irwin. (2003). Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies, 1(2), 63-78. Available online at: http://pi.library.yorku.ca/ojs/index.php/jcacs/issue/view/712/showToc,16 pgs.
2001
Passionate Creativity, Compassionate Community, by Rita L. Irwin, Wendy Stephenson, Helen Robertson, & Karen J. Reynolds. (2001). Canadian Review of Art Education, 28(2), 15-34.
Images for Understanding: Snapshots of Learning through the Arts, by Kit Grauer, Rita L. Irwin, Alex de Cosson, & Sylvia Wilson. (2001). International Journal of Education & the Arts. Available online at: http://ijea.asu.edu/v2n9/, 18 pgs.
2000
In the Spirit of Gathering, by Rita L. Irwin, Tony Rogers, & Karen J. Reynolds. (2000). Canadian Review of Art Education, 27(2), 51-72.
Pausing to Reflect: Moments in feminist collaborative action research, by Rita L. Irwin, Rosa Mastri, & Helen Robertson. (2000). Journal of Gender Issues in Art Education, 1, 43-56.
Facing Oneself: An embodied pedagogy, by Rita L. Irwin. (1999-2000). Arts and Learning Research, 16(1), 82-86.
* For information on earlier work, please see Rita Irwin’s full CV.