PERCEPTION/S Journal
About Perception/s
After a hiatus, the journal of the BC Art Teachers’ Association is returning! We will bring back the project ideas, and the reflections on relevant art education in our complex times. We aim to continue being a publication that supports art teachers, the creativity of our students, and be a meeting space that works in view of promoting sustainability, diversity and challenging the colonial narratives in art education.
Our journal will be under a new name: PERCEPTION/S. This change in the journal’s identity is to remember, recognize, and reconnect with our roots since the first issue of the BCATA journal was published under the name Perception in 1960.
Our journal will be under a new name: PERCEPTION/S. This change in the journal’s identity is to remember, recognize, and reconnect with our roots since the first issue of the BCATA journal was published under the name Perception in 1960.
Perception; to perceive, is a thought, belief, or opinion held based on appearances, it is about the way we feel about something. Perception is also defined as an awareness of things through the senses, especially sight. We felt that our original title Perception needed to be expanded and nuanced to invite us into two-eyed seeing, considering diverse perspectives and ways of knowing. And thus, Perception/s in plural form and with the slash, is to acknowledge interrelations and multiplicity in the conversations.
Perception/s - Issue 63.2
Call for articles and propositions
This call is an invitation for you to participate in the upcoming issue 63.1 of Perception/s. Journal of the BC Art Teachers’ Association. We are interested in essays or short pieces about:
- Your experiences with the BCATA attending conferences, meetings, professional developments and fun events;
- Narratives of art education in British Columbia – exploring the movement of ideas, enacting equity and diversity, sustainability and place, and decentering the traditional disciplinary focus in art education;
- Indigenizing and decolonizing our practices in art education;
- Exploring where are we coming from and where do we need to go as art educators in BC?
- Big ideas for culturally/personally relevant artistic explorations and stimulating encounters in art education at elementary and secondary levels;
- Share a poem, narrative prose or artwork(s).
Guidelines for Submissions:
- Essays: 2,000–3,500 words, including references (citations must adhere to APA 7th edition guidelines).
● Big Ideas for the Art Classroom: 1,000–1,500 words, including references (citations must adhere to
APA 7th edition guidelines).
● Artistic Submissions (Photography, Poetry, Visual): Must include an artist statement or short abstract of 150–500 words.
● Biography & Headshot: All submissions must be accompanied by a biography (50 words or less) and a
headshot. (300 dpi; JPEG or PNG).
● Originality: Manuscripts must consist of original content that has not been published or submitted elsewhere. AI generated articles are not accepted – AI can only be used for revising syntax and
grammar.
Ideas are percolating!
We are excited to re-launch Perceptions, the BCATA journal.
To contribute to our first edition, please fill in the Google form:
We are eagerly looking forward to reading your submission and collaborating with you!
With kindest regards,
Marie-France Berard
University of British Columbia
Unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) territory
Editor, PERCEPTION/S.
The Journal of the BC Art Teachers Association with the BCATA Editorial Board
York House School, Vancouver
Co-Editor, PERCEPTION/S.
Journal of the BC Art Teachers’ Association