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Jorge Lucero

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Artist Jorge Lucero is Full Professor of Art Education in the School of Art + Design. For eight years he was the Chair of the Art Education Program. Now he serves as Associate Dean for Research in the College of Fine and Applied Arts. Lucero studied at the Pennsylvania State University and at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Prior to being at the University of Illinois, he happily taught art and art history at the Chicago Public School Northside College Prep. Jorge Lucero has performed, published, lectured, exhibited, and taught widely in the States and abroad.

In 2023, Lucero was named the National Art Education Association’s (NAEA) Higher Ed Educator of the Year.

Learn more about his work at www.jorgelucero.com.

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  • A Conceptual Artist in Every School

    Lucero, J., Jun 2025, Pedagogical Art in Activist and Curatorial Practices. Galliera, I. & Brynjolson, N. (eds.). Routledge, p. 240-254 15 p. (Routledge Advances in Art and Visual Studies).

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  • For Art's Sake, Stop Making Art

    Lucero, J., Jan 1 2025, Arts-Based Research in Education: Foundations for Practice, Third Edition. Taylor and Francis, p. 260-270 11 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  • In conversation, fall 2023

    Lucero, M. & Lucero, J., Jun 12 2025, Transformative Motherscholarship and Art: Public Pedagogies of Childhood. Bloomsbury Publishing, p. 165-172 8 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingChapter

  • Epilogue: An Aggregate of Bursting Suns

    Lucero, J., Jun 2024, Experiments in Art Research: How Do We Live Questions through Art?. Travis, S., Smith, A. G., Hernández-Cabal, C. & Lucero, J. (eds.). Routledge, p. 183-184 2 p.

    Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceedingForeword/postscript

  • Experiments in Art Research: How Do We Live Questions Through Art?

    Travis, S. (Editor), Smith, A. G. (Editor), Hernández-Cabal, C. (Editor) & Lucero, J. (Editor), Jun 2024, Routledge. 187 p.

    Research output: Book/Report/Conference proceedingBook