Richard Finlay Fletcher's C.H.A.A.S.E. Commons Post Connects Isuma, Toronto Biennial, and Shawnee Pedagogy
On September 29, 2026, Richard Finlay Fletcher, a professor of art education at Ohio State University, shared a post entitled 'The C.H.A.A.S.E. Commons: Gathering Places for a Curriculum of Imposters' for Eunkyung Hwang's AE 7000.10 course. The post features resources on Indigenous and place-based art education, a letter addressed to artist asinnajaq regarding Isuma's Qaggiq: Gathering Place, and highlights the opening of the Toronto Biennial edition, Things Fall Apart, showcasing works by Bonnie Devine, Kent Monkman, Rebecca Belmore, and Taqralik Partridge. It mentions a $3 million grant from the Department of Education to Ohio State's Chase Center, critiques a federal letter on university governance, and acknowledges Fletcher's 2024 article and an upcoming collaboration with Da'. Additionally, it includes class readings and expresses gratitude to various contributors.
Key facts
- Richard Finlay Fletcher is an art education professor at Ohio State University.
- The post was made for a guest presentation in Eunkyung Hwang's AE 7000.10 class on Tuesday, September 29, 2026, at 4:30pm.
- Fletcher's letter to asinnajaq discusses Isuma's Qaggiq: Gathering Place at the Toronto Biennial of Art and the Carnegie International.
- The new Toronto Biennial edition, Things Fall Apart, opened the weekend of September 26–27, 2026, in the same galleries, with works by Bonnie Devine, Kent Monkman, Rebecca Belmore, and Taqralik Partridge.
- Ohio State University's Chase Center received a $3 million Department of Education grant, praised by Lee J. Strang and Ravi Bellamkonda.
- The post critiques a federal letter on university governance for reframing Trump administration positions.
- David Harding shaped Environmental Art at Glasgow School of Art using the Artist Placement Group maxim 'The context is half the work.'
- Laura Da' discusses Shawnee place-based arts education in a dialogue with Fletcher, forthcoming in Art Education.
Entities
Artists
- Richard Finlay Fletcher
- asinnajaq
- Bonnie Devine
- Kent Monkman
- Rebecca Belmore
- Taqralik Partridge
- David Harding
- Barbara Steveni
- John Latham
- Sam Ainsley
- Laura Da'
- Marco Fiedler
- Eunkyung Hwang
- Raven
- Coyote
- Robin
Institutions
- Ohio State University
- Chase Center
- Department of Education
- Toronto Biennial of Art
- Carnegie International
- Isuma
- Glasgow School of Art
- Artist Placement Group
- Future Humanities
- Art Education
- VIER5
- Urban Arts Space
- University of Toronto Art Museum
- IsumaTV
- Documenta 14
- e-flux
- Emergence Magazine
- Birchbark Books
- University of Arizona Press
- Wiley Online Library
- Inside Higher Ed
- Vimeo
- YouTube
Locations
- Ohio
- United States
- Pittsburgh
- Pennsylvania
- Toronto
- Canada
- London
- United Kingdom
- Texas
- Florida