Karen Hutzel
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| Karen Hutzel Assistant Professor Dr. Karen Hutzel is Assistant Professor of Art Education at The Ohio State University. She received a Ph.D. in Art Education from Florida State University, an MA in Art Education from the University of Cincinnati, and a BFA in Visual Communication Design from the University of Dayton. Her dissertation, Learning from Community: A Participatory Action Research Study of Community Art for Social Reconstruction, explored the implementation of an asset-based community art curriculum in the West End neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio. Dr. Hutzel has presented at numerous conferences and also authored the book chapter, “ Developing Relationships: A Reflection on My Experience Learning with a Community” and co-authored both “‘Art in the Market’ Project: Addressing Racial Issues through Community Art” and “Taking Art Education to the Streets: ‘The Procession of the Species’ as Community Arts” in The Journal of Cultural Research in Art Education. Her interests include community arts, community-based art education, service-learning, asset-based community development, social reconstruction, and participatory action research. She remains actively involved in community-based arts initiatives and service-learning through her research and consultation activity. Dr. Hutzel has managed several community arts projects and programs, including the development of a service-learning program in a high school in Florida, the coordination of a public, community art program in an urban neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, and the direction of a federally-funded program intended to develop a community-based arts curriculum in two arts-focused schools in Cincinnati. She has taught in K-12, higher education, and community settings addressing the areas of service-learning, artmaking, community art, and computer graphics. Dr. Hutzel has served as a Board Member for the West End YMCA and as a volunteer member of the Steering Committee and founder of the West End Community and Arts Collaborative. Her research includes continued work in the West End neighborhood as well as with the Kennedy Heights Arts Center in Cincinnati, Ohio, where she helped develop and evaluate a service-learning community arts program for pre-teens.
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