I just finished reading an article by Julia Marshall called Five Ways to Integrate: Using Strategies from Contemporary Art. This article was very interesting to me in that the author suggests that integrating these strategies into the art classroom will also integrate other disciplines like science, language arts, anthropology, etc. I loved the way she describes the different strategies and how they might be applied in a classroom setting, even going so far as to share which strategies are most appropriate for different grade levels. She postulates that Mimicry, or using the tools and processes of a particular discipline to make art, is the most radical of the five. And I believe that this is true as well. I think about the case of Steve Kurtz, an artist that heavily employs scientific processes in his work, and how his art practice led to his investigation by the FBI and prosecution by the Dept. of Justice. I encourage you to look up his story, which is discussed in the documentary "Strange Culture" by Lynn Hershman-Leeson. The implications of the case raise so many questions about the responsible use of mimicry as an art strategy. This is an important article for understanding how art educators can remain relevant, an increasing concern in the field of art education. Often art teachers are pressured to teach "the core," (math, language arts, sciences), but Marshall is suggesting that we can use these strategies to serve art and to serve educational goals.  This is one of those articles that I will incorporate into my future practice as a teacher, the kind of ideas that will shape my thoughts about learning.