{"id":25560,"date":"2025-08-29T13:43:14","date_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:43:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/?page_id=25560"},"modified":"2025-10-07T11:12:12","modified_gmt":"2025-10-07T15:12:12","slug":"arts-based-data-visualization-project","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/arts-based-data-visualization-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Arts-Based Data Visualization Project"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons alignfull is-horizontal is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-6b94795d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/arts-based-data-visualization-project\/\">About<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/arts-based-data-visualization-project\/abdv-our-team\/\">Our Team &amp; Partners<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/arts-based-data-visualization-project\/abvd-curriculum\/\">Curriculum<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/arts-based-data-visualization-project\/abdv-professional-development\/\">Professional Development<\/a><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/arts-based-data-visualization-project\/abdv-research\/\">Evaluation &amp; Research<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:50px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"301\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/primarylogo-vector-1024x301.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25574\" style=\"width:350px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/primarylogo-vector-1024x301.png 1024w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/primarylogo-vector-300x88.png 300w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/primarylogo-vector-768x226.png 768w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/primarylogo-vector-1536x452.png 1536w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/primarylogo-vector-2048x603.png 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-full is-resized is-style-default\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"900\" height=\"566\" src=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/LP_Figure-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-25561\" style=\"width:466px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/LP_Figure-1.jpg 900w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/LP_Figure-1-300x189.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cehhs.utk.edu\/tpte\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/26\/2025\/08\/LP_Figure-1-768x483.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 900px) 100vw, 900px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>Cosmos <\/em>[Sculpture], a work by Ruth Jarman and Joe Gerhardt of Semiconductor, 2014.&nbsp; <a href=\"https:\/\/semiconductorfilms.com\/art\/cosmos\/\">https:\/\/semiconductorfilms.com\/art\/cosmos\/<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The Arts-Based Data Visualization Project is a STEAM project. It is intended to inspire and support Grade 4-8 students\u2019 data visualizations across arts and STEM learning contexts. It draws upon the work of contemporary artists, who engage with data in fresh and innovative ways: embracing nontraditional materials, immersive qualities, and visual metaphor to contextualize data. These artists\u2019 data visualizations can serve as inspiration for students\u2019 own data sensemaking and endeavors to communicate information and ideas to the public.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This project involves three strands: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Designing and implementing curriculum in middle grades classrooms<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Designing and conducting teacher professional development<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Researching these efforts.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:51px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group org--stripe is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-cover alignfull is-light\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-block-cover__image-background wp-image-868\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/utchildtheme.flywheelsites.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/08\/or_bg.png\" data-object-fit=\"cover\" \/><span aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-cover__background has-background-dim-0 has-background-dim\"><\/span><div class=\"wp-block-cover__inner-container is-layout-flow wp-block-cover-is-layout-flow\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns cta-content is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column has-white-background-color has-background is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Contact<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p>Joy G. Bertling&nbsp;<br>Project Director&nbsp;<br>Associate Professor of Art Education&nbsp;<br>University of Tennessee&nbsp;<br><a href=\"mailto:jbertlin@utk.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">jbertlin@utk.edu<\/a>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:125px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Arts-Based Data Visualization Project is a STEAM project. It is intended to inspire and support Grade 4-8 students\u2019 data visualizations across arts and STEM learning contexts. It draws upon the work of contemporary artists, who engage with data in fresh and innovative ways: embracing nontraditional materials, immersive qualities, and visual metaphor to contextualize data. 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