Ta-Teh Ku
Assistant Professor of Art Education
Department of Art
Western Illinois University
T-Ku@wiu.edu
PUBLICATIONS
Manifold, M. C.; Basak, R.; & Ku. T. (2007). Individualized Instruction in
Art: Art Lessons and Strands. Bloomington, IN: ClassPak Publishing.
Manifold, M. C. (2006). Learning from the Inside Out: Using Art to Deal
with Difficult Issues in the Classroom. In International Journal of Arts
Education 4:2, 9-35. (In English and Mandarin; Mandarin translation by
Ta-Teh Ku)
Ku, T. (2004). Stories Behind Stories. In USSEA News 27(2).
Ku, T. (1993). Analysis of Commercial Film’s Aesthetic Construction. In
Hwa-Kwang Journal 25.
PRESENTATIONS
“The Impact of Theoretical Learning on Students’ Production and
Response to Visual Images” The National Art Education Association
(NAEA) Convention at Seattle WA (2011)
“Teaching Art and Creativity at No-Art Schools” The National Art
Education Association (NAEA) Convention at Seattle WA (2011)
“Photographic Essay: Robert Frank’s The Americans” The National Art
Education Association (NAEA) Convention at Minneapolis MN (2009)
“No Aesthetic (Experience) Left Behind: A Descriptive Study of College
Students’ Responses to Photographic-Based Images” The National Art
Education Association (NAEA) Convention in New York (2007)
“Strategies for Looking and Talking about Photographic Images” The
National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention in New York
(2007)
“Photographic Essay: Robert Frank’s The Americans” The Art Education
Association of Indiana (AEAI) Conference at West Lafayette, Indiana
(2006)
“How Making Photographs Benefits Studies in Visual Culture in Art
Education” The National Art Education Association (NAEA) Convention
in Chicago (2006)
“Strategies for Looking and Talking about Photographic Images” The Art
Education Association of Indiana (AEAI) Conference at Indianapolis,
Indiana (2005)
“Photography: Its Concepts and Applications in Art Education”
Roundtable presentation at The National Art Education Association
(NAEA) Convention in Minnesota (2003)
PHOTOGRAPHY EXHIBITIONS
21/05/97--17/06/97
“Private Identity Social Identity”
Thesis Exhibition
East Gallery, 32 Washington Square, NYC
07/12/96--19/12/96
“Self-Portrait”
Group Show
FotoSoft Institute of Photography, Taipei, Taiwan
01/12/96--13/12/96
“Portrait, Self-Portrait”
Group Show
Gallery 456, 456 Broadway New York NY
12/06/93--19/06/93
Commercial Photography
Group Show
Chinese Culture University, Taipei, Taiwan
Commercial Photography
Group Show
JAZZ gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
15/04/92--22/04/92
GRANTS
Spring 2011
Performing Arts Society Academic Support Program
College of Fine Arts and Communication, Western Illinois University