The arts and related creative practices are uniquely adaptable (Rolling, 2011) Alternately and often simultaneously the arts have his-torically been practiced as (1) a system for producing well-crafted forms of aesthetic depth and beauty with a focus on thinking through observation and experimentation while achieving a mastery over materials and techniques; (2) a system for communicating cultural and personal information with a focus on thinking expressive through symbolic languages; and (3) a system for critical-activist transformation with a focus on critically (re)thinking and interrogating images, ideas, and prevailing contexts.