FrontCover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface: Scholarship and Art's Ambiguous Objects -- Introduction -- Chapter 1: Artists and Scholarship -- Basic language on research and the arts -- Universities and arts research -- Playing the cello in a marching band -- Artistic scholarship -- References -- Chapter 2: The Professionalization of the Visual Arts -- A history of art education -- The foundation of university art departments and the art major -- Growth in university education -- Origins of the American art department -- Intellectualism of art making -- Teaching to research -- The M.F.A. degree -- Art history lends a hand -- References -- Chapter 3: The Status of Artistic Scholarship -- Research through practice -- Going forward with M.F.A. scholarship -- Practice-led research -- References -- Chapter 4: Artists and Writing -- Writing and art making -- Common graduate writing strategies -- Why write? -- Writing critically -- Writing and higher education -- References -- Chapter 5: Reflections on Knowledge and Understanding -- Art making and understanding -- Art practice and new knowledge -- Subject-based knowledge -- Knowledge and research or understanding and writing -- References -- Chapter 6: Practicing Reflective Scholarship -- An introduction to scholarship -- What is a thesis/dissertation writing project? -- Purpose -- Artistic paradigms and reflective inquiry -- Where to begin? -- Developing a question -- Creative methodologies -- Data sources and methods -- Analyzing data -- Some larger philosophical issues to consider about artistic scholarship -- Resarch paradigms -- Critical theory -- Paradigms and research -- Reflecting on artistic scholarship -- Completing a research proposal -- References -- Chapter 7: Revisiting Writing and Research.

Doctoral programs in the visual arts -- Writing and research with art-making option -- Combined writing and research with final art project -- Where are we going with arts research? -- Writing and research -- References -- Appendix A - Putting Writing into Practice -- Title of project -- Research question -- Aim and scope of study -- Rationale for inquiry -- Objectives to be covered -- Context -- Methodology and procedure for inquiry -- Potential outcomes -- Bibliography -- References -- Appendix B - Banksy Hearts NY -- Preface to study -- Title -- Introduction -- Research question -- Limits -- Methodology and procedure for inquiry -- Brief biography -- Timeline -- Literature review -- Cultural atmosphere -- Professional influences -- Artistic media -- Imagery -- Location -- Irony -- Conclusion -- References -- BackCover.