I consider myself an art protagonist because I firmly believe in the power of art to transform experience and I hope that passion comes through every project I engage. Through my practice, I seek to build community through visual arts in a variety of ways, and am especially interested in the connection between arts experiences and movements for social justice.
Projects
Peer-reviewed Journal Articles
Forthcoming E.Naz & Gebhart, N., Researching Gender-based Art and Activism in Iran: The Problem of Geography in Freedom of Expression. Visual Arts Research.
2024 Rodriguez, G., Chase, S., Tanchuk, N., & Gebhart, N., “Divisive” Education Legislation in the Midwest: A Critical Epistemic Policy Analysis. Educational Policy.
2022 Gebhart, N. & Reddy-Best, K., Slogan T-shirts: Liberalism, abolition and commodity activism in the Midwestern United States. Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty.
National or International Conference Presentations
Forthcoming Gebhart, N. Studio Solidarity: Cohort Support as Creative Infrastructure. National Art Education Association Conference. March 5-7, 2026. Chicago, IL, United States.
2022 Gebhart, N. Feminist Artivisms for Public Pedagogy. International Conference on Education and Justice: Collective Scholarship for Public Pedagogy. Virtual.
2022 Gebhart, N., Critical Arts Education and Artivism with and for Youth in Community-Based Spaces. National Women's Studies Association conference: killing rage: resistance on the other side of freedom, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
2022 Gebhart, N. & Reddy-Best, K. L., Commodity Activism, Slogan T-shirts, and Midwestern White Liberalism. Costume Society of America Annual Meeting and Symposium: Land of 10,000 Ideas: Innovation Through Dress, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Regional Conference Presentations
2022 Painting the Patriarchy: White Supremacy in the Portrait Tradition. Iowa State University Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference: Mobilizing the Intersections of Power and Justice, Ames, IA.
2021 Me and White Supremacy: Promising Practices for Facilitating and Maintaining Accountability in Anti-Racist Literature Circles. Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
2020 Rendering Stories: What white artists need to learn from the American Dirt problem. Business of Art Conference, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA.
Grant Writing for Third-Party Beneficiaries
Forthcoming E.Naz & Gebhart, N., Researching Gender-based Art and Activism in Iran: The Problem of Geography in Freedom of Expression. Visual Arts Research.
2024 Rodriguez, G., Chase, S., Tanchuk, N., & Gebhart, N., “Divisive” Education Legislation in the Midwest: A Critical Epistemic Policy Analysis. Educational Policy.
2022 Gebhart, N. & Reddy-Best, K., Slogan T-shirts: Liberalism, abolition and commodity activism in the Midwestern United States. Critical Studies in Fashion & Beauty.
National or International Conference Presentations
Forthcoming Gebhart, N. Studio Solidarity: Cohort Support as Creative Infrastructure. National Art Education Association Conference. March 5-7, 2026. Chicago, IL, United States.
2022 Gebhart, N. Feminist Artivisms for Public Pedagogy. International Conference on Education and Justice: Collective Scholarship for Public Pedagogy. Virtual.
2022 Gebhart, N., Critical Arts Education and Artivism with and for Youth in Community-Based Spaces. National Women's Studies Association conference: killing rage: resistance on the other side of freedom, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
2022 Gebhart, N. & Reddy-Best, K. L., Commodity Activism, Slogan T-shirts, and Midwestern White Liberalism. Costume Society of America Annual Meeting and Symposium: Land of 10,000 Ideas: Innovation Through Dress, Minneapolis, MN, United States.
Regional Conference Presentations
2022 Painting the Patriarchy: White Supremacy in the Portrait Tradition. Iowa State University Women, Gender and Sexuality Studies Conference: Mobilizing the Intersections of Power and Justice, Ames, IA.
2021 Me and White Supremacy: Promising Practices for Facilitating and Maintaining Accountability in Anti-Racist Literature Circles. Iowa State Conference on Race and Ethnicity, Iowa State University, Ames, IA.
2020 Rendering Stories: What white artists need to learn from the American Dirt problem. Business of Art Conference, Octagon Center for the Arts, Ames, IA.
Grant Writing for Third-Party Beneficiaries
- ArtsHERE, National Endowment for the Arts (NEA), $130,000; Beneficiary: ArtForce Iowa; Project Title: Creating Opportunities for Youth to Transform through Art, 2024
- New Jersey’s Community-Based Violence Intervention (CBVI) Program Grant, $350,000; Beneficiary: Urban Care Foundation; Project Title: Violence-Prevention Intensive Mentoring (VPIM) Program, 2024
- Abell Foundation Grant, $25,000; Beneficiary: John W. Brick Mental Health Foundation; Project Title: Mental Wellbeing Training for K-5 Teachers of Underserved Students in Baltimore City, 2024
