For this publication, we invited art educator Philip Yenawine to analyze Marwen’s method and to describe the characteristics
that make our program successful. Over the past
year and a half, Yenawine visited Marwen and talked with students, staff, alumni, artist-teachers, and trustees to glean perceptive ideas about how and why Marwen works. DePaul University professor and Marwen board member Andrea Kayne Kaufman complements Yenawine’s analysis with an appraisal of how educational research and theory support his observations. Marwen director of education Cyd Engel presents responses to often-asked questions about Marwen’s practices, policies, and structure.