Julia Marshall (December 9, 1947 - February 15, 2022) was Professor Emeritus of Art Education at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California. Before she worked at SF State, she was a teaching artist in Bay Area schools k-12, where she specialized in arts integration. That early work led to Julia’s exploration of artmaking as a way of learning that engages the mind and the heart. The notion that art is a form of inquiry like other forms of inquiry (other disciplines or domains) underlies Julia’s approach to art education and art integration. It also bridges the gap between art in the schools and contemporary art. That is, art-based inquiry picks up on ideas and thinking in current art and situates contemporary art in the context of learning (schools). With that core idea, Julia has worked with teachers and students to develop the art-based research/inquiry approach presented here. Many thanks to all the delightful, creative and thoughtful people whose ideas and work inspired and contributed to the framework you find on this site.