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Davis Digital
With Davis Digital, students and teachers can access their eBooks and Portfolios from any computer or tablet with an Internet connection. Work from the classroom, in a computer lab, or at home.
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eBooks
Zoom in on images; search for keywords, such as an artist, element, or principle; and share lessons with parents, colleagues, and supervisor; and much more!
Portfolios
Made for and by art educators, these easy-to-use, intuitive portfolios are perfect for beginners, students, and teachers who have been using portfolios for years!
Curriculum Builder
The Curriculum Builder helps you customize each lesson, with one convenient place for filing lessons from Davis eBooks, along with your own images, videos, links, and more.
Fine Art Library
Choose from more than 35,000 fine art images! Search by artist, culture, medium, element or principle, art movement, theme, and more. Easily compare and contrast any two images.
Student Accounts
Your students can search through their eBooks, create their own portfolios, check out images you’ve selected for them to review, or research the complete image library.
SchoolArts Magazine
The digital version of SchoolArts allows you to search current and past issues by keyword; to share articles and lessons with colleagues; and to easily zoom in on artworks.
The Latest in School Arts
Structure
Art teachers provide lessons for students to build and construct with loose parts and three-dimensional materials. Students create mixed-media STEAM-based treehouses, build 3D mod pod houses from paper, study an outdoor sculpture and create pyramid assemblages, sculpt clay homes inspired by historical American architecture, and more.
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What’s New
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Professional Development
Davis now offers effective, engaging, and relevant professional learning developed by master art educators. Visit our Professional Learning Opportunities page to learn about our workshops and courses with ongoing coaching presented virtually or in person!
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Communicating through Graphic Design, 2nd Edition
Explore what’s packed into the brand-new edition of Communicating through Graphic Design! Highlighting the importance of idea generation and decision making the expanded second edition presents one of the leading art careers to high school students in an accessible and engaging format.
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The Visual Experience, 4th Edition
Discover how the newest edition of our most popular high school art textbook, The Visual Experience, will engage your students with art in more personal and meaningful ways.
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Art Education Funding Webinar
Learn the steps to effectively apply for grants, and download resources for completing the application.
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Curator’s Corner
Gem of the Month: The Blue Mosque
Istanbul is yet another one of the places on my “to see” list that I probably will never get to see. One of the big draws for me to that city—besides its amazing history as the forme...
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Classroom Setup to Support Learning
I have a brand-new classroom this school year. This is the fifth time in seven years that I’ve moved rooms, and I’m delighted with my new space because it’s beautiful and it’s ...
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Pyramid Assemblages
Right outside the windows of my artroom is the sculpture Visual Dialogue (1982) by Lynda Rockwood. In Washington State, public art is supported by the state arts commission by a policy to foster cultu...
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