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Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Frank Juárez

When I started teaching in 2001, I was told by fellow art educators that advocacy is an important part of art education. I wasn’t sure what they meant or what it looked like. What does it mean t ...

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Small-Town Advocacy

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Dr. Jane B. Montero

Promoting music programs, sports teams, and academic achievement is commonplace in education. I often say, “Art is quiet, music is loud, sports are thunderous.” In art education, we don&rs ...

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National Walking Day: Art by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915 France)

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Karl Cole

Henri Gaudier-Bzeska was an early abstract sculptor who leaned in the direction of Neo-Primitivism, a style so named for the non-Western cultures that influenced Western artists. National Walking Day ...

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Artist Birthday: Toni von Horn

Tuesday, March 31, 2026 | Karl Cole

Antonie (“Toni”) von Horn Roothbert was a German emigré to the US who made a big name for herself as a fashion photographer. Her elegant, glamorous compositions established a style ...

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Rococo Spring Fashion on Goya's Birthday

Monday, March 30, 2026 | Karl Cole

The 30th of March is the birthday of Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828). Instead of presenting one of his darker subjects, I opted for a fresh spring Rococo fashion statement, from ...

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Artist Birthday: Jules Olitski

Friday, March 27, 2026 | Karl Cole

Jules Olitski was a Ukrainian-born American artist who was instrumental in developing the Color Field painting style. Color Field, which involved staining canvas rather than using brushes, was the ant ...

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Artist Birthday for: Clarence Carter (1904-2000 US)

Thursday, March 26, 2026 | Karl Cole

Clarence Holbrook Carter was a painter primarily known for his depictions of American life in the period between world wars (1918-1940). He is particularly well known for his riveting views of rural A ...

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Co-Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | Melody Weintraub

Some of you may not realize the impact you have on your communities and on the future of art education by donning your superhero cape, showing up, making your students’ art learning visible, and ...

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Artist Birthday: Wolfgang Laib (born 1950 Germany)

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | Karl Cole

Inspired by the teachings of the ancient Taoist philosopher Laozi, Wolfgang Laib creates sculptures that seem to connect that past and present, the ephemeral and the eternal. Working with perishable o ...

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Artist Birthday: John Smibert (1688-1751 US, born Scotland)

Tuesday, March 24, 2026 | Karl Cole

The first successful, trained painter to open a studio in the American colonies (in Boston), John Smibert represented the archetypal society portrait painter that the newly prosperous New England colo ...

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Bringing Women's History Month to a Close

Monday, March 23, 2026 | Karl Cole

There are many of what I consider “art heroes” among artists, and if anyone deserves such a title, it would be the late Miriam Schapiro (1923-2015, US, born Canada). She was a key player i ...

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Artist Birthday: George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879 US)

Friday, March 20, 2026 | Karl Cole

After portraiture had dominated the subject matter of colonial, and early American painting, genre scenes, still life, and landscape subjects all asserted importance in the early 1800s.George Caleb&nb ...

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National Let's Laugh Day

Thursday, March 19, 2026 | Karl Cole

Although the origin of Let’s Laugh Day is unknown, it has been celebrated since 2019 as a way of stressing “laughter is the best medicine.” The national day stresses the benefit of l ...

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Artist Birthday: Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822 US)

Tuesday, March 17, 2026 | Karl Cole

Charles Peale Polk faced a rough childhood when both parents died in the same period, but Polk was fortunate to have a successful artist uncle in Philadelphia, with whom he went to live at the age of ...

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Spring is Almost Here...Really

Monday, March 16, 2026 | Karl Cole

I have not shown a Childe Hassam (1859-1935 US) since around 2012, and I am such a big fan of his painting, I could not resist celebrating the coming of spring (on 20 March) with this spring green of ...

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Artist Birthday for 13 March: Maximilien Luce (1858-1941 France)

Friday, March 13, 2026 | Karl Cole

Maximilien Luce was an Post-Impressionist/Neo-Impressionist painter who most likely was the most dedicated to the Pointillist technique of broken color. After about 1920 he adopted a less strict Point ...

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National Walking Day: Art by Henri Gaudier-Brzeska (1891-1915 France)

Artist Birthday: Toni von Horn

Rococo Spring Fashion on Goya's Birthday

Artist Birthday: Jules Olitski

Artist Birthday for: Clarence Carter (1904-2000 US)

Co-Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Artist Birthday: Wolfgang Laib (born 1950 Germany)

Artist Birthday: John Smibert (1688-1751 US, born Scotland)

Bringing Women's History Month to a Close

Artist Birthday: George Caleb Bingham (1811-1879 US)

National Let's Laugh Day

Artist Birthday: Charles Peale Polk (1767-1822 US)

Spring is Almost Here...Really

Artist Birthday for 13 March: Maximilien Luce (1858-1941 France)

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