Liquid Drips
Anyone who teaches seniors in high school knows that, without a doubt, spring is the most difficult time to keep their interest in ANYTHING related to schoolwork! They start off the last marking perio ...
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Creating New Traditions at Meow Wolf
Though Santa Fe, New Mexico, has a worldwide reputation as an art center for all kinds of art, it recently embraced a new innovation in contemporary art with the opening of Meow Wolf. The Meow Wolf Ar ...
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Respecting and Honoring Native American Culture
Growing up on the Navajo Reservation, I had opportunities to discover and learn about my own culture. Navajo history and language were a meaningful parts of the schools’ curricula. I was taught ...
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The Importance of Respect
One of the best presentations I’ve ever been a part of was Aprendiendo del Arte/Learning from Art with Trina Harlow, Cilau Valadez, and Agustin Cruz Prudencio, at the KSU College of Educati ...
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A Big Impact: Artist Murals in Tucson
We were in Tucson this past weekend to visit our friends Stevie and Mike and to work on planning our Tres Culturas seminar in Santa Fe, Albuquerque, and Abiquiu, New Mexico this summer. We took off lo ...
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Planning Lessons Around a Big Idea
This week I was at the Museum of International Folk Art in Santa Fe where I went on a photographic treasure hunt. I had lesson planning on my mind, especially concerning lessons that would be meaningf ...
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What Will Your Legacy Be?
If you are fairly new to teaching art, you may not have given much thought to your legacy, but those of us who are seasoned teachers may find ourselves devoting considerable reflection to this idea. I ...
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Hidden in Plain Sight: The Art of Camouflage
Hidden in Plain Sight: Ecosystem Dioramas. An elementary level lesson. ...
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The Big Picture
One of the projects I often taught at the beginning of each semester involved making large murals using black bulletin board paper and metallic tempera paints. ...
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