Don't Judge a Box by Its Cover
For this lesson, students designed the outside of a box to represent how they are perceived by others, and the inside to represent how they know themselves to be. They were encouraged to work symbolic ...
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Early Childhood Color Symmetry
One of the first early childhood lessons I ever taught as an elementary teacher became one I always taught. It combines imagination with simple color theory and bilateral or line symmetry. It also has ...
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Why We Teach
When someone asks you what you do, what is your immediate answer? I suspect, for most of us, the answer is “I’m an art teacher.” It is the role with which we most identify. And we al ...
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SchoolArts Themes Finalized for 2011-2012
My head is still spinning from a whirlwind of activities at NAEA in Seattle. ...
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The Power of Transformation
If my recollections are correct, I am pretty sure that the new student teacher I am getting this week will be my 25th. ...
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Dreaming of Santa Fe and Folk Art
As the school year wanes, my thoughts are turning to Santa Fe and our SchoolArts/CRIZMAC Folk Art Extravaganza. ...
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Picture Consequences/Exquisite Corpse
Picture consequences is a circle game in which a group of people cooperatively draw a person or creature. ...
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Success at CEDFA
Samantha Melvin and I had a great time presenting at the CEDFA (Center for Educator Development in the Fine Arts) Summit in Austin, Texas. ...
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