Recently, I was in a meeting full of adults, where I found myself daydreaming and zoning out a bit. I quickly caught myself, then scanned the room to see if anyone felt the same. Observing my colleagu ...
Read MoreNo matter what grade you teach, you get a certain reaction when you tell students, “You are drawing faces today”—and typically, it’s not cheers of joy and excitement. Creating ...
Read MoreAs we approach another school year, shifting our mindset sets the stage for welcoming students with excitement, energy, and teaching what we love—art education. We reconnect with colleagues to r ...
Read MoreMany students tend to “draw with paint” rather than process the shapes that will lead to complex forms and color development. How do we teach students to switch their thought process when ...
Read MoreThe “Awooo!” “Grrr!” and “Roar!” you hear as you pass by may not be the sounds you expect to hear from an art classroom. On this day, however, my young artists are ...
Read MoreStudents are asked to choose a topic that interests them based on their experiences in their communities (local or global). This topic becomes their community issue to address. Students can also choos ...
Read MoreThis project allows students to think like problem-solvers and innovators. I encourage them to look around their world and see what small “problems” in their lives need solutions. For exam ...
Read MoreIf creativity is the destination, how do we get there? What methods of transportation could we take? Might I interest you in a popular vehicle, the zine? The zine (pronounced zeen) is a sturdy and rel ...
Read MoreI noticed that many students, especially post-pandemic, had difficulty choosing what they wanted to create when given the opportunity. I also noticed that outside the art room, students didn’t h ...
Read MoreAs you read the articles about contemporary art in this issue and share the associated projects with your students, keep in mind that you’re not discarding the teaching of traditional artists an ...
Read MoreWhen a Sean Scully exhibition came to Philadelphia, I was excited to introduce my students to his bold, large-scale work. The paintings we looked at were massive—wall-sized panels featuring brig ...
Read MoreI love heading outside and teaching landscape art en plein air, but last year my landscape plans were given a contemporary twist through the work and artistic process of painter, writer, and teaching ...
Read MoreThis project came at the perfect time, after my Drawing Intensive students had completed a large-scale realistic drawing assignment. I wanted to give them the freedom to experiment in their mark-makin ...
Read MoreAnyone studying contemporary art will notice that many modern visual artists use adaptation in their work. Adaptation can be a difficult concept for young artists to grasp. It has become so ubiquitous ...
Read MoreI have a rule in my art room that students are not allowed to throw their “mistakes” in the trash. If they are working on a piece and decide they don’t like it, it goes in the Unwant ...
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