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Editor's Letter: Innovation

Friday, May 16, 2025 | Frank Juárez

Introducing new ways to see art through a different lens is important for the continued development of aspiring artists. Designing fresh and relevant curricula introduces new processes, creates exciti ...

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When Bookshelves Come Alive

Friday, May 16, 2025 | Leigh Drake

When we had to start out the school year in a virtual setting, I was inspired to come up with a project that I wouldn’t typically be able to implement in the classroom. Several projects I assign ...

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Portraits in Three Dimensions

Friday, May 16, 2025 | Annemarie Baldauf

Imagine printing a photograph and having your subject appear in three dimensions instead of two. Like a camera, a 3D scanner can be used creatively to capture a subject’s essence through persona ...

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Eco Art: Fostering Environmental Advocacy

Friday, May 16, 2025 | Gregg Stevens

We are tasked with providing students with the knowledge they need for a successful future, but we are often limited to lessons that are too cursory or dated to be relevant. Art educators need to meet ...

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Creative Dreams and Community Connections

Friday, May 16, 2025 | Zoey Graf

Art educators are teachers, learners, community connectors, and creative dreamers. Bringing novel experiences to students is part of our daily work, and we encourage them to take risks, try new things ...

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Editor's Letter: Process

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Frank Juárez

In this issue, art teachers interpret, define, and apply what process looks like within their art curriculum, from designing sketchbooks to applying new clay techniques, learning to be present to enjo ...

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Mixing Magic

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Rama Hughes

If you want to see learning, watch young artists mix paint. “I made pink!” “I made GOLD!” “How? Show me how!” Without constraint or guidance, paint-mixing turns int ...

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The Art of Quilling

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Leigh Drake

This assignment allowed students to experiment with an art technique that most of them had never tried before. I’ve never heard my classroom so quiet as everyone focused on creating their delica ...

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Pushing Our Practice with Fused Glass

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Christine Colby

In an effort to push my kiln-firing abilities and challenge students with a new material and process, I added fused glass to my current level 3 class. I enjoyed watching students experiment, problem-s ...

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Intuitive Painting: Bridging Spirituality and Creativity

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Raine Valentine

Art and spirituality are deeply interconnected, serving as pathways for individuals to explore and express their inner selves. In the realm of art education, integrating spirituality with the creative ...

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Editor's Letter: Contemporary Art

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Frank Juárez

In 2022, I began to reassess how I present curricula to all my students. I wondered if the artists I was introducing reflected who they are in their identities and why it is important to bring diverse ...

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Masterpiece Mash-ups

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Leigh Drake

One of my goals each year is to incorporate as many artists, art movements, and famous artworks into the curriculum as possible to expose my students to the world of art through both historical and co ...

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Sculpting the Everyday

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Brigid Horgan

At the beginning of the semester, I have my eighth-graders each select a theme to pursue for the entire course to help eliminate artist’s block along the way and encourage them to think creative ...

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Triple-Take: Contemporary Art through Composite Photography

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Loria Crews

Contemporary art is all about pushing boundaries, and this project does just that by asking students to explore identity, culture, family, and society through a single image made of three different &l ...

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The Case for Contemporary Art

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Kimberly Olson

When I started out as an educator nearly twenty years ago, I had an unfounded but steadfast aversion to contemporary art. Informed only by my college art history lectures, which made little mention of ...

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Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | Frank Juárez

In this issue, we introduce various ways to address advocacy through multiple lenses. What it looks like in our art room will range on how we address topics or issues such as cultural perspectives, eq ...

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Editor's Letter: Innovation

When Bookshelves Come Alive

Portraits in Three Dimensions

Eco Art: Fostering Environmental Advocacy

Creative Dreams and Community Connections

Editor's Letter: Process

Mixing Magic

The Art of Quilling

Pushing Our Practice with Fused Glass

Intuitive Painting: Bridging Spirituality and Creativity

Editor's Letter: Contemporary Art

Masterpiece Mash-ups

Sculpting the Everyday

Triple-Take: Contemporary Art through Composite Photography

The Case for Contemporary Art

Editor's Letter: Advocacy

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