Navigating your Flight Path
Several years ago I was invited to do a TedX talk and came up with program: Ten Lessons from the Hive: What Beekeeping Has Taught Me about Alchemy, Sustainability, and Community.” ...
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Visiting Oaxacan Master Weaver Nelson Perez Mendoza in Mexico
During our SchoolArts/CRIZMAC Folk Art & Culture of Oaxaca, June 26–July 2, 2015 trip to Oaxaca this summer, we'll visit the workshop of weaver Nelson Perez Mendoza. He has an amazing weavin ...
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A Big Relief: Printing with an Asphalt Roller
What happens when an asphalt roller meets large sheets of medium density fiberboard, an abundance of printing ink, and lots of student enthusiasm? It’s a highly visible art event that produces j ...
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Gratitude Cards
I was recently a guest at a party to celebrate a family friend’s 16th birthday. The gathering was pretty clearly divided, with the adults congregating in one area and the teenagers peacefully ke ...
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Off the Runway with Tim Gunn
Since we didn’t have room in the April issue of SchoolArts magazine to publish Cassie Stephens’ entire interview with Tim Gunn, we are sharing it here. Tim Gunn will be a keynote speaker a ...
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Thinking About Design
As a former graphic artist (from the long ago days of press-on type and hand-cut masking film overlays), I have made it a point to include the design of the world around us and the careers thus repres ...
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Not Your Average Toy
In the print version of SchoolArts, we don't always have room to show all the student artworks the author has sent us. Since I want to share more images from "Not Your Average Toy," an artic ...
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We're Not in Kansas Anymore!
This past week I had the honor of participating in Aprendiendo del Arte/Learning from Art with Trina Harlow, Cilau Valadez, and Agustin Cruz Prudencio at the KSU College of Education in Manh ...
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Stretch & Explore with Studio Habits of Mind
When I taught elementary art, I usually had certain materials and supplies on my tables that students could use at any time: boxes of all kinds of scrap papers, wall paper, fabrics and trims, glue, ho ...
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