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Persistence: Why it is Important

Sunday, September 9, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Persistence. Does that concept play a part in your teaching? For your students? For yourself? Persistence is the ability to stick with something, to continue working, to try harder, to not give u ...

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An Invitation from The Memory Project

Monday, August 27, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

The Memory Project is a charitable nonprofit organization that invites art teachers, art students, and solo artists to help cultivate global kindness by creating portraits for children around the worl ...

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Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg

Sunday, August 26, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Takashi Murakami: The Octopus Eats Its Own Leg fills most of the Museum of Modern Art in Fort Worth from June 10, 2018–September 16, 2018. Don’t miss it if you are anywhere near Fort Worth ...

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Art Teachers At Naea New Orleans

Tuesday, August 21, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Whether you are a newbie or a veteran art teacher, the beginning of the school year always offers a fresh new start and an opportunity for setting high expectations for your students. To renew or rein ...

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Write for SchoolArts Magazine

Tuesday, June 19, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Art teachers, summertime is a great time to write articles for SchoolArts Magazine about your most successful studio lessons and ideas. ...

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Visiting Robert Tenorio, Famed Santo Domingo Potter

Tuesday, May 15, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Yesterday I had the opportunity to visit Santo Domingo Pueblo to witness a firing by Robert Tenorio, a highly esteemed potter, along with a group of fellow docents from the Indian Arts Research Center ...

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Adaptation vs. Appropriation in the Art Room

Tuesday, May 8, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Whenever I come across art teachers’ interesting or unique lessons or concepts online or at conferences, I will encourage them to share their ideas for articles for SchoolArts Magazine. Publishe ...

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The Coe Center for the Arts: A Hidden Gem in Santa Fe

Wednesday, April 18, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Today the Eldorado Arts and Crafts Association was given an enlightening tour of their collection by Director Rachel Wixom. The Ralph T. Coe Center for the Arts is a hidden gem in Santa Fe that more p ...

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Fun & Games

Thursday, April 5, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

Georgia O’Keeffe, Grandma Moses, the Statue of Liberty. These are just a few of the characters I’ve impersonated as an art teacher. As with many things I have done at school, no one else w ...

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Theme: Construction/Deconstruction

Wednesday, March 7, 2018 | Nancy Walkup

At first glance, it may be difficult to say if the building pictured here is being constructed or taken down. It is an on-going construction project, part of an Earthship Biotecture community north an ...

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