Episode 38: Beautiful Stuff
If you currently teach or have ever taught at the early childhood level, this episode is for you! The Creativity Department speaks with author and educator Cathy Topal about early childhood art educat ...
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Episode 37: History of Art - Teaching Gender Inclusivity
“Let’s play a game. Name five female artists... and one can’t be Georgia O’Keeffe.” This question drives the work of our guest this week, Hall Rockefeller. Hall is an art ...
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Episode 36: Shape Your Holiday
Summer Break isn’t exactly a “holiday,” but it should be after the 2020/21 school year! The Creativity Department is on vacation this week, so we’re bringing you a summer holid ...
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Episode 35: Survival, Reflection, and Moving Forward
During this year of COVID, it was important to know when to disconnect and step away. We needed to make conscious efforts to hide the phones and devices and turn off the computer. Now it is the end of ...
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Episode 34: Teaching and Pride
During the June 17th X chat, Joseph Boatfield and returning guest Kevin Hsieh facilitated a conversation about LGBTQ+ inclusiveness in the art room. They posed the question, “Do you have LGBTQ+ ...
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Episode 33: Content Creation & The Arts
Because students live in a digital world, they must learn how to create content responsibly. Before they share their thoughts with the universe, it is important to teach them how to do it correctly an ...
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Episode 32: Exploring Queer Identities in the Art Room
Have you heard statements like “it seems the LGBTQ+ student population is growing”? So have we. The thing is these students have always existed! What is growing is bravery, awareness, safe ...
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Episode 31: Contemporary Asian Artists' Work & Social Justice
Recent waves of discrimination and prejudice due to the pandemic have created an even greater need for education and resources in support of Asian culture. But how does an educator who isn’t sur ...
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Episode 30: Creative Writing to Increase Emotional Intelligence
Creativity is directly linked to emotion; it fuels inspiration and the creative process. Creativity and art provide a format to enter emotion, experience emotion, and express it in a way that is not h ...
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Episode 29: Social Media, Identity, & Civic Duty in the Classroom
Educators empower students to transform the world. From digital citizenship and democratic dialogue to addressing controversial topics, an educator’s role is to act as a facilitator for students ...
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