We all know art teachers need to actively look for ways to promote our programs. We have to show off…

We do so many superfluous things as art teachers–what can we get rid of? Tim and Andrew talk about the…

What do you do on the first day of class with your students? Why not start creating? Rules, procedures, and…

Why would we want our students to think like artists when they could think like designers instead? Andrew talks about…

Tim and Andrew take on a question that every teacher struggles with: how important are the Elements of Art and…

Is procrastination an important part of the creative process, or is it simply laziness and avoidance? If it’s integral, how…

“Craft” is a contentious word in many art rooms and art programs. Craftsmanship is an important part of what art…

AP Studio Art is tough to get a handle on. Questions abound about the best types of work to submit, portfolio…

If we want to offer up choice and student voice in the classroom–which just about everyone agrees we should do–how…

Summer offers great opportunities and possibilities to better ourselves as people, artists, and educators. This episode is the perfect tool…

Contemporary pop artist Romero Britto comes on the show to talk to Tim about his life and his work. Britto…

Do art teachers need to be artists? Absolutely! We don’t need to be creating work at the highest level, pursuing…

Art teachers everywhere can identify with the “penny-pinching blues.” It seems every year art budgets are cut. Teachers have to…

We’ve all had projects that have flopped, but how do we transition out of that failure into something meaningful? Andrew…

In this episode, Andrew brings up a topic that we all agree happens on a daily basis: student immaturity. It’s…

In this episode, Andrew shines a light on a pretty serious and worrying thought… the death of art education. While…

In this episode, Andrew will shed some light on new acronyms from the art ed world including STEM, STEAM, and…

Art clubs always start out with a sense of excitement and passion, but that feeling rarely continues all the way…

A classroom where every student is intrinsically motivated is an art teacher’s dream, but it’s rarely a reality. In this…

Too often, art teachers rely on the canons of art history when introducing the subject to their students. This episode…