Connections

As art teachers, we want our students to be capable and confident creative thinkers. We recognize, admire, and respect the...

Recently, I was sitting at a district in-service session with a CEO from a corporate business. While this might sound...

Some people, maybe even in our own buildings, view the art room as a chaotic place where kids “just go...

As art teachers, we all have favorite techniques to teach. One of mine is gyotaku, the Japanese art of fish...

Appropriation is a complex topic for art teachers to navigate. On one hand, the concept of borrowing ideas and images...

Have you ever wanted to lead a mural project with students? Now is the time! Creating a mural is one...

Have you been interested in running your own summer art camp but don’t know where to start? Are you concerned...

If you are not already using contemporary artists in your classroom, you definitely want to consider some new artists and...

Getting your students’ art out into the community can be a powerful experience for everyone involved. A few years ago,...

There is no getting around it–the cannon of Western Art History is overwhelmingly male and white. That’s not to say...

After a couple weeks away while Tim talked to important people (Sir Ken Robinson and AOE Founder Jessica Balsley), Andrew...