Creativity

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5 Engaging Introductory Activities for Middle Schoolers

Getting class started with middle school students can be a challenge. It’s easy to lose the first few minutes of...
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paper quills
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3 Art Challenges That Are Perfect for the End of the Year

The end of the school year is approaching, and it’s a great time to give your students art challenges to...
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Why All Art Students Need a Process Journal

I am a big believer in focusing on process over product in the art room. Sure, perfectly rendered drawings and...
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cardboard attachments
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How to Make Creative Cardboard Sculptures

One great thing about art is that you can turn the most overlooked items into something beautiful. As art teachers,...
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3 Activities to Help Your Students Overcome Making Mistakes

Have you ever had a student burst into tears over a seemingly insignificant mistake? What about a student who erases...
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studio space
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How Much Does Craftsmanship Really Matter?

At the end of my sophomore year in college, the fate of my future rested in the hands of the...
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person throwing on the wheel
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How to Get Your Students Throwing on the Wheel

Do you remember the first time you used a pottery wheel? I sure do. I remember leaving class as if...
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Podcast

Using Improvisation and Performativity as Teaching Tools (Ep. 095)

Dr. Lois Holzman is a developmental psychologist who is internationally recognized for her work regarding the effects of play, performance,...
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Podcast

Encouraging Risk-Taking and Reflection (Ep. 094)

Ray Yang, AOE’s newest writer, makes his debut on Art Ed Radio to talk to Tim about encouraging risk-taking, appreciating...
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blind contour
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How to Teach Students to Fail Spectacularly

When students move through most school systems, they are taught questions have a singular “right” answer. They learn their performance...
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student work
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To Mark, or Not to Mark on Student Art, That Is the Question

As art educators, we know there isn’t an absolute “right” way to teach art to our students. There are many...
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Podcast

An Interview with Alexa Meade (Ep. 090)

In this very special episode of Art Ed Radio, Tim is in the Los Angeles studio of artist Alexa Meade....
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