Studio Practices

We all know visuals help to enhance our students’ learning as well as our teaching. You can take it to...

Motivation and engagement are two things we are continually striving for in our art rooms. If students don’t like being...

As teachers, we are continually improving our practice, and we all have different strengths. However, I know many art teachers struggle...

If your teaching philosophy is anything like mine, then you strive to expose students to as many materials, techniques, and...

Have you ever seen a child throw away weeks worth of hard work on the way out the door? It’s...

As art teachers, we are very busy individuals. We are always on the go. Planning this, prepping that, and organizing...

Makerspaces seem to be popping up everywhere right now- regular education classrooms, libraries, even mobile makerspace carts are roaming down...

This episode is a great discussion on color theory, as well as the “hows” and “whys” of teaching it. Andrea...

At some point in our art teaching careers we’ve encountered lessons that have been total disasters and others that are...

Sometimes, it’s difficult to get inspired to teach drawing. Just saying the words “still-life” or “perspective” is enough to make...

Sometimes the best ideas come out of challenging circumstances. The high school where I teach is about 5,000 years old....

An energetic discussion about 3 times the art world broke the Internet, and how those viral moments can be utilized to...