Run the Art Room

Are you excited for a fresh, new school year but are unsure where to start planning? Over the next six episodes, we equip you with tips and tricks to add to your classroom management toolkit.

Stay tuned for best practices and systems around entering and exiting the art room, art material prep, distribution, and collection, attention getters, and more! Join Keisha Casiano from The Art of Education University as she brings eleven art teachers from around the world together to help YOU successfully run your art room.

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Episode 5
Episode 6

Classroom Management Resources

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Article

Organize It! Easy Paper Systems for Any Art Room

Paper overflows in every art room—giant sheets, colorful scraps, old artwork, specialty textures, drawing paper, and more. It multiplies overnight…
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Podcast

The Strangest Art Room Discoveries (Ep. 464)

Community manager Jen Leban joins Tim today to talk about the importance of spring cleaning and the Art of Ed…
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Article

Printmaking Hacks to Transform Cleanup Into Part of the Creative Process

Printmaking is one of the most engaging art processes for students, but it can quickly turn your classroom into a…
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Article

Toss or Keep? 8 Simple Guiding Questions to Declutter Art Supplies

Many of us inherited someone else’s art room… and someone else’s treasures. Piles of old artworks, interesting collections of still…
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Video

5 Helpful Adaptive Tools You Need For Your Art Room

There are so many adaptive art tools out there—it can be hard to know what’s worth it for your art…
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Article

The Ultimate Guide to Simplify Your Art Space for Creative Bliss

We’ve all been there—scrolling through endless art supplies and freebie groups to add another “must-have” item to our wishlist. We…
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Video

2 Essential Things I Wish I Knew as a New Art Teacher

Join Katie Gaff and Theresa McGee for two things they wish they knew when they first started teaching. Theresa provides helpful…
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Article

9 Signs You Need a Classroom Management Reset and How to Make It Happen

The return to school after winter break can be challenging. It’s easy to feel overwhelmed when students forget classroom routines…
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Clay, paint, ink, water spills, messy hands, cutting tools, slippery floors, and busy bodies. Classroom management in the art room is like no other subject area. When it is well-designed, the art room is a magical place. And when it goes awry, it can be chaotic.

Leverage best practices, design an efficient space, and ideate a classroom management system unique to you and your students.

Join fellow art teachers who understand the challenges and celebrations of art teacher life. Leave with new ideas, new friends, and a plan ready to implement right away.