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I love my job and I love my students, so I try to avoid being gone as much as possible....

If you’re anything like me, you can never get enough good sketchbook ideas. I’m always looking for ways to engage students...

When we talk about collaboration in the art room, many teachers’ minds, including my own, go straight to collaborative projects,...

    I recently encountered this quote online. The words are by one of my favorite art ed gurus, Olivia Gude....

Hopefully, when I tell you I have been watching Ted Talks non-stop for a month, you know I am talking...

I had an epiphany regarding teaching about five years ago: There are concepts and ways of thinking that the arts...

Mom, can I get some Shopkins? Mom, will you buy me these LEGOSs? Mom, I need a new Hello Kitty...

As teachers, we all have different strengths and weaknesses. Something I’m working on is getting my students to write and...

As art teachers, we extoll the virtues of making art to anyone that will listen. We bemoan our minutes getting...

I’m sitting there staring at my grade book and this one grade is just staring back at me. It’s a...

We’ve all had stubborn students in our rooms. You know the symptoms: lack of effort, just going through the motions,...

Recently, I’ve been hearing the term “authentic art” used in the art ed world more and more. People talk of...