Professional Practice

Art Teacher Struggle: How to Find Time & Inspiration to Create Your Own Art!

| October 31, 2024

Remember why you became an art teacher with Kaitlyn Edington. It can be so easy to come home too exhausted to make art—especially after talking about art all day to students! Watch for Kaitlyn’s best tips and tricks to stay motivated in your artmaking practice. 

See more of Kaitlyn’s art studio and hear more of her tips and tricks in her two DITL of an Art Teacher episodes below!

 

Magazine articles and podcasts are opinions of professional education contributors and do not necessarily represent the position of the Art of Education University (AOEU) or its academic offerings. Contributors use terms in the way they are most often talked about in the scope of their educational experiences.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR

Lindsey McGinnis

Lindsey McGinnis is AOE’s Media Content Manager and a former high school art educator. She is passionate about equipping art teachers to be successful in their classrooms and firmly believes that art is the best place for students to explore and process the challenging topics and concepts around them.

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