Professional Practice

Art Teachers Finish Strong: Tips to Close the Year with Celebration!

| May 7, 2026

You made it! It’s time to end the school year with purpose and enter summer break with intention. In this episode, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how real art teachers wrap up the school year and set themselves up for success in the fall!

Join Keisha Morales and Jackie Jablecki as they share practical tips to close out the year for the elementary, middle, or high school art room!

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Don’t miss the following inspiration and strategies in this episode:

  • Connect and celebrate with other art teacher friends
  • How to ask for end-of-year donations the smart way
  • What to do with leftover student artwork
  • Fun games and speed drawing ideas with students
  • Tips to set yourself up for fall success now
  • Ideas to elevate sidewalk chalk

Go back and watch the full series so you don’t miss the following:

  • Real art teacher life
  • Helpful tips and tricks
  • Innovative hacks
  • Insightful advice
  • Engaging K-12 art lesson ideas
  • Moving behind-the-scenes glimpses
  • Art teacher self-care, inspiration, and artmaking

To chat about closing out the art room for summer break with other art teachers, join us in The Art of Ed Community!

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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