Portraits & Paper Mache Ideas that POP! Powerful Art Projects for All Levels

Artmaking is at full speed, and students are deep into making conceptual portraits and upcycled sculptures. In this episode, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how real art teachers slow down during this season of gratitude to reflect on their first years of teaching.

Join Keisha Morales and Jackie Jablecki as they share practical tips to produce complex artworks with elementary, middle, or high school art students!

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

• Learn how to prime and paper mache at one time
• How to foster a neutral space for sensitive discussions
• Use cheap paper towels for paper mache
• Save paint for days with tin foil
• Creative portraits that break the frame
• Mindset strategies for managing furlough days
• Advice and encouragement for first-year art teachers

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• 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

For the resources in this video, check out the following:

• 50 Natural and Recycled Materials and Types of Found Papers Resources in FLEX Curriculum
• How to Help Your Students Learn to Talk to Each Other Again
• Global Thinking: 13 Ways Art Has the Power to Promote Global Connections

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