Score Free Furniture, Make DIY Stickers, and Start the Year Strong in the Art Room!

Summer’s over, and it’s officially back-to-school season. It’s time to unlock the art room doors and welcome a brand new batch of student artists! In this episode, you’ll get a behind-the-scenes look at how real art teachers prep their classrooms, organize supplies, and create a calming space for creativity from day one.

Join Keisha Morales and Jackie Jablecki as they share practical tips to set up your art room for the new school year for elementary, middle, or high school classrooms!

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

• First day activities to get students creating and building connections
• A collaborative drawing activity to introduce the studio space
• Fun DIY stickers to customize visual journals and sketchbooks
• Setting up a student Help Desk for check-ins
• Flexible (and free!) seating ideas to furnish your art room on a budget
• Creative artwork storage hack using repurposed paper boxes
• How to use social media to advocate for your art program

Subscribe so you don’t miss this exciting new series full of:

• 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

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