How to Make an Art Portfolio out of a Bag
I first learned about turning a paper bag into an art portfolio on Instagram, and was like how is this the first time I”m seeing this!!!! It’s super simple, and smart. You can have your students or kids make these to store their art, or make a few for yourself like I did, to help […]
Teacher Tools: The Art Career Project
When working to advocate for the arts, it’s helpful to be able to provide resources guiding students and parents to information about art careers and colleges. The Art Career Project is a great tool for searching career options, finding out paths to those options and exploring art schools. You can visit The Art […]
Tips: How to Teach Art Online
I get a lot of questions about teaching art online, so I decided to do a live video to answer your questions, you can watch the recording below. Here are some other resources that you may find helpful: How to Create online courses Where to host your videos How to do group calls
Teacher Tools: How to make a digital timeline
I love when I learn new things from my students. Recently my AP Art History students were working on curating their own exhibitions. ( I love this project). One of the students added several timelines to their digital display and they were pretty cool. I did some extra clicking and searching and found out […]
Teacher Tools: How to grade art digitally and save yourself from the piles of artwork
I don’t think I’ve ever met a teacher that says, “I love grading,” but it can be especially taxing on art teachers. Not only do you often have 10,000 students, but the work can be big, oddly shaped, fragile, and HEAVY. My students turn everything in digitally which allows me to grade from anywhere […]
How to Use Technology for Art Critiques
As an art teacher, you know that having your students practice the critique process is important, but getting students to give thoughtful feedback and getting everyone to participate can feel like you’re teaching advanced calculus, and we all know that you don’t want to do that. , plus you have such a limited amount of time […]
How Do You Advocate for the Arts?
How do You Advocate for the Arts? Love. Love. Love, @heatherdayart .. the colors…layers…. drips…all of it makes me want to grab a brush and make a mess.. đź“· @heatherdayart A post shared by amber kane (@teacher.kane) on Nov 25, 2017 at 2:36pm PST This is a question that I’ve been thinking about a  lot […]
How do Differentiate with Sketchbook Prompts
In one of my advanced art classes, I have students with a pretty wide range of interests, some that are focused on photography, others drawing, and few others that are really interested in 2D design and abstraction, so I decided that I wanted to create a fun way to give them sketchbook prompts and […]
What is the Purpose of Art Education
“Art performs this pacifying function in culture… Its practitioners create commonalities… I always quote a guy named Lewis Hyde, who wrote about primitive cultures, where there’s an exchange of gifts that cannot be kept but have to be passed on. And the passing on of gifts is a device to prevent people from killing […]
Teacher Tools: Sketchbook Project
After reflecting, I’ve realized that one place that I’d like to make stronger in my classes is the practice of process and using sketchbooks. I want to students of all levels to begin the practice of carrying a sketchbook wherever they go. Using it to write, draw, tape and glue bits and pieces that they find […]