A complete guide to stocking your Art supply closet
After a year and half, our little yard is no longer a big pile of dirt, it has a patio, flower beds, and grass is growing!! These things are excited in and of themselves, but the really excited part is that means that it’s time to add all of the fun details….. DECORATE… and, well […]
How to Understand Modern Art
I walk a mile to work each day, and no this isn’t like one of those stories that your parents or grandparents tell you about they had a walk a mile up hill in the snow to get to school, when they really lived next door to the school, I really do walk a mile […]
What if you never start?
What if I never took a weaving class? I took a weaving class in college, partly because I thought that it sounded interesting, and partly because it fit my schedule. Sometimes I wonder, what would I be doing now if I’d never signed up for that class. Weaving isn’t something that you just pick up […]
What Homeschoolers Need to Know about Applying to Art College
During my senior year of high school I was struggling with depression and battling an eating disorder, all why attempting to decide where I wanted to go to college. I knew that I wanted to be an art teacher, but the options of where to study seemed endless. I could go to a 4 year […]
There’s so much to do … and then you need to teach
Sometimes life is complicated, because we make it that way. And sometimes it’s complicated just because it’s life. Most weeks your to do list is longer than humanly possible, and somehow you forget, that every week that passes, without you crossing everything off of the list, somehow you don’t die, your kids don’t starve ,and […]
17 Emotions of being an Art Teacher
Overwhelmed at the teetering pile of projects waiting to be graded. Heartbroken at the sight of cracked, melted ceramics pieces as you open the lid to the kiln, now to break the news to the students. Tired from explaining why art matters, and because you never get enough sleep….. Because…. All those projects, […]
Inside the classroom: How to get your students talking about art
You spend hours writing lessons plans. You work to challenge your students, to teach them to love art, to understand and use new techniques and to have a love for art history, but some days you feel like you’re drilling them, and it seems that the rigor of lesson leaves them lacking confidence swimming a […]
One Step to end the Marking Period with Ease
When I first started teaching I would dread the end of each marking period. Suddenly student after student would be asking for extra credit, and wanting to know what I gave them a ” C”, never wanting to claim that they may have played a role in the grade that they earned. Then reports cards […]
Does Empathy matter in the Classroom
“Accept what is, let go of what was, and have faith in what will be.” Sonia Ricotti Sitting in a classroom full of high school students, overhearing their conversations, that are filled with gossip and unkind words, “I can’t take it anymore… that’s enough.” While that ended the conversation , I can’t leave […]
5 Inspiring Art Movies on Netflix
Sometimes I feel like I spend more time figuring out what to watch on Netflix than actually watching. So to save you some time, you can thank me later, here’s a list of great art related movies on netflix. The Art of the Steal 2. Ai WeiWei: Never Sorry 3. Gerhard Richter Painting 4. […]