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Community through Food Sustainability

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Melissa Hronkin

Celebrating local food systems benefits schoolwide wellness and strengthens community. On the shores of Lake Superior, in Michigan’s Rural Upper Peninsula, our growing season is very short. Over ...

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Natural Disasters in Art

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | Jeff Broome

I wondered how I could update my unit to address contemporary concerns and foster empathy in students for people experiencing environmental catastrophes. I began the unit with conversations about rece ...

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Ancestry and Empathy through Art

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | Pamela Beach

I’ve been working on a series of projects with my class of seven-year-olds based on the idea of slowly growing our understanding of our identity, and then, as we understand our own identities, e ...

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My Museum

Tuesday, August 13, 2024 | Rama Hughes

The first art project of the school year needs to cover a lot of bases. It should (1) demonstrate the norms of the art room; (2) be versatile enough for different skill sets, (3) remind students of wh ...

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Community Advocate Printmaking

Friday, May 17, 2024 | Ariel Kay

Students are asked to choose a topic that interests them based on their experiences in their communities (local or global). This topic becomes their community issue to address. Students can also choos ...

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A Contemporary Creative Process

Monday, April 15, 2024 | Ruth Byrne

I love heading outside and teaching landscape art en plein air, but last year my landscape plans were given a contemporary twist through the work and artistic process of painter, writer, and teaching ...

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Unwanted Artwork Olympics

Tuesday, March 12, 2024 | Annie Zirin

I have a rule in my art room that students are not allowed to throw their “mistakes” in the trash. If they are working on a piece and decide they don’t like it, it goes in the Unwant ...

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Redrawing the Classroom as a Model of Mindfulness

Monday, February 12, 2024 | Dani Schechner

Welcome to our art lab. Take a seat and close your eyes. Breathe in through your mouth. Let the air go through your throat, chest, and stomach. Expand your stomach with air so it becomes as big as it ...

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Teaching Animation in the Elementary Classroom

Thursday, December 14, 2023 | Illya Tolbert

Animation is a way for students to express themselves in a unique and visual manner. It also promotes digital literacy by introducing them to software and techniques that they’ll need to know in ...

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CAD Sculpture Garden

Thursday, November 9, 2023 | Bette Naughton

Engaging your students in a design project that incorporates creativity, critical thinking, collaboration, and real-world applications can inspire them to think innovatively while igniting curiosity a ...

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Under Construction

Monday, October 2, 2023 | Jane B. Montero

Reflecting on the scope of my fifth-grade art curriculum, I realized that, aside from clay projects, students were mainly creating watercolor paintings and construction paper collages—primarily ...

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Tuesday, September 19, 2023 | Julian Davis Wade

An article I recently read offered this advice, “publicly displaying students’ art engages parents, arts education advocates, and the community in conversations about the importance of art ...

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A Visual Autobiography

Monday, September 11, 2023 | Leigh Drake

We have all had to research and write biographies on different people throughout our educational journeys. For this project, I wanted students to research and reflect on the person they know best&mdas ...

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A Proven Winner

Thursday, August 3, 2023 | Linda Schober

My third-graders focus on the concept of organic and geometric shapes and the vocabulary associated with it throughout the year. Using a guessing game approach, we find the shapes in representational ...

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Hold On to Your Hats

Tuesday, May 9, 2023 | Leigh Drake

One of my goals is to educate students on the many art-related careers available today. I believe it’s important to start this conversation early to allow students to explore options that are th ...

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Thinking Like Contemporary Artists

Tuesday, April 11, 2023 | Megan Jell

At the start of the school year, after a year of hybrid, virtual, and dual modes of instruction, I noticed a strong resistance to risk-taking in the art room. I needed to retrain my students to take r ...

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