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Editor's Letter: Process

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Frank Juárez

In this issue, art teachers interpret, define, and apply what process looks like within their art curriculum, from designing sketchbooks to applying new clay techniques, learning to be present to enjo ...

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Intuitive Painting: Bridging Spirituality and Creativity

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Raine Valentine

Art and spirituality are deeply interconnected, serving as pathways for individuals to explore and express their inner selves. In the realm of art education, integrating spirituality with the creative ...

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Mixing Magic

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Rama Hughes

If you want to see learning, watch young artists mix paint. “I made pink!” “I made GOLD!” “How? Show me how!” Without constraint or guidance, paint-mixing turns int ...

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The Art of Quilling

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Leigh Drake

This assignment allowed students to experiment with an art technique that most of them had never tried before. I’ve never heard my classroom so quiet as everyone focused on creating their delica ...

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Pushing Our Practice with Fused Glass

Tuesday, April 15, 2025 | Christine Colby

In an effort to push my kiln-firing abilities and challenge students with a new material and process, I added fused glass to my current level 3 class. I enjoyed watching students experiment, problem-s ...

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Editor's Letter: Contemporary Art

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Frank Juárez

In 2022, I began to reassess how I present curricula to all my students. I wondered if the artists I was introducing reflected who they are in their identities and why it is important to bring diverse ...

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Masterpiece Mash-ups

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Leigh Drake

One of my goals each year is to incorporate as many artists, art movements, and famous artworks into the curriculum as possible to expose my students to the world of art through both historical and co ...

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Sculpting the Everyday

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Brigid Horgan

At the beginning of the semester, I have my eighth-graders each select a theme to pursue for the entire course to help eliminate artist’s block along the way and encourage them to think creative ...

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Triple-Take: Contemporary Art through Composite Photography

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Loria Crews

Contemporary art is all about pushing boundaries, and this project does just that by asking students to explore identity, culture, family, and society through a single image made of three different &l ...

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The Case for Contemporary Art

Tuesday, March 11, 2025 | Kimberly Olson

When I started out as an educator nearly twenty years ago, I had an unfounded but steadfast aversion to contemporary art. Informed only by my college art history lectures, which made little mention of ...

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Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | Frank Juárez

In this issue, we introduce various ways to address advocacy through multiple lenses. What it looks like in our art room will range on how we address topics or issues such as cultural perspectives, eq ...

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Masterpieces from Mistakes

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | Sarah Chaffee

One of my biggest pet peeves is when a student throws away a perfectly good piece of paper because it has a small rip, wrinkle, smudge, hole, or even a scribble. A few years ago, I happened across Bar ...

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Abstract Modernism: Inspired by Elizabeth Murray

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | Megan Giampietro

I was interested in teaching my middle-school art students diversified art history lessons about the work of a woman in the arts who was important in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries. Elizabet ...

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What Is Luminous

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | Kari Giordano

Starting the course with this project ensured students’ comfort level and introduced them to the transformative power of photography. I wanted to emphasize the importance of finding joy in every ...

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An Art Exchange with Ukraine

Tuesday, February 11, 2025 | Nelli Helton

Through art, we can communicate with people from all over the world. Stories can be told, feelings expressed, and an understanding of other artists and their work can be established without learning o ...

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Editor's Letter: Collaboration

Friday, December 20, 2024 | Frank Juárez

Teaching can be a solitary experience, even if your art department has multiple art teachers. The art room becomes an island full of art, materials, and ideas. The reality is that this does not have t ...

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Editor's Letter: Process

Intuitive Painting: Bridging Spirituality and Creativity

Mixing Magic

The Art of Quilling

Pushing Our Practice with Fused Glass

Editor's Letter: Contemporary Art

Masterpiece Mash-ups

Sculpting the Everyday

Triple-Take: Contemporary Art through Composite Photography

The Case for Contemporary Art

Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Masterpieces from Mistakes

Abstract Modernism: Inspired by Elizabeth Murray

What Is Luminous

An Art Exchange with Ukraine

Editor's Letter: Collaboration

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