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Editor's Letter: Storytelling

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Frank Juárez

How does one begin to tell a story? Does it start with a memory, a recent experience, or perhaps an essential question that sparks an idea? Through the stories we share, we can transport our students ...

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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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Driven by Story

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Andrea Worthey

My students often explore their individuality and personal stories through their work. This year, they experimented with storytelling in various media. One student, Jorge Guifarro, a senior at the Uni ...

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The All About Me Design Challenge

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Dr. Jane Montero

At the beginning of a new semester or school year, art teachers have an excellent opportunity to get to know our students through storytelling. National Geographic’s online education website sta ...

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The Illustration Game

Wednesday, November 13, 2024 | Rama Hughes

I studied illustration in art school. One way that we practiced was by dividing a text into portions that each student illustrated. After a given time – sometimes a very brief amount of time &nd ...

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Editor's Letter: Nature

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | Frank Juárez

I remember sitting by Lake Michigan on Sunday mornings during the pandemic. Sitting, observing, and listening to the water’s movement put my mind at ease, helping me reach a meditative state. Na ...

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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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Seeds of Change

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | Amanda Schaeffer

The Seeds of Change project challenged students to design a sustainable growing system for the Highland Youth Garden in Hilltop, Ohio. The system had to be functional for the garden’s needs whil ...

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Trash to Treasure

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | Kathleen Sneed Petka

I am super pleased with how creative my students were in their Trash to Treasure challenge. I created this activity to inspire students to reuse materials and to find the beauty in everyday items. The ...

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Nailed It! Successful Advocacy Approaches

Thursday, October 10, 2024 | Trina Harlow and Bob Reeker

Architectural blueprints are complex and often consist of many sheets representing each part of a building project. A solid blueprint for visual art advocacy also has layers of approach. Nailing the a ...

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Editor’s Letter: Connections

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | Frank Juárez

To experience a connection with art, music, or reading is to allow ourselves to become vulnerable and open our minds to new possibilities. It helps us navigate new experiences, drives us to expand our ...

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Ocean Animal Sculptures

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | Mindi Rhoades

As students in separate pre-K classrooms throughout our center became interested in different animals, weekly studio time was used to support and extend their interests from an arts-based perspective. ...

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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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Eco Punch Art

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | Jessica Provow

Connecting our work to Eco Art gave students the chance to use their designs to tackle important topics that concern our environment, such as the conservation and preservation of our waterways. Plasti ...

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The Color and Shape of Music

Tuesday, September 10, 2024 | Eric Gibbons

I came up with the idea of using the emotions inherent in music to drive the choice of colors and shapes in a collage composition. We started out by listening to different kinds of music and discussin ...

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Sparking Curiosity with Young Learners

Friday, August 30, 2024 | Jacquetta Harvey

Recently, I was in a meeting full of adults, where I found myself daydreaming and zoning out a bit. I quickly caught myself, then scanned the room to see if anyone felt the same. Observing my colleagu ...

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Editor's Letter: Nature

Natural Disasters in Art

Seeds of Change

Trash to Treasure

Nailed It! Successful Advocacy Approaches

Editor’s Letter: Connections

Ocean Animal Sculptures

Ancestry and Empathy through Art

Eco Punch Art

The Color and Shape of Music

Sparking Curiosity with Young Learners

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