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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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International Pomegranate Month: Lu Zonggui and Keiko Mori

Monday, November 11, 2024 | Karl Cole

I can’t find anything about the history of International Pomegranate Month. However, I think pomegranate juice is yummy (and good for you), so let’s celebrate the month with art! ...

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Election Year Antidote: Robert Delaunay

Monday, November 4, 2024 | Karl Cole

There is seriously no better distraction from a nerve-wracking election year than to look at beautiful art. By now you know my idea of “beautiful” is FULL OF VIBRANT COLOR. Robert Delaunay ...

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Gem of the Month: Shirō Kasamatsu

Monday, October 28, 2024 | Karl Cole

Ukiyo-e was a woodblock print aesthetic that was popular from the late 1600s to the mid 1800s. The genre developed a visual vocabulary that documented the entertainments of Japanese urban centers, par ...

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Photographs from October 1991: Sophie Ristelhueber

Monday, October 21, 2024 | Karl Cole

Ever since the Crimean War (1853–1856) between Russia, the Ottoman Empire (Turkey), Britain, and France and the American Civil War (1861–1865)—the first wars to be extensively docume ...

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Artes Guadalupaños de Aztlán

Tuesday, October 15, 2024 | Karl Cole

In case you have any doubt that the heritage of ancient cultures from Central and South American has endured to the present day, all one has to do is look at the influences of ancient art on contempor ...

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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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Hispanic Heritage Month: José Clemente Orozco

Monday, October 7, 2024 | Karl Cole

In a recent conversation with another artist, the subject of immigration came up. She reminded me that the term “we are all immigrants,” when used in countries in the Western Hemisphere, i ...

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Autumn Is Upon Us: Yun-Fei Ji

Monday, September 30, 2024 | Karl Cole

I’m marking the onset of autumn with a work of art from Chinese American artist Yun-Fei Ji. His work tackles many subjects about contemporary China, as well as world-wide issues such as pollutio ...

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Hispanic Heritage Month: Quiriguá

Monday, September 16, 2024 | Karl Cole

National Hispanic Heritage Month (September 15th to October 15th) has started. I would like to kick off the month-long celebration with one of the most spectacular cultures of Mesoamerica, the Maya. 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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The All About Me Design Challenge

The Illustration Game

International Pomegranate Month: Lu Zonggui and Keiko Mori

Election Year Antidote: Robert Delaunay

Gem of the Month: Shirō Kasamatsu

Photographs from October 1991: Sophie Ristelhueber

Hispanic Heritage Month: Artes Guadalupaños de Aztlán

Editor's Letter: Nature

Natural Disasters in Art

Seeds of Change

Trash to Treasure

Nailed It! Successful Advocacy Approaches

Hispanic Heritage Month: José Clemente Orozco

Autumn Is Upon Us: Yun-Fei Ji

Hispanic Heritage Month: Quiriguá

Editor’s Letter: Connections

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