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Racial Justice through Art

Tuesday, August 11, 2020 | Barbara Place

We are at an important moment in our history, both in the United States and around the world. The killing of George Floyd has opened the eyes of people who realized viscerally—many for the first ...

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Rethinking Classicism: Maya

Monday, August 10, 2020 | Karl Cole

As a Westerner (and art historian my entire adult life), I have always felt extremely weary of the word “classicism.” One reason I am weary of the word is that it is used as a blanket term ...

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Something Swiss This Way Comes: Pipilotti Rist

Monday, August 3, 2020 | Karl Cole

The first of August, this past Saturday, is Switzerland's "Independence Day," so I’m presenting a Swiss installation artist: Pipilotti Rist. The typical luxuriant colors of her vi ...

Curator's Corner

World Watercolor Month: Charles Brownell

Wednesday, July 29, 2020 | Karl Cole

I’m closing out my World Watercolor Month series with the work of Charles de Wolf Brownell. Many of Brownell's most standout landscapes and nature studies are his watercolors. His watercolor wor ...

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World Watercolor Month: Yosa Buson

Monday, July 27, 2020 | Karl Cole

If any artists could be called the “masters” of watercolor, it would be the artists of Asia—particularly far eastern Asia (Japan, China, Korea)—who, for centuries, used in ...

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Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers transformed their programs to virtual instruction seemingly overnight with verve and patience. Administrators across the nation are enacting contingency pla ...

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The Cracker Box Sketchbook

Friday, July 24, 2020

The quote, “A pessimist sees difficulty in every opportunity; an optimist sees opportunity in every difficulty” is often attributed to Winston Churchill. Whether Churchill said it or not, ...

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Roaring with Positivity

Friday, July 24, 2020

In the midst of summer vacation, I’d say the last thing most teachers want to do is think about the upcoming school year, but we art teachers are a different breed. Our heads and hearts are full ...

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Retreading the Color Wheel

Friday, July 24, 2020

Something I’ve learned in my thirty years of teaching is that the little time we have with students is precious. So much so that many years ago, I made the decision that I would no longer do exe ...

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Editor's Letter: Community

Friday, July 24, 2020 | SchoolArts magazine

This is a challenging time for art educators as states practice social distancing, close schools, and recommend staying home. As I write this, we don’t know what will happen this fall, but I kno ...

Davis Desk

Teaching from Home: Keeping Yourself Motivated

Wednesday, July 15, 2020 | Barbara Place

These past few months have certainly brought change to our lives. On February 28, the US had a total of 59 cases of COVID-19 and no deaths. Today and as of this writing, there are more than 3 million ...

Curator's Corner

World Watercolor Month: Alice Baber

Monday, July 13, 2020 | Karl Cole

Watercolor has come a long way since the days when it was only considered suitable for studies for oil paintings. It’s come an especially long way since the old timey days when “proper you ...

Davis Desk

Call to Artists—Submit Your Art for an Online Gallery Show

Friday, July 10, 2020 | Barbara Place

In these days of COVID-19, the digital community is becoming an increasingly important part of our lives. We teach online, we learn online, and we visit family members online. We even have doctors&rsq ...

Curator's Corner

July Gem of the Month: Chitrakathi

Monday, July 6, 2020 | Karl Cole

July is World Watercolor Month. Watercolor is a medium I’ve always admired (as you know from my drooling over Winslow Homer’s and John Singer Sargent’s gorgeous watercolor works), bu ...

Davis Desk

Supporting LGBTQ+ Students

Monday, June 29, 2020 | Barbara Place

Teaching During the Pandemic As we know all too well, the pandemic has created enormous stress on families and students around the world. While all students learning remotely are faced with new chall ...

Curator's Corner

Pride Month: Agnes Martin

Monday, June 29, 2020 | Karl Cole

Let’s close out my Pride Month series with the work of Agnes Martin, a pioneer Minimalist, although she considered herself an Abstract Expressionist. ...

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World Watercolor Month: Charles Brownell

World Watercolor Month: Yosa Buson

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The Cracker Box Sketchbook

Roaring with Positivity

Retreading the Color Wheel

Editor's Letter: Community

Teaching from Home: Keeping Yourself Motivated

World Watercolor Month: Alice Baber

Call to Artists—Submit Your Art for an Online Gallery Show

July Gem of the Month: Chitrakathi

Supporting LGBTQ+ Students

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