Episode 124: Renewing Your Creative Practice

Nurturing your creativity can be challenging, especially when you are charged with cultivating it in the minds of students and keeping them engaged in meaningful creating. No one understands that more than James Rees and Emily Fox King. James and Emily are professional artists. James is also a researcher and retired art educator. Both join The Creativity Department to discuss taking care of your creative practice as an art educator. Both bring their unique perspectives to this conversation sharing their experiences dealing with creative risk and being a professional artist, overcoming creative blocks, and more. Listen in to hear strategies you can use in and out of the art room.

Resources

Explore these resources from the K12ArtChat podcast, Renewing Your Creative Practice, with artists James Rees and Emily Fox King.

Contact

• James Reese on Twitter
• Emily Fox King on Instagram

Links

• Emily Fox King’s Website
• James Reese’s Website

Books

• The Open Art Room
• Making Artists
• SchoolArts Collection: Contemporary Art
• SchoolArts Collection: Media Arts

Webinars

• The Mindful Studio: Mindfulness & Expressive Arts
• The Mindful Studio: Artful Approaches for Teachers and Students