Huge Printable Art Advocacy List! What Do Artists Do?

I made a list of easy-to-understand artistic behaviors for elementary school students and start from the basics.  Start from the ground and work up.  Many of my students come to kindergarten and they haven’t done weaving before or they don’t know that artists make public art.   Or they have been exposed to different forms of art, but have not recognized them as such. I have seen lists that were written for high schoolers, but those seemed too difficult for the littlest kids. So, I wrote this list with my elementary students in mind.

Do your students think art is just about making pretty pictures?  Making beautiful images is fun, but there is SO MUCH more that artists learn and do in art class and in the world.  I created these What Do Artists Do? posters to advocate for the importance of art and to widen kids’ understanding of art.  Here are links so you can download a high resolution copy of the signs:

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PDFs: https://www.artisbasic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/WDAD-List-2.pdf
https://www.artisbasic.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/What-Do-Artists-Do-List.pdf

A colorful infographic titled "What Do Artists Do?" listing 50 activities that artists engage in, bordered with a vibrant rainbow design, ideal as printable art.
What Artists Do: Art Advocacy Posters
Colorful poster titled "What Do Artists Do?" with a list of various artistic activities and a cup holding paintbrushes. This printable art piece serves as wonderful advocacy for creativity in the arts.
What Artists Do: Art Advocacy Posters

Another way to use this list is to review the statements and see if your curriculum touches upon these behaviors and contributions of artists.

These go along with my What Artists Do poster sets which are available at my TPT shop.  So if you are looking for some colorful and fun art advocacy signs, look no further.

Colorful collage titled "What Do Artists Do?" showcasing signs and posters about various art activities like painting, public art, and cultural art.

I have these posters hanging in my room now and kids often stop to look at them and comment about them.

Save $$ by purchasing the Full Set of ALL 82 Posters as a package!

One art teacher said, “This set is amazing! Well worth the cost. I plan to laminate them and use them in a Youth Art Month Display. There is an incredible amount of valuable content here that has potential in many ways. Thanks for such a nice supplement for my art room!”

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  1. Some of the images you use are in the public domain, but I am wondering if you have permission to use ( and profit from) some of the more contemporary photographs? These are likely copyright protected.

    • Images and clip art are either in the public domain or have Creative Commons/Attribution/Sharealike or Commercial use Licenses. They are credited at the end of the pdf document.

  3. these are so wonderful…. I am going to buy package and put them all up in my art show next week!!!! thank you… your blog is FANTASTIC… I have been following you for about a year

  5. Does the entire packet include the Main list? I’d like to make that poster size to hang outside the classroom.

  6. I LOVE all of these posters, thank you for sharing them! However, when I click on the links to view/download them, nothing happens…Is there another way that I can download/purchase them?