I went to a really fun painting workshop last summer for a weekend which I never shared on my blog…. until now! The workshop is called Zen Painting and it was taught by Jodi Ohl. I have been following Jodi Ohl’s blog for many years. When I was looking for some hands-on professional development for the soul, I noticed she was teaching at Shake Rag Alley, which is only 45 minutes away from my house. My co-worker Martha, who teaches … Read more…
In my last post, I wrote an overall recap of the National Art Education Association conference. I also gave a summary of the artist Jesse Reno’s speech. In another post, I put together a little art history quiz of artworks from the Art Institute of Chicago. Today I am going to share with you some highlights from a few of the presentations. If you would like to see all of the handouts from the presentations that were uploaded, they are … Read more…
Hi, artsy friends! It’s taken awhile for me to gather all my pictures and information from the National Art Education Association conference and compile them into a recap. At my school, if you go to a conference, you present something about your experience at one of our weekly staff meetings. So I am “killing two birds with one stone”. If you have never been to an art conference, it is really fun! There are many, many sessions to choose … Read more…
I got the idea to write this post based on a recent discussion about teaching portfolios in the Facebook Art Teachers group. I thought sharing parts of mine might be helpful to a prospective teacher who is building their portfolio. These are all my opinions and you might have a better way to show your teaching experience. Another teacher suggested bringing an iPad to the interview with digital pictures. I think that would be a fantastic way to show your … Read more…
Welcome to the second post in my series On Teaching Art. The first post and the background behind this series is On Teaching Art: Art vs. Craft. The question posed for this installment is: How can we organize planning for art instruction? Carrie Birmingham said, “For instance, I can imagine planning around art elements like line and color, or planning based on great artists, or planning based on curricular connections, or planning based on children’s development. There are probably a … Read more…
Hello art teacher friends. I hope you are staying healthy and away from those nasty germs. I have been overcome by one of these little bugs and was sick all week. Yes, the dreaded flu. I only taught one day this week. 🙁 Although, two of the days were actual days off of school (MLK day and a grading day). Those two days off were spent grading and sneezing in bed. I wanted to share with you two ways to … Read more…
Are you bummed because you didn’t get to go to the NAEA Conference this year? Did you go to the conference and miss a session you wanted to see because you were busy scoring free samples? Have you never heard of the NAEA conference and want to know what kinds of things go on there? The session handouts are up on the NAEA website. So, if a presenter uploaded their session powerpoints or handouts they are there. It’s a great … Read more…
