

Support, Encore, Related Arts, Connections
Art (and music, physical education, technology, librarians, dance, and theatre) teachers get called lots of names. Many school...


Currently Reading
I've had this classic on my "to read" list for a while. Like any text (or artwork), readers bring their own life experience into their...


Back in the Classroom
2016 was a year of trial and error. After a string of exciting and diverse career opportunities and a false start down my final path...


PRESENTING: Facilitating Critical and Aesthetic Inquiry
After reading the assigned articles, particularly the one about Thomas Monroe, I got a few ideas about conducting this week's...


RESPONDING - Developing a Repertoire of Skills for Visual Perception and Artistic Response
How do you teach students how to respond in their own voice? In many ways our education system is centralized on objectivity - one right...


CREATING - Facilitating Engagement with the Art Making Process
I enjoy the practical aspect of the Better Practices text. There are so many great ideas presented, but a few that stuck out to me were:...


Aesthetic Inventory
I pulled most of these images from my phone and noticed how many images of trees, leaves, and the land I photograph - a very agrarian...


ThisIsColossal.com Artwork
For tonight's class, I chose Riusuke Fukahori’s artwork from thisiscolosal.com to be the piece for discussion. I'm not entirely sure how...


CONNECTING: Facilitating Investigations into Historical, Cultural and Social Context
National Core Arts Anchor Standard #11: Relate artistic ideas and works with societal, cultural, and historical context to deepen...


What work of art/artist's work would I like to own?
This question was posed during our first class. My Answer: Carroll Cloar Pretty much any piece. I love the Southern magical realism of...