The 2011 NAEA National Convention will be held on March 17-20 in Seattle, Washington. The theme is "Creativity, Imagination and Innovation in Art Education." ...
Hello All, I only use Crayola Air-Dry Clay when doing ceramics projects with my K-8 students because there are 723 of them and we don't have a kiln. It...
Call for Artwork a. Open to young artists ages 5-15 b. teachers who submit their students' artwork are eligible to receive one of five $1,500 cash awards for...
Does anyone use a tracker or excel spreadsheet to track students' mastery of standards they are teaching over the year? If so, I'd LOVE to get a copy so I can...
Hi All, Does anyone do a take-home bag or backpack with materials or learning items like the book bags primary classrooms use? I'd like to start a program, to...
i have a class of 4 middle school kids for an hour 2x a week. i was looking to do some photography and graphic design lessons/unit. anyone with a good...
Someone posted that they would like to learn about a few more art contests out there for their students. This was sent to me today: The Rotary Clubs of Rotary...
Greetings Art Educators, Good news! I just heard back from Eliza (from Africa Direct). Get your purchase orders ready, Africa Direct will give you a discount...
Greetings Art Educators, Jan posted this site to ArtsEducators list: http://www.beadforlife.org/ in response to my post about African Beads. You won't find...
Greetings Art Educators, I have been buying African art and beads from Africa Direct for many years. Today my book arrived, African Beads: Jewels of a...
A quick 'make n take' tile project I saw during a musuems Family Day: Glazed ceramic tiles decorated with felt tip markers. (Their project theme could have...
If you have experience accessing these links, please visit http://montessori21stcentury.wordpress.com/ Because some of the lesson plans contain art education,...
Doodle 4 Google is a competition where K-12 students are invited to use their artistic talents to think big and redesign Google's homepage logo for millions to...
Hello All, Help create a pageant of giant puppets in a remote village the Italian Alps! The workshop covers many great techniques for art educators interested ...
Greetings Art Educators, If you have not done so - subscribe to New York Times via email. There is always something there to inspire a lesson - or to simply...
I am posting at least once or twice a month how to draw different things. Today I posted one of the easiest to teach children - birds. I link the drawing...
Hi. I am creating a flyer for one of my new programs and I'm in search of royalty-free images of 12-13-year-old kids creating collage! Any ideas????? Thank u! ...
This is going to be a big job. Creating a class project for 28 grade 4/5 kids to model five different scenes from the book. I'm going to be using 28mm scale...
This is one of my favorite projects. Art is such a powerful tool in science! The children create a hibernating bear habitat -- complete with snow! They...
Does anyone have any recommendations on fixing my dull scissors? They still cut paper fine, but fabric and yarn is horrible. SHould I just order new scissors...
I've had several e-mails the past few days asking me if it's OK to post comments or questions about art and homeschooling. I think some parents are a little...
http://maryannfkohl.typepad.com/blog/ I just added some new art ideas to my blog. Visit my blog to enjoy the sample pages using aluminum foil for 5 art ...
To my ceramic peeps: I am using Sheffield clay earthenware. had a lot of trouble with pieces exploding in my first batch of projects-this is new clay to me. So...
Hey folks. I'd just like to ask for your opinion about teaching high school students. But first, the back story: I've been teaching K-5 for about 4 years and...
