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A Final Exam? In Art!?

A Final Exam? In Art!?

End of the Year “Lifesavers” EXPANDED!

End of the Year “Lifesavers” EXPANDED!

Being Environmentally Conscious in the Art Room

Being Environmentally Conscious in the Art Room

Five Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Art Room

Five Ways to Celebrate National Poetry Month in the Art Room

Your Action Plan When Leaving An Art Teaching Position

Your Action Plan When Leaving An Art Teaching Position

Are You An Art Teacher Who Hates Grading?

Are You An Art Teacher Who Hates Grading?

Best Practices and Products for Art Room Sinks

Best Practices and Products for Art Room Sinks

5 Ideas from 5 Art Teachers for Celebrating Black History Month

5 Ideas from 5 Art Teachers for Celebrating Black History Month

Art Ed Ideas Worth Sharing: The Community Table

Art Ed Ideas Worth Sharing: The Community Table

The Art Room Library

The Art Room Library

Being Smart When Entering the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Being Smart When Entering the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards

Combating “The Great Holiday Art Room Supply Heist”

Combating “The Great Holiday Art Room Supply Heist”

Art Ed Ideas Worth Sharing!

Art Ed Ideas Worth Sharing!

Tips and Tricks for Papier-Mâché in the Art Classroom

Tips and Tricks for Papier-Mâché in the Art Classroom

Nine Papier Mâché Artists to Know & Teach

Nine Papier Mâché Artists to Know & Teach

Art Teacher Hacks

Art Teacher Hacks

10 Project Ideas to Put You In the Halloween Mood

10 Project Ideas to Put You In the Halloween Mood

Q&A on National Portfolio Days with a Professional Portfolio Coach

Q&A on National Portfolio Days with a Professional Portfolio Coach

Contemporary Artists to Know for Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month

Contemporary Artists to Know for Hispanic and Latinx Heritage Month

Ask the Art Teacher: Handling a Bad Sub Report

Ask the Art Teacher: Handling a Bad Sub Report

How to Encourage Good Craftmanship

How to Encourage Good Craftmanship

Ask the Art Teacher: How Do You Decide A Project’s Due Date?

Ask the Art Teacher: How Do You Decide A Project’s Due Date?

Everything An Art Teacher Needs to Know About Sketchbooks

Everything An Art Teacher Needs to Know About Sketchbooks

My Best Advice for Art Teachers Getting Ready for a New School Year

My Best Advice for Art Teachers Getting Ready for a New School Year

Part I: Where Do Great Lessons Come From?

Part I: Where Do Great Lessons Come From?

Let’s Talk About Failing Art Class

Let’s Talk About Failing Art Class

What Happens to Student Artwork at Year’s End?

What Happens to Student Artwork at Year’s End?

Saying goodbye? Thank you? Gifts for the Art Teacher (or even a special Senior)

Saying goodbye? Thank you? Gifts for the Art Teacher (or even a special Senior)

Why Give a Course Evaluation Survey?

Why Give a Course Evaluation Survey?

Do You Spend Much Of Your Own Money On Student Art Supplies?

Do You Spend Much Of Your Own Money On Student Art Supplies?

Cardboard Project Inspiration

Cardboard Project Inspiration

Artists to Know Who Work In Cardboard

Artists to Know Who Work In Cardboard

Resources On The Eclipse For Art Teachers

Resources On The Eclipse For Art Teachers

5 Solar Eclipse Artworks to Look and Talk About With Your Students

5 Solar Eclipse Artworks to Look and Talk About With Your Students

Ways To Spotlight Art Students

Ways To Spotlight Art Students

Grid Drawing: The Pros and Cons and the Tips and Tricks

Grid Drawing: The Pros and Cons and the Tips and Tricks

What’s In Your Art Room’s Emergency Stash?

What’s In Your Art Room’s Emergency Stash?

Projects that are “For the Birds”

Projects that are “For the Birds”

Ten Artists Inspired by Birds

Ten Artists Inspired by Birds

New Year’s Resolutions and the Art Teacher

New Year’s Resolutions and the Art Teacher

Animated Shorts for the Holidays

Animated Shorts for the Holidays

Shop Art Teachers! Check out Art Teacher’s Etsy Shops and Side Hustles

The Art Teacher’s Guide to Letters of Recommendation

The Art Teacher’s Guide to Letters of Recommendation

Halloween Meets Art History

Halloween Meets Art History

How to Win at Teaching Still Life Drawing

How to Win at Teaching Still Life Drawing

What Odd and Unexpected Items Can Be Found In Your Art Room?

What Odd and Unexpected Items Can Be Found In Your Art Room?

Systems and Strategies for Maintaining Your Art Room

Systems and Strategies for Maintaining Your Art Room

Late Work Policy Options for Art Teachers

Late Work Policy Options for Art Teachers

First Day Activities for Art Classes

First Day Activities for Art Classes

Art Class Syllabus: Essential Ingredients and Creative Twists

Art Class Syllabus: Essential Ingredients and Creative Twists

Advice for New Art Teachers: What We All Wished We Knew Our First Year

Advice for New Art Teachers: What We All Wished We Knew Our First Year

The Art Teacher’s Expected And Not So Expected End of the Year To-Do List

The Art Teacher’s Expected And Not So Expected End of the Year To-Do List

Resources for Playing and Learning About Color

Resources for Playing and Learning About Color

One Hit Wonders: Projects You Can Do In A Day or Two

One Hit Wonders: Projects You Can Do In A Day or Two

Strategies for Destructive Students in the Art Room

Strategies for Destructive Students in the Art Room

A Dozen New Hacks For The Art Teacher

A Dozen New Hacks For The Art Teacher

Fall in Love With These Valentine’s Day Art Lessons

Fall in Love With These Valentine’s Day Art Lessons

Helping Your Students Cope with Perfectionism

Helping Your Students Cope with Perfectionism

A Dozen Strategies for Coping with Art Teacher Burnout

A Dozen Strategies for Coping with Art Teacher Burnout

Everything an art teacher needs to know about scratchboard

Everything an art teacher needs to know about scratchboard

Teaching Typography: Great online resources and games

Teaching Typography: Great online resources and games

Art lessons inspired by type

Art lessons inspired by type

Practical and quick ways to respond to “I can’t draw”

Practical and quick ways to respond to “I can’t draw”

One teacher’s Halloween tradition

One teacher’s Halloween tradition

Strategies for combating “I can’t draw”

Strategies for combating “I can’t draw”

10 Art lesson ideas inspired by fall

10 Art lesson ideas inspired by fall

25 Activities for your art room early finishers

25 Activities for your art room early finishers

Narrowing the divide: The art room’s early finishers & laggards

Narrowing the divide: The art room’s early finishers & laggards

Figure it out: Inspiration for figure drawing

Figure it out: Inspiration for figure drawing

How do art teachers experience and manage imposter syndrome?

How do art teachers experience and manage imposter syndrome?

To loan a pencil or not to loan a pencil? That is the question

To loan a pencil or not to loan a pencil? That is the question

Back-to-school art teacher hacks

Back-to-school art teacher hacks

Collaborative projects to start the year

Collaborative projects to start the year

What’s in a name? Name designs to start the year!

What’s in a name? Name designs to start the year!

Moving levels? What you need to know about transitioning

Moving levels? What you need to know about transitioning

12 Books to Inspire and Entertain the Art Teacher

12 Books to Inspire and Entertain the Art Teacher

How art teachers can be allies to LGBT+ students

How art teachers can be allies to LGBT+ students

Keeping Students Creative Over Summer

Keeping Students Creative Over Summer

End of the Year Hacks to Make Your Life Easier

End of the Year Hacks to Make Your Life Easier

Ways to Recognize your Art Students: Awards, Honors, and Senior Send-offs

Ways to Recognize your Art Students: Awards, Honors, and Senior Send-offs

Part II: The Nitty-gritty of School Art Shows

Part II: The Nitty-gritty of School Art Shows

Part I: Planning for a Successful Art Show

Part I: Planning for a Successful Art Show

Ideas and Advice: Acing the Interview Demo Lesson

Ideas and Advice: Acing the Interview Demo Lesson

Making a school gallery

Making a school gallery

Tips and tricks for linoleum printmaking

Tips and tricks for linoleum printmaking

Twenty five NEW ideas for your art club!

Twenty five NEW ideas for your art club!

Staying in art education: How to navigate these stressful times without abandoning ship

Staying in art education: How to navigate these stressful times without abandoning ship

How does an art educator make a career change?

How does an art educator make a career change?

Do you need an exit plan from being an art teacher?

Do you need an exit plan from being an art teacher?

Cell Phones: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them

Cell Phones: Can’t Live With Them, Can’t Live Without Them

How can you use a Cricut in the art room?

How can you use a Cricut in the art room?

Art Teacher Organizational Hacks for the New Year!

Art Teacher Organizational Hacks for the New Year!

Love Etsy? Love Art Teachers? Look no further for your holiday shopping!

Love Etsy? Love Art Teachers? Look no further for your holiday shopping!

Gratitude fillers for Thanksgiving week

Gratitude fillers for Thanksgiving week

Art Teaching On the Cheap

Art Teaching On the Cheap

Tips to prepare your students for a portfolio review

Tips to prepare your students for a portfolio review

My advice for taking over an art class successfully

My advice for taking over an art class successfully

Parent’s night: A survival guide for new art teachers (and anyone who ever gets nervous)

Parent’s night: A survival guide for new art teachers (and anyone who ever gets nervous)

Art Teacher’s professional goals: More than just busywork

Art Teacher’s professional goals: More than just busywork

Should you consider a National Art Honor Society Chapter?

Should you consider a National Art Honor Society Chapter?

Five Ideas for Substitute Days

Five Ideas for Substitute Days

Ten tricks to remember student names

Ten tricks to remember student names

What to wear? The art teacher’s dilemma

What to wear? The art teacher’s dilemma

Classroom Expectations

Classroom Expectations

Icebreakers You Won’t Hate

Icebreakers You Won’t Hate

Hacks to make life easier come school start

Hacks to make life easier come school start

Summer Reading: Books about Artists

Summer Reading: Books about Artists

Summer Reading: The Professional Books

Summer Reading: The Professional Books

Transition to summer mode

Transition to summer mode

Bad People Who Make Good Art: What Are The Art Teacher’s Responsibilities?

Bad People Who Make Good Art: What Are The Art Teacher’s Responsibilities?

Movies, documentaries, and shows with art and art history themes

Movies, documentaries, and shows with art and art history themes

More Art Teacher Hacks

More Art Teacher Hacks

Things to consider before you accept the job!

Things to consider before you accept the job!

Real life Art Teacher interview questions

Real life Art Teacher interview questions

Interview with Artist James DeRosso

Interview with Artist James DeRosso

Reverse Image Search 101 PLUS some pro tricks and tips

Reverse Image Search 101 PLUS some pro tricks and tips

How to be a good administrator to the arts

How to be a good administrator to the arts

Who appreciates Teachers ? (Where the deals are for teachers)

Who appreciates Teachers ? (Where the deals are for teachers)

Parent misconceptions of art (and how to respond professionally)

Parent misconceptions of art (and how to respond professionally)

36 Days of Type

36 Days of Type

Five artists working on environmental issues

Five artists working on environmental issues

So You Want to Be An Art Teacher?

So You Want to Be An Art Teacher?

One Teacher’s Drawing-a-Day Challenge During School Shutdown

One Teacher’s Drawing-a-Day Challenge During School Shutdown

Diagnostik

One year with Covid: Artistic responses in art lessons and student artwork

One year with Covid: Artistic responses in art lessons and student artwork

Practical Matters: Paint Distribution

Practical Matters: Paint Distribution

Black Artists to Get to Know

Black Artists to Get to Know

50 fabulous Art Club ideas

50 fabulous Art Club ideas

Everything you want to know to launch and run a successful Art Club

Everything you want to know to launch and run a successful Art Club

Creating a community in your online art classes

Creating a community in your online art classes

Food as a Muse, Wayne Thiebaud turns 100 years old

Food as a Muse, Wayne Thiebaud turns 100 years old

Ted Talks that are a must for the art room

Ted Talks that are a must for the art room

Art Teacher Hacks during Covid Times

Art Teacher Hacks during Covid Times

Portfolio Advice for Students

Portfolio Advice for Students

How to add a “National Arts in Education Week” Facebook frame

How to add a “National Arts in Education Week” Facebook frame

Shall We Play A Game?

Shall We Play A Game?

Creativity Killers

Creativity Killers

How to Manage School in Stressful Times

How to Manage School in Stressful Times

Ten FUN Ideas for First Day of Art Activities (for Virtual Learning or In Person)

Ten FUN Ideas for First Day of Art Activities (for Virtual Learning or In Person)

How to add a “Keep Schools Safe” Facebook frame

How to add a “Keep Schools Safe” Facebook frame

Resume Advice for Art Teachers | Part II: Design

Resume Advice for Art Teachers | Part II: Design

Resume Advice for Art Teachers | Part I: Content

Resume Advice for Art Teachers | Part I: Content

How to add a “Art belongs in schools” Facebook frame

How to add a “Art belongs in schools” Facebook frame

The Art Teacher’s Guide to Surviving a Layoff

The Art Teacher’s Guide to Surviving a Layoff

Interview Questions for the Art Teacher

Interview Questions for the Art Teacher

Art History Inspired Face Masks

Art History Inspired Face Masks

Confessions of an Art Teacher in Wake of George Floyd Protests

Confessions of an Art Teacher in Wake of George Floyd Protests

One Teacher’s Drawing-a-Day Challenge During School Shutdown

One Teacher’s Drawing-a-Day Challenge During School Shutdown

Is Remote Learning Taking A Physical Toll?

Is Remote Learning Taking A Physical Toll?

Moral Development and Art Plagiarism: An Art Teacher’s Viewpoint

Moral Development and Art Plagiarism: An Art Teacher’s Viewpoint

The Remote Interview for Art Educators

The Remote Interview for Art Educators

Pondering an Online Digital Art Show? A Review of Options

Pondering an Online Digital Art Show? A Review of Options

Free Resources for Art Teachers

Free Resources for Art Teachers

If you’re facing a school shut down

If you’re facing a school shut down

The Interview Outfit

The Interview Outfit

Art Teacher Memes

Art Teacher Memes

Black History Month Inspiration

Black History Month Inspiration

Art Room Hacks!

Art Room Hacks!

The Art Education Portfolio

The Art Education Portfolio

Perspectives on Perspective

Perspectives on Perspective

Lessons that Fail: What You Have to Learn, Part I

Lessons that Fail: What You Have to Learn, Part I

From Projects to Portfolios

From Projects to Portfolios

Using Arts Education to Help Other Lessons Stick

Using Arts Education to Help Other Lessons Stick

Downloads

Bisa Butler Lesson Resources

Bisa Butler Lesson Resources

Beaded Tree Ornament

Beaded Tree Ornament

Presentations for Marisol Ortega Painting/Digital Lesson

Presentations for Marisol Ortega Painting/Digital Lesson

About Huichol Yarn Painting Handout

About Huichol Yarn Painting Handout

Mola Inspired Cut Paper Project: Step-By-Step Instructions

Mola Inspired Cut Paper Project: Step-By-Step Instructions

Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month Posters

Hispanic & Latinx Heritage Month Posters

Shape: The Tangram Challenge

Shape: The Tangram Challenge

Sub Plan/Worksheet on Value

Sub Plan/Worksheet on Value

Metamorphosis Sub Lesson

Metamorphosis Sub Lesson

Getting to Know You Handout (Start of the Year)

Getting to Know You Handout (Start of the Year)

Sculpting with Cardboard Slideshow

Sculpting with Cardboard Slideshow

Women’s History Month Posters

Women’s History Month Posters

Black History Month Posters

Black History Month Posters

The Art of Michael Murphy Presentation and Guided Notes

The Art of Michael Murphy Presentation and Guided Notes

Gingerbread House Ornament Template & Worksheet

Gingerbread House Ornament Template & Worksheet

Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction With Famous Pieces of Art

Thanksgiving: Fact or Fiction With Famous Pieces of Art

Color Theory Handout

Color Theory Handout

Viewfinders: Template and Directions

Viewfinders: Template and Directions

Compositional Dos and Don’ts Handout

Compositional Dos and Don’ts Handout

Negative Space Substitute Plans

Negative Space Substitute Plans

Design Principles Poster Series

Design Principles Poster Series

Ceramic Vocabulary: Word Search and Crossword puzzle

Ceramic Vocabulary: Word Search and Crossword puzzle

Parody in Art Substitute Plan

Parody in Art Substitute Plan

First Day Collage activity

First Day Collage activity

Get to know you Zine

Get to know you Zine

Making a Slab Box Slide Show

Making a Slab Box Slide Show

VALUE: Tones, Tints & Shades

VALUE: Tones, Tints & Shades

Romare Bearden Poster

Romare Bearden Poster

Lace Drawing Presentation

Lace Drawing Presentation

Pen and Ink Composite Drawings Presentation

Pen and Ink Composite Drawings Presentation

Rubric for Wildlife Conservation Pen and Ink Composite Drawings

Rubric for Wildlife Conservation Pen and Ink Composite Drawings

Artist investigation: Sonny Behan

Artist investigation: Sonny Behan

Presentation for Patterns from Text

Presentation for Patterns from Text

Chuck Close Poster

Chuck Close Poster

Monster Sandwich Handout

Monster Sandwich Handout

Visual Puns for Graphic Design Students/ Sub Plan

Visual Puns for Graphic Design Students/ Sub Plan

Ceramic Rattle Handout/ Substitute Plan

Ceramic Rattle Handout/ Substitute Plan

Art Remix Sub Plan

Art Remix Sub Plan

Drawing Cylinders Substitute Plan

Drawing Cylinders Substitute Plan

Proportions of the human figure

Proportions of the human figure

Posters of fun inspirational quotes for your art room

Posters of fun inspirational quotes for your art room

Triptych Lesson Presentation

Triptych Lesson Presentation

Elements of art visuals

Elements of art visuals

LGBT+ poster series

LGBT+ poster series

Giuseppe Arcimboldo Inspired Fruit & Veggie Portraits Presentation

Giuseppe Arcimboldo Inspired Fruit & Veggie Portraits Presentation

Kumihimo Braid Weavings (aka Kumi Looms)

Kumihimo Braid Weavings (aka Kumi Looms)

Hexaflexagon Presentation

Hexaflexagon Presentation

Steampunk Sculpture Presentation

Steampunk Sculpture Presentation

Atmospheric Perspective Presentation

Atmospheric Perspective Presentation

Collage Self-portrait Presentation

Collage Self-portrait Presentation

Resources for Self-portrait Collage lesson

Resources for Self-portrait Collage lesson

Lesson Instruction Presentation: Radial Print

Lesson Instruction Presentation: Radial Print

Think Series: Coco Dávez

Think Series: Coco Dávez

Presentation: Faceless Vector Portraits

Presentation: Faceless Vector Portraits

Think Series: Maria Prymachenko

Think Series: Maria Prymachenko

Paper Cut Biome Environment Lesson Resource

Paper Cut Biome Environment Lesson Resource

Presentation for “What the Meme!”

Presentation for “What the Meme!”

Presentation for Personal Polynesian Inspired Coil Sculpture

Presentation for Personal Polynesian Inspired Coil Sculpture

Art with Heart

Think Series: Artists we lost in 2021

Think Series: Artists we lost in 2021

Woven Star Ornament Instruction Sheet

Woven Star Ornament Instruction Sheet

Gratitude Bingo Card

Gratitude Bingo Card

About Landscape Painting Handout

About Landscape Painting Handout

Fall Leaves Template

Fall Leaves Template

Mixed Media Nature Drawing slide show by Ursina Amsler

Mixed Media Nature Drawing slide show by Ursina Amsler

About Alebrijes

About Alebrijes

My Sample NAHS Application

My Sample NAHS Application

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) slideshow

Dia de los Muertos (Day of the Dead) slideshow

Paintbrush care and cleaning posters

Paintbrush care and cleaning posters

NAHS Handbook, Ceremony Template, Steps to Starting a NAHS, etc

NAHS Handbook, Ceremony Template, Steps to Starting a NAHS, etc

Substitute Lesson on Abstract Art

Substitute Lesson on Abstract Art

Covid safety PSA (art history style)

Covid safety PSA (art history style)

Class Evaluation Form

Class Evaluation Form

Certificate of Recognition

Certificate of Recognition

Women’s History Month Think Series

Women’s History Month Think Series

Paint Palette

Think Series for Black History Month

Think Series for Black History Month

Think: That Little Girl was Me by Bria Goeller

Think: That Little Girl was Me by Bria Goeller

Flextangle

Wellness check, art education style!

Wellness check, art education style!

Gelatin Plate Instructions

Gelatin Plate Instructions

Pie and Cake Shape Templates

Pie and Cake Shape Templates

Think Series: Wayne Thiebaud

Think Series: Wayne Thiebaud

Improvise a ruler

Improvise a ruler

Bell Ringers and Think Series for the Holidays

Bell Ringers and Think Series for the Holidays

Student Portfolio Guide

Student Portfolio Guide

Bell Ringer: Art Materials and Techniques

Bell Ringer: Art Materials and Techniques

Bell Ringers: Elements of Art

Bell Ringers: Elements of Art

Bell Ringers: Art History and Issues in Art

Bell Ringers: Art History and Issues in Art

Bell Ringers: Problem Solving Skills

Bell Ringers: Problem Solving Skills

Type Face Challenge/Sub Plan

Type Face Challenge/Sub Plan

We all need a laugh! Memes for Art Teachers

We all need a laugh! Memes for Art Teachers

Ceramic Tools

Drawing Idioms

Photography Challenge: Found Alphabet Words

Photography Challenge: Found Alphabet Words

Homemade Clay Tools

Homemade Clay Tools

Student Guide to Photographing Artwork

Student Guide to Photographing Artwork

Think Series: Artists as Activists Series

Think Series: Artists as Activists Series

How to Make a Simple Sketchbook

How to Make a Simple Sketchbook

Ergonomics for Teachers

Ergonomics for Teachers

Art Plagiarism Digital Handout

Art Plagiarism Digital Handout

Color theory Spinners

Color theory Spinners

Think: Gee’s Bend Artist Mary Lee Bendolph

Think: Gee’s Bend Artist Mary Lee Bendolph

Mola Handout

Perspective and Life Drawing

Perspective and Life Drawing

Origami Nesting Box

Origami Nesting Box

Gift Bag

Ceramic Vessel Anatomy

Ceramic Vessel Anatomy

Firing a Kiln Handout and Crossword Puzzle

Firing a Kiln Handout and Crossword Puzzle

Fold Out Book Instructions

Fold Out Book Instructions

Product Talk

Investing in Art Panels

Investing in Art Panels

Best Practices and Products for Art Room Sinks

Best Practices and Products for Art Room Sinks

When a Parent Asks What Art Supplies to Gift to their Child

When a Parent Asks What Art Supplies to Gift to their Child

The Demise of Elmer’s Art Paste and Papier Mâché Options

The Demise of Elmer’s Art Paste and Papier Mâché Options

The Cleaning Products Art Teachers Recommend

The Cleaning Products Art Teachers Recommend

Best Products for Working with Cardboard

Best Products for Working with Cardboard

Art Teachers, Let’s Talk Rulers.

Art Teachers, Let’s Talk Rulers.

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