As art teachers, we know there are wayyyy too many options of artists and styles you can teach about. You’ve got the greats, the non-negotiables, your favorites…but what about some modern artists that are active on social media? I have compiled a list of 10 of my favorite artists to follow on Instagram who constantly...
Episode 18: Podcast Recap There are a lot of different ways to set up and organize your room for the year. When you start to search online for new ideas, it might be overwhelming! In this episode, we share some of the ways we organize and set up our own art rooms. Our rooms are...
When the school year starts to roll around and the thought of having hundreds of students entering your room creeps in, you want to make that first week as easy as possible (especially if you don’t have every single thing ready to go). One thing that we have found that helps cut down on the...
Episode 17: Podcast Recap In this episode, we talk about how you can incorporate different subject matters into your art curriculum and lessons. There are many ways you can do this and we talk about some of our favorites as well as important things you might want to keep in mind. When you first start...
If you haven’t taken the plunge of adding local artists into your curriculum, I highly encourage it. Sure, they may not have as much notoriety as the greats, below are 3 added benefits to adding these artists into your curriculum! Connection Okay one of the absolute coolest things we’ve discovered in teaching about local artists...
Episode 16: Podcast Recap Most people will tell you that prepping over the summer for the next school year is important BUT you don’t have to do it right away! If you ask either of us, it is important to have time to yourself during the summer. Hayley always takes an entire month off for...
A lot of art teachers are thrown into the freedom of creating their own curriculum. Or they have one passed down to them but are ready for a change. But between art history timelines, elements and principles of art, art mediums, techniques, skills, and the list goes on and on…. where do you start?! It...
Episode 15: Podcast Recap In this episode, we talk about creating a curriculum focused primarily on cultures. This is one of our favorite ways to organize a curriculum but we need to put a disclaimer out there because we know it can be a touchy subject. We are two, white women, who teach in a...
It’s now summertime and along with the nice weather another thing that summer brings is…garage sales! Call them what you want – garage sales, yard sales, rummage sales, whatever your choice of word is, people are selling their unwanted junk (I mean treasures) to strangers roaming the neighborhood. I find it fun to browse and...