Arts in Education Week is September 9-15th and what better way to promote the Arts in Education than to make what you and your young artists do every single day more visible to other teachers,… [Continue Reading]
How To Start Off A New School Year in the Art Room
Most of us are heading back to the classroom pretty soon- tidying up our rooms and refreshing the walls by incorporating a new theme or perhaps decorating with hot finds from the Target Dollar Bin…. [Continue Reading]
Five Useful Tips When Writing Budget Proposals For Grants
While prepping the budget for this year’s Service Learning Project grant, I found a few tricks along the way that helped me to work with the figures to get the project adequately funded. Here are… [Continue Reading]
Sanity-Saving Strategies for Spring Survival in the Art Room
Ah, spring… The smell of flowers in the air, the sound of birds in the distance… and the feeling that you’re STUCK inside with the madness that IS your students’ spring fever right now! Art… [Continue Reading]
5 Easy Ways to Celebrate Youth Art Month
1. Seek endorsements Endorsements are just basically your local leader’s autographs on a paper that says they support your cause. You can get a signature from your school superintendent, principal, assistant principal or any school… [Continue Reading]
Things I Wish I Knew About Teaching Art to 3 Year Olds
This year is my first year teaching the 3 year old Art Class. I’m not going to sugarcoat it… things were rough in the beginning. I made a LOT of mistakes. But, I’m glad I did,… [Continue Reading]
