Intermediate art projects

In my first year of teaching, I was terrified of teaching art. It was a subject I had always struggled with and that a few of the kids had already decided they HATED. Thankfully, I was able to find some art activities that everyone could be happily engaged in!

After nearly a decade of teaching secondary students, I've had a lot of time to test out a variety of 2d art projects. Let's face it: as teachers, sometimes we plan and plan and plan. We are so excited to deliver the project, and then... it flops. Students are uninterested and the final products aren't

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This year my school adopted a new schedule. Now, instead of seeing my classes daily for 47 minutes, each day we drop one period. In addition, each class has one weekly “long block” that is 68 minut…

These Katsushika Hokusai Art Projects for Kids are perfect to help us learn about the amazing Japanese artist who made great waves a thing!

Have you ever wanted to have your students create an expressive work of art, but didn't know where to start? Last year I took a workshop at the Expressive Arts Institute in San Diego. It was an amazing weekend that opened up my mind to the possibilities of working through emotions in art. There was one exercise that I really loved and I immediately saw how it could benefit teenagers. I tweaked it a little bit for my high school art class, and I can honestly say it was the best art project I…

This culture jars art lesson is a great way to showcase each individual students' celebrations, traditional food and meals, and customs.