Category Archives: Resources

Artmaking with Young Children

Posted on November 15, 2012 by

I was incredibly lucky to begin my art education career at the Chicago Children’s Museum (CCM) – celebrating its 30th birthday this year! CCM has a fully-dedicated art studio and gallery space on the ground floor.  This Kraft Artabounds Studiowas … Continue reading →

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Principals Panel – November 13

Posted on October 27, 2012 by

  Please join the CCNY School of Education for a Principals Panel on November 13 from 4:30 – 7 pm in NAC Faculty Dining Room.  The panel will focus on “Interviewing Skills for a Teaching or Leadership Position”. The panel … Continue reading →

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The Romare Bearden Project in the Classroom!

Posted on September 26, 2012 by

On September 2 2012, collage-artist Romare Bearden would have celebrated his 101st birthday, and many museums and organizations have set up honorary exhibitions throughout the year to honor the colláge artist  that defined the character of Black American life during the … Continue reading →

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Chicago Public School Teacher Strike

Posted on September 12, 2012 by

More than 29,000 teachers and support staff are on their third day of striking against educational reforms supported by Chicago Mayor and former chief of staff to President Obama, Rahm Emmanuel.  At issue are the cost of health benefits, job … Continue reading →

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Transparency and Opacity in Art

Posted on March 23, 2012 by

My art education class explored the concepts of transparency and opacity using window envelopes.  Students investigated, researched, and played with the concepts as they cut, pasted, glued and transformed the envelopes to create amazing works of art. A fish, a … Continue reading →

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Let’s Talk About Art…silently!

Posted on March 19, 2012 by

According to Nancy Hous’s article “Using Critiques in the K-12 Classroom,” she  focuses on critiques as a useful component in the art classroom because it serves as an evaluation of student artwork, which can be a useful teaching tool for any … Continue reading →

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New York Collective of Radical Educators conference – volunteers opportunity!

Posted on March 14, 2012 by

Want to be a part of the action at the NYCoRE Conference this year?  Volunteer opportunities are available for set-up on Friday March 23rd and throughout conference on Saturday March 24th.   Volunteers pay just $10 for the conference which includes … Continue reading →

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Drawing Technique: Teaching Students To Draw What They See

Posted on February 24, 2012 by

Students with limited art instruction might develop an anxiety to begin drawing. There is an inclination to draw “what you know” rather than “draw what you see”. I understand this anxiety, since I, myself, faced this dilemma as an undergraduate … Continue reading →

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A Tower of Marshmallows

Posted on February 10, 2012 by

What lessons do the Arts teach our 21st century students? Elliot Eisner explores this question in “10 Lessons the Arts Teach”. In order for my students to explore this question further, I facilitated an icebreaker titled “A Tower of Marshmallows”. … Continue reading →

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What is art?

Posted on December 14, 2011 by

Nothing sparks a juicier debate with students than the question, “What is art?” Does it have to do with beauty? Or skill? Or meaning? Is it contextual? Does it have to be in a museum?  Must it be sold?  Or … Continue reading →

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