THE SHOP
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Adaptive Art
A collection of tools and strategies to help art educators create adaptations for students with disabilities by capitalizing on their abilities. This practical resource will enable the educator to engage all students in a meaningful creative process of self-expression. The book includes a variety of instructional methods to adapt art activities, media, tools, and techniques to meet the needs of students with a wide range of abilities.
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Beautiful Stuff from Nature
This sequel to Beautiful Stuff takes found materials exploration outdoors. It is filled with diverse and inviting stories of real teachers challenged to explore their outdoor spaces with children. Discover ideas and suggestions for:
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Communicating through Graphic Design, 2nd Edition
Explore what’s packed into the new edition of Communicating through Graphic Design! Highlighting the importance of idea generation and decision-making, the expanded second edition presents one of the leading art careers to high school students in an accessible and engaging format.
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Curator's Corner
Curator’s Corner, written by Davis Publications’ curator and art historian Karl Cole, provides fascinating weekly insights on art and artists from around the globe and across time, along with engaging, relevant studio activities based on each blog. Follow Karl and learn something new about art! Awarded a “Top 25 Art Teacher Blog on the Web” via Feedspot.
INSTRUCTIONAL MATERIALS
Experience Clay, 3rd Edition
Encourage high-school students to discover their unique styles and interests while also learning about traditions and innovations in ceramics throughout history. This brand-new edition highlights a wide variety of processes including hand-building and wheel-throwing techniques, firing, and mixed media. Each chapter provides an opportunity to engage students with nontraditional approaches to ceramics in contemporary art and all-new Studio Experiences that feature opportunities for student choice.
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Explorations in Art, 2nd Edition, Grades K–6
The most comprehensive resource for K–6 art educators, with learning focused on Big Ideas and Essential Questions; brilliant fine art images, including some of the most exciting and innovative artists of the twenty-first century; engaging process-based studios; STEAM explorations and meaningful literacy and STEM connections that complement art instruction.
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Fashion Fundamentals
Immerse students in problem-solving and innovative thinking with fashion design! This book covers methods and approaches to teaching fashion, including fashion design history, foundations, cultural and personal influences, and materials and tools. Lesson activities guide students through the process of developing original ideas using the creative process and building fundamental skills in clothing creation with a variety of techniques and materials.
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K12 Art Chat, the podcast
Introducing a podcast from the Creativity Department and Davis Publications. What do you get when two groups of mission-driven creatives band together? K12ArtChat, the podcast! Listen to K12ArtChat and learn from experts in the field. You’ll hear in-depth conversations filled with education innovations, resources, tips, tools, and inspiration to keep you connected and moving forward. Check out new episodes every Thursday!
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Making Artists
Making Artists picks up where The Open Art Room left off, covering issues and situations choice-based teachers encounter as they design their programs. This text provides tested methods for working through specific situations including room design, material handling, student ideation, production, and assessment. Additionally, you will enjoy a new set of unit and lesson plans to implement as you develop student-directed classrooms.
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Race and Art Education
This title in the Art Education in Practice Series addresses issues of race in an accessible style with a focus on classroom practice. This book aims to provide a well-informed introduction to essential concepts, vocabularies, strategies, and methods for engaging race and racialized human differences in a constructive and equity-oriented manner.
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Royalwood Ltd.
Royalwood Ltd. specializes in basketmaking, seatweaving supplies, and Crawford Label waxed linen cord. We also have materials and tools that are useful for fiber art and mixed-media projects, as well as beading, bookbinding, and leatherwork. Please call (800) 526-1630 for a catalog or visit our website at royalwoodltd.com.
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SchoolArts Collection: Contemporary Art
This latest title in the SchoolArts Collection is filled with lessons that will encourage your students to learn about, respond to, and create contemporary art. Organized into chapters on Identity, Social and Emotional Issues, and Collaboration, you’ll find studio lessons based on concepts and essential questions. Engage students in projects that are meaningful and discover what their voices add to the contemporary conversation.
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SchoolArts Collection: Early Childhood
Discover diverse lessons based on theoretical foundations common to the Reggio Emilia approach and choice-based and play-based art education. Developed and taught by art teachers from around the country, these lessons reflect child-centered approaches to art education for young students that illustrate an exploratory approach to encountering artist’s tools, materials, and ways of working with an emphasis on discovery and creativity.
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Skutt Kilns & Potter's Wheels
There are a lot of new things happening at Skutt. Our redesigned website has content to inspire and educate art teachers in all aspects of ceramics. Visit and you will find lesson plans, tutorial videos, and hundreds of pictures of ceramic art. Be sure to read about our new Touchscreen Controller, which allows you to monitor your kiln from wherever you have a smartphone connection.