Published on 1 January 2022
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Art teachers incorporate humor, play, game creation, and imagination into their lessons. Young students assemble surreal imaginative photomontages, elementary students create pinch-pot monsters and 3D environments to film in stop-motion animation, middle-school students reference pop culture in playful pop art television sculptures, high-school students interpret their social media personas through photo collage, and more.
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Early ChildhoodElementaryMiddle SchoolHigh SchoolK-12AdvocacyContemporary ArtCritique/DiscussionInterdisciplinary ConnectionsMedia ArtsMeeting Individual NeedsSTEAMCollaborationCommunicationCommunityDesignEmotionsHumorIdentityImaginationMessagesObservationPlayStoriesTransformationAssemblageCeramicsCollageDrawingMixed-MediaPaintingPhotographySculptureClayColored PencilsCrayonsDigitalGraphiteMarkersNon-TraditionalPaintPaperMedia ArtsLanguage36 articles from this collection:
The Humor Issue, January 2022
The Humor Issue, January 2022
Professional Development from Davis
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Editor's Letter: Humor
Having a well-developed sense of humor is a definite asset for an art teacher, both for your own peace of mind and your students’ engagement in art-making. Humorous events in the art room may not always be laugh-out-loud funny, but a lighthearted attitude on the part of the teacher can work wonders with the classroom environment, both in person and virtually.
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The Humor Issue, January 2022
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Meeting Individual Needs | Communicating Meaning through Art-Making
Art educator Bette Naughton shares the importance of communicating with students and embracing process over product.
Early Childhood ClipCard | Cotton Swab Skeletons
Early childhood students use a nontraditional tool (cotton swab) to paint a skeleton.
Elementary ClipCard | Snowperson Parody
Elementary students create an imaginative drawing of a snowperson incorporated into a famous work of art.
Middle School ClipCard | Pop Art Perspective
Middle school students design a room in one-point perspective that includes a selfie and elements influenced by pop art.
High School ClipCard | Methods of Drawing
High-school students research different approaches to drawing, including picture plane and the grid method, to illustrate their hand.
Point of View | The Healing Power of Art
When children have the opportunity to develop their individuality through their own thoughts and actions, the experience of independent decision making and choice of materials during the creative event accentuates the children’s sense of responsibility, identity, and fellowship.
Point of View | Why Teaching Art is Like Going to Disney World
This might sound strange, but hear me out: I’ve been an art teacher for fifteen years and I’ve been to Disney World six times. There’s a correlation! Let me explain.
NAEA National Convention 2022
Registration is open! Secure your spot now for the 2022 NAEA National Convention, taking place March 3-5 in New York City. Engage in premier professional learning and make meaningful connections at NAEA22. Join us and be inspired!
The SchoolArts Collection: Contemporary Art
This book 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.
Prime Time Televisions
Middle-school students explore pop culture, advertising, consumerism, and more through colorful pop art television sculptures.
Bringing Play into the Art Room
High school students select a game that is most memorable to them to use as inspiration for a play-themed artwork.
Surrealist Playtime
Young students imagine surreal landscapes through photomontage and incorporate their own photographs and interests into the scene.
Contemporary Art in Context: Pippin Barr
Game developer and educator Pippin Barr invites viewers and participants to immerse themselves in his philosophical video games.
Social Media Reflections
High-school students reflect on their online identities and interpret their virtually constructed social media personas through photo collage.
Bird by Bird
Elementary students studied photographs of bird and then focused on their unique characteristics in this quick-paced drawing challenge.
Pop Art Ceramic Sculptures
Middle-school students get a lesson on mathematical nets and then create 3D clay sculptures inspired by Pop Art.
Monstrously More Than a Pinch Pot
Elementary students create playful pinch pot creatures and build 3D environments to film in stop-motion animation scenes.
Focus In: Empty Bowls
Empty Bowls is an international project to fight hunger, personalized by artists and art organizations on a community level.
The Studio Series from Davis
The popular Davis Studio Series fits art teachers’ diverse instructional needs, teaching styles, and classroom configurations while encouraging students to explore their own unique styles and interests. Titles in this studio art curriculum series include: Communicating through Graphic Design, Experience Clay, Focus on Photography, Experience Printmaking, Discovering Drawing, Beginning Sculpture, Exploring Painting.
Tape Art Showcase
Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.
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SchoolArts Collection books
In each of the SchoolArts Collection titles, SchoolArts editor Nancy Walkup and the editorial team from Davis Publications compile articles written by experienced art educators sharing their expertise. Each title, focused on a specific topic, is designed to help educators understand and implement lessons about that topic in their own classrooms.
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The Visual Experience from Davis
The Visual Experience is the leading visual art curriculum in the country, with more images of student artwork, art by women artists, and contemporary and multicultural art than any comparable high-school art curriculum.
Personality Paintbrushes
Elementary students are given creative prompts to inspired their transformation of old paintbrushes.
AMACO Classroom
AMACO (American Art Clay Company, Inc.) continues to be a leader and innovator for ceramics in the areas of art, technology, and education. Get ideas and inspiration for your next Lesson Plan project.
Blick Art Materials
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