Published on 1 January 2023
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Art teachers encourage students to develop visual and digital literacy skills. Young students learn about Froebel’s Gifts and participate in a series of scaffolded lessons, elementary students explore the concept of unity in art-making and photograph compositional designs, middle-school students use surprising materials to construct hyperrealistic food items, and high-school students create imaginative Doodle Art inspired compositions.
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The Visual Culture Issue, January/February 2023
The Visual Culture Issue, January/February 2023
Experience Art from Davis
Filled with opportunities to build critical thinking skills and choice, this brand-new middle school art curriculum for grades 7–8 is designed to help students express their ideas and feelings through meaningful art-making and see themselves as part of the learning process.
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Editor's Letter: Visual Culture
Nancy Walkup, SchoolArts editor-in-chief, explains what visual culture means today and the importance of teaching it in the art room.
Professional Development from Davis
Davis provides learning that is relevant to contemporary approaches and issues. Presented on-demand, virtually, or in-person by master teachers who are experts in the most current classroom pedagogy and the practical, discipline-specific, targeted application of research-backed content. Learn from educators who are recognized leaders with a plethora of applicable classroom successes.
Table of Contents
The Visual Culture Issue, January/February 2023
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.
Point of View: Focusing on Visual Literacy
Explore the significance of promoting visual literacy in art education. Understand how critical discussions enhance students' ability to interpret and engage with visual content.
ClipCard: Seasonal Still Life
Early childhood students create still-life drawings while reinforcing their knowledge of the current season.
ClipCard: Large-Scale Drawings
Elementary students draw an object on a large scale and focus on capturing value.
ClipCard: Alternating Patterns
Middle school students overlap lines and shapes in a design composition to create a pattern with only two colors.
ClipCard: Narrative Illustrations
High-school students create a pen and ink illustration that tells a story.
Managing the Art Room: Agents for Equity
A discussion about in equity results in banners with powerful messages. The art room becomes a brave space for students where they feel that their voice matters.
Advocacy: A Colossal Swash
Explore how advocacy in art education fosters communication among diverse cultures, exemplified by a colossal art installation.
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The SchoolArts Collection: Contemporary Art
Contemporary Art, 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.
Oodles of Doodles
High-school students create fantastical doodle art compositions that depict one of three stages in an epic battle between monsters and robots.
Surf's Up
Explore a unique middle school art lesson where students design and paint surfboards, collaborate with local shops, and engage in community events, while learning about art and culture.
Hello Comics
Elementary students draw introductory comic strips that communicate three things they would like their teacher and peers to know about them.
Contemporary Art in Context: Sopheap Pich
Discover the unique bamboo, rattan, and burlap sculptures of contemporary artist Sopheap Pich in this month’s feature.
Pastry Case Revisited
Middle-school students construct hyperrealistic food items using papier-mâché, foam insulation, restaurant items, and other embellishments.
Froebel's Gifts
Explore how Froebel's gifts can transform early childhood art lessons by fostering creativity, motor skills, and visual literacy. Engage students with interactive play and structured learning.
Tattoos in Visual Culture
Tattoos serve as powerful discussion starters in this high school art lesson. Explore their role in identity, history, and contemporary society.
Creatively Organized
Explore how elementary students use photography and everyday objects to learn about compositional design and unity in art. This lesson fosters creativity and skill development.
Focus In: Welcome Blanket
Welcome Blanket is a crowd-sourced artistic project that builds a platform of engagement, making, storytelling, and community in support of refugees settling in the United States. Since 2017, more than 6,500 blankets have been made, exhibited, and gifted.
NAEA: Virtual Art Educators
National Art Education Association (NAEA) Virtual Art Educators 2022-2023 Professional Learning Webinars. Learn. Connect. Be inspired! Earn professional learning or university credit anytime, anywhere!
Art Education in Practice Series from Davis
The Art Education in Practice Series is the single most comprehensive source for superior content in teacher education and professional development. Each contributor to this series is a nationally known expert on theory and practice in art education.
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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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.
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