The Media Arts Issue, April 2023

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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Nancy Walkup, SchoolArts editor-in-chief, shares helpful resources related to the theme of Media Arts.

It was with great sadness that SchoolArts magazine learned that Dr. David Weston Baker passed away on January 2, 2023. Dr. Baker served as editor for SchoolArts from 1978 to 1989, making a significant contribution to the art education profession.

The Media Arts Issue, April 2023

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.

Learn about the experience of pre-service art educator, Dana Kirk, joining the TAB (Teach for Artistic Behavior) classroom of Jessi Ruby in the Spring of 2020.

Early childhood students use shapes and lines to create a silhouette of a tall ship. Students will learn how to use one shape to make another shape.

Elementary students create a whimsical landscape drawing inspired by Dr. Seussʼs illustration style.

Middle school students draw and shade a still life composed of candy and then apply watercolor.

High-school students conceptualize and produce a 4 x 14' (1 x 4 m) mural based on feedback from a local elementary school.

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Art Teacher Jean Freer Barnett successfully applies the TAB philosophy to their ceramics program.

Art teacher Christopher Taylor created their own digital content which helped them to develop their own set of artistic skills and the ability to communicate those skills to students and other teachers.

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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.

Elementary students follow a design thinking process to develop and produce meaningful, interactive, research-backed video games.

Middle-school students switch from using oil pastels to Chromebooks and digital drawing software to render unique, dramatic dragon eyes.

High-school photography students learn light painting techniques and work in teams to create illuminating, long-exposure self-portraits.

Choreo-Photolist Benji Reid merges choreography, theater, and photography into self-expressive tableaux in this month’s feature.

High-school students explore the relevancy of folk art today and express their personal heritage through a digital floral folk art piece.

Elementary students create and then photograph imaginary dioramas of public art inspired by Claes Oldenburg.

Early childhood students create a crayon-resist watercolor painting of themselves doing their favorite activity in the their favorite weather.

Middle school students combine their art skills with technology to create 3D-printed bas-reliefs.

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The nonprofit organization Council for Art Education nationally sponsors YAM, which focuses on one primary goal: To visually demonstrate to federal and state legislators, education officials, community leaders, teachers, and parents the importance of keeping quality art education funded in K–12 schools, and provide a forum for acknowledging skills that are exclusively gained in, with, and through visual art.

National Art Education Association Convention, San Antonio, April 13-15, 2024. Hundreds of options for professional learning, connectivity, and creativity! Join visual arts, design, and media arts educators from around the world at this epic event!

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.

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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.

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Art teacher Molly Kraybill created a sticky-note poster that quoted students as a way to advocate for their program and for the school community to get a glimpse into the joy of a student-centered art studio. .

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