ArtMuse67

Here is the first lesson I did with my two kindergarten classes. I had them color 4 strips of paper using the side of a blue crayon for a b...

Where to start! My last post was too long ago. I've been so busy getting acclimated to my new school that I've really haven't h...

While reading some posts from the Getty listerv I came across a comment made by a fellow art teacher based on, as she put it, 'the quilt...

http://www.artprojectsforkids.org/ A fellow blogger's site with loads of information and lesson plan ideas for elementary grade art pro...

The first site is one that I originally wanted to post in conjunction with a sculpture lesson I was planning on doing, but the lesson never ...

According to the requirements of my principal we have to include a rubric next to our bulletin board for the project we've shown. It...

The first two hours of school on Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday of last week and this week were spent doing beginning of the year assessme...

I suppose you could say I took the summer off, (even though I taught summer school). Now that we're already 3 weeks into September, I am...

No, not 'singing songs', SEEING songs. What a great idea for an exhibit! Below is a link to the website artdaily.org and to the MFA...

It's been awhile since my last post. Actually its been 2 1/2 months! I've been busy lately. In addition to working for the Boys ...

Ah, the incomparable, Georgia O'Keefe. Always a favorite of the mild mannered art hobbiest and practical mainstay in art education. I...

Yet again perusing through google images, I came across a pre-school art lesson based on Paul Klee's Head of a Man . The round disk-lik...

I love love love Marilyn Minter. Not necessarily her older works, but her recent ones. Something about the sequined sheen of a model disto...

Last weekend I ventured into relatively uncharted territory (for me anyways) and FINALLY got my behind to the Brooklyn Museum of Art. Well...

Last weekend I had the fortunate pleasure of taking a trip to PS 1 in Long Island City. I was initially aiming for the Brooklyn Museum, but...

The first is a link to Principles Magazine, the entire January/February issue is dedicated to arts education. Not just every principle, but...

Happy Year of the Ox! (For all you oxen out there!) I did a great lesson with our ESL teacher, making Chinese New Year Lion and Dragon Mas...

Brought to my attention by my students, after doing a Keith Haring lesson, the went on a tear about an artist named 'Banksy'. After...

Last week was the Girls and Boys Club of America's 'National Fine Art Exhibit. Each club (the local level) hosts a juried art show ...

I came across this on the Getty art teachers listserv that I subscribe to. It's a petition to president elect Barack Obama to elect a s...