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Art Teachers Chatboard

K-12 Art Exhibit

by Erica Furjanic

Feb 20, 2018

Hello! Anyone come from schools that feature a K-12 Arts event? We're looking to try something where we as a department feature all our kiddos but are grappling with the sheer number of artworks for such an undertaking. Any ideas or feedback from those who do it would be much appreciated!

Dallas_216 n my experience, a great way to involve all the students with different skill set/interests/ability levels is to have one big common theme (it also helps to have one common display location). We used the stage in the cafeteria. We took one full school year to basically build a new planet on the stage. Think of it as a set for a play or a movie. The...See Moren my experience, a great way to involve all the students with different skill set/interests/ability levels is to have one big common theme (it also helps to have one common display location). We used the stage in the cafeteria. We took one full school year to basically build a new planet on the stage. Think of it as a set for a play or a movie. There were so many moving components that the students could choose from:

Stage Construction - building infrastructure such as walls and backdrops

Set Design- what does this planet look like? terrain, weather, inhabitants, etc

Narrative- how did this place come to be? who are the main characters and what type of lives did they lead?

Tech- We happened to have a few skilled teachers in technology and we taught students how to use lighting, sound and simple animation (flip-book style) to make the exhibit come to life. It's amazing how far you can get with fairy (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. and flood (Links to an external site.)Links to an external site. lights.

These were the main teams and the beauty of it was that each day (or week, whatever is more managable) students could choose which team they wanted to participate in and could switch it up when they wanted to try something new. The key to this is having the daily task/activity pre-planned and largely self-led. This is a lot of work but really no different than having your lesson plans ready.

It's a big undertaking but the students get very involved and since it is a year-long project, they are so proud at the end of the year when they get to unveil it to the school, admin, peers and parents. It's cool because they are not taking home 100+ projects a year (or more acuretly leaving them in the classroom for you to throw away or hoard), but there is also the question of longevity. How long does this new project stay up at the school? What happens to the materials used to construct such a project? We obviously can recycle the tech, but in our case, a lot of painted cardboard went to the dumpster.

By the way....80-90% of the exhibit was made with recycled materials :) We called the exhibit "Mad Bubble".

Apr 6, 2018

Matthew August Take a look at what I am doing at crittercreekhollow.com and I think you might want to consider this project for your school. Thanks, Matthew

Apr 16, 2018

Illustration Art Project

by Matthew

Apr 11, 2018

I am looking for art students 2nd-8th (and perhaps beyond) to participate in providing illustrations for our children's book series 'The Animals of Critter Creek Hollow.'

The series consists of numerous children's stories addressing many of life's challenges with specific focus on living with special needs. The stories involve different a...See More

Art Teacher - with Graphic Design Experience

by @Crotona International High School in the Bronx, NY (NYCDOE)

Apr 5, 2018

Position: Art Teacher (with graphic design experience)

We are looking for a teaching artist with graphic designing experience. Teacher or teaching artist with industry experience is preferred. We are willing to work with a strong candidate in gaining credentials to become a CTE certified teacher. Any regularly licensed teacher with passion...See More

Learning Communities and Professional Development

by DV

Mar 30, 2018

Hello, does anyone know of any effective ways an art teacher can support their colleagues during PLC's or in a Learning Community?

Art teachers- tell me about your experiences

by Insight into material buying

Feb 14, 2018

Hi! I am working on a research project and wanted to gather some insight from art teachers on materials and art budgets within their schools- if you could help and respond to some of these questions that would be greatly appreciated! Thanks!

Where do you buy/obtain your art supplies?

Why do you like shopping there?

What d...See More

HS Graphic Design Teacher (teaching artists preferred)

by Shweta Ratra

Feb 6, 2018

Position: Art Teacher with Graphic Designing Experience

We are looking for an art teacher with experience in graphic designing, Adobe Photoshop etc. Teacher or teaching artist experience is preferred.

We seek people who:

Have a passion to teach newly arrived immigrant students to USA.

Should be adept at project...See More

Jan 26, 2018

Does your site collect shop fees? And what is your method of collecting and making sure you get them from the students? I teach in California where it's against ed code to require a shop fee to pass a class but it helps fund my class. Any ideas? I thought about that website site where people can buy supplies for the classroom.

New Principal walk thrus

Nov 6, 2017

This is my 5th year teaching high school photo and teaching in general. Our school has a new principal and he likes to do random walk-thrus. Admins make me nervous because my classroom dynamic is very different than they expect. Like, in a traditional art classroom, all the students are relatively working on something at their desk (looking busy). ...See More

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Erica Well I have a update. So he goes through our department at least 3 times a month. Random days and random times although he's never hit my 2nd period(my best class) or 6th period in which I feel it's unfair bc he's rolled around during teachers preps and said hi but not me. So he sent the AP in charge of our department to talk to me to get insight. ...See More

Dec 8, 2017

Erica Jennifer - A colleague mentioned journaling and I don't have many sources for ideas. Particularly, something that is highly rigorous. Not like: "How to I feel today". The complaint from the principle is mainly with my IB class. Students do their projects at home for high quality work but during class time they sit there and do homework. I can't hav...See More

Jan 14, 2018

Learning Communities

by Mariela

Nov 1, 2016

How do you participate in Professional Learning Communities with other subjects or elective in the school system?

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Josie We've been doing it for years.... I'm team leader of ours,
and no, nothing we do is or has ever been "useful." I
stopped analyzing it years ago and simply go through the
motions just happy to have a job teaching art. The older I
get the more I realize that the key to being happy in this
profession and making a difference fo...See More

Feb 8, 2017

Erica I agree with Josie. When all the staff at the school meet for PLC, art department is always left out but expected to come and participate. We're expected to reflect on the objective of that meeting. It's always been that way because the problems usually underly in the core classes.

Jan 14, 2018

group interview???

by Mia

Jun 12, 2017

I am going on a group interview tomorrow. Does anyone have any suggestions? I was told there would be five of us there being interviewed. This is for elementary art. Even though I have experience teaching elementary as a long term maternity leave leave teacher, I am scared to pieces.

Erica I think as long as you answer the questions you'll be fine. Think about your what is your pedagogy, elements of art and principles of design (I got asked this and I totally did not remember them), classroom management situations and key lesson plans. Any events from your experience on how to connect to special needs students and ELDs. This might be...See More

Jan 14, 2018

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