Transition To Choice Based Art Education

Wow, what an exhilarating time the month of March was for me. Last month was filled with incredible experiences and incredible expenditures ...

Here is my agenda for the month of March: Attend NAEA Conference at Boston on the 4th, 5th and 6th and present with Clark on our "Trans...

We have been "goin to town" in the art room, getting ready for our annual Spring art show. Our kids have been writing artist stat...

Animation Experiment 

2nd Grade Artists Writing Statements. 

Today I gave a couple of first graders opportunities to tell me about their art while I recorded their voices and filmed their art with my J...

My new assessment tool is a digital camcorder. I have been interested in using mpg files with our electronic portfolio program for some ti...

Each time the boys pulled a new monoprint they rearranged and reset the yarn into another configuration, repeated the process and pulled ano...

A group of third grade boys were experimenting in the artroom today with a bucket full of wet painted grey yarn. I said, "Hey, what are...

I believe "Count Olaf" was inspired by the "Series of Unfortunate Events" movie. "Johnny" is a gifted draughts...

The "Dragon Mural" has become one of the big attractions in the art room lately. Jimmy Shockly (not his real name) asked me for a ...

Dragon Mural 

Clark and I presented at the IAEA State Conference last Friday. We had a nice group of interested teachers check in with us (20) and listen ...

Fourth grader Scott's reflection in his electronic portfolio on his mural making process. 

Third grader Sarah's multimedia landscape. 

Student Directed Halloween Mural 

Mural Artists At Work 

I have been thinking about assessment since day one. One of the things we do here that I believe is unique to our program is electronic port...

Sculptures created with cardboard, tape and glue.  

3rd grade students begin constructing sculptures with cardboard, tape glue and scissors.