Transition To Choice Based Art Education

When it comes to the institution of public education, schools and education of future citizens, unless one has enrolled their child in a Sud...

Last year we had a multitude of wonderful stories generated through self directed art making. Here is an 8 year old boy sharing his story ...

This guy just graduated from pre school and has spent 3 days in Blocks Paper Scissors Summer Camp!  He told his Grandma yesterday that she...

Clark Fralick and I have been working on a little group project since 2011. Blocks Paper Scissors Summer Art Camp is a choice based art expe...

Trevor and Hunter continue to work with marbles and various building materials using friction and balance to keep their track designs inta...

After the initial teacher presentation on Leonardo's notebook illustrations, children find their way to art centers within the room an...

TAB Teachers disseminate knowledge in many ways. Large group presentations are one way. Students select a center to begin their art a...

Three weeks ago, University of Kentucky film maker and art educator Bryan Reinholdt visited our art room. Bryan has been working on a seri...

I first met my good friend and colleague Bryan Reinholdt through the Teaching for Artistic Behavior Group back in 2009. Since then Bryan h...

Last Friday evening was our student art exhibit. Typically, I am talking to parents and students all night long, but this year I wanted t...

Interested in learning more about rhizomatic curriculum structures through choice based art education ? If you are connected to the Yahoo TA...

After Clark Fralick introduced me to progressive art educators Kathy Douglas, Diane Jaquith and John Crowe at the 2004 NAEA Denver con...

Allowing children to define their own educational goals is critical if they are to fully acquire the capacity for independent thinking. El...

1st Graders stencil a radial design floor mural. Multi-age students help edit an I-Movie with their teacher. Construction Center c...

Rhizomatic curricular structures look like choice based art education art rooms. They are places where organic learning communities ...

2nd Graders create a city out of blocks. My friend and colleague Clark Fralick and I looked at this question for several years. Aft...

Is the mind a blank slate? An empty vessel to pour information and data into without the consent of the learner? Or is the mind an organic ...

6th Grade boy fine tunes his cardboard glider, experimenting with weight and balance. 6th grade boy corrects a design flaw in his unb...

Our librarian Mrs. Haeberle, brought in a wonderful new addition to our still life object collection and it has been the biggest thing in ...

A third grade girl told me she wanted to be a veterinarian when she grows up. She loves to do observation drawings of  animal pictures fro...