Blackout poetry is one of my favorite ways to combine literature, visual art, and student choice into one meaningful project. I taught this lesson with my Art II high school students, but it is highly adaptable for other grade levels as well. With adjustments to materials, text complexity, and expectations, this project can work successfully with almost any age group. For this lesson, students created … Continue reading Blackout Poetry Artwork
If you’re gearing up for the new school year and already feeling the back-to-school dread, I hope this collection of engaging secondary art projects helps lighten your planning load. These ten classroom-tested art lessons have become reliable favorites with my high school students. I try to create fun, skill building projects that have students practice technique along with their personal voice. While I currently teach … Continue reading 10 Engaging Art Projects for Secondary Classrooms
I’m so excited to finally share these editable Google Slides as art history warm-up templates that are designed specifically for art teachers! With these resources, these customizable templates make it simple to introduce daily art criticism warm-up activities using Feldman’s method. At the same time, they give you the flexibility to tailor each prompt to your students’ needs and your own teaching style. Here is my detailed blog post about this … Continue reading Boost Art Criticism Skills with Daily Art History Warm-Ups & Editable Google Slides
Try out these Vik Muniz inspired chocolate syrup paintings to get your students’ creativity flowing with a quick and temporary art lesson. When my students are in a rut or needing inspiration, I like to throw chocolate syrup paintings their way. I have used this one day artwork as a midterm “exam” grade, a fun first day back from a long break or a getting … Continue reading Vik Muniz Inspired Chocolate Syrup Paintings
Make your own air dry clay using three ingredients you (probably) already have in your kitchen! I call this the “cauliflower rice” of air dry clay. It is homemade, which makes it really fun, but it doesn’t have the longevity that a mass produced clay has. That being said, I still have an artwork I made four years ago and it has held up beautifully. … Continue reading Homemade Air Dry Clay
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