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Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Showing posts with label children. Show all posts
Tuesday, November 18, 2014

Scenes from Jewelry-Making Artist's Workshop

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Last Thursday I had the pleasure of hanging out and creating jewelry with a few lovely students at Amherst Middle School. We learned some b...
Tuesday, September 2, 2014

Creativity Isn't Dead!

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Thank you so much to all of the parents who came out the week before school to attend my workshop on creativity-- Reimagining Creativity: Bu...
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Thursday, March 20, 2014

Justifying ART and Art Education

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SIGH. Challenging day today. I can't be frank because I will offend. Let's just say I am feeling like I am having to "sell...
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Friday, March 29, 2013

Easy Art Activities For A Snow Day Or Any Day (Part 4)

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This Part 4 in a multi-part series. Here are the previous posts you may have missed: Part 1: Setting Yourself Up For Success: Creating An ...
Wednesday, March 13, 2013

Easy Art Activities For A Snow Day Or Any Day (Part 1)

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I had originally wanted to call this post "Artsy Ways To Survive (Yet Another Snow Day) With Children" but it seemed a bit desper...
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Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Art and the ABC's of Ecology

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I was asked to spend some time with 4-year-olds and talk about ECOLOGY. I said "YES!" and then ran to my computer to look up what ...
Monday, August 20, 2012

Using Centers at Art Camp

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I had read about using centers in the classroom and the idea intrigued me! However, many of my lessons for my 2nd-5th grade students fit co...
Wednesday, May 9, 2012

A Quick Modern Art Project: Warhol

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This past week's after school art class was great! We were able to get two art projects done in the allotted time and some children had ...
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Friday, April 27, 2012

Movement With Lines

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June 2020--PLEASE NOTE--this project has been updated for distance learning to now include a HOW TO VIDEO! The updated post is here . A...
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Monday, April 9, 2012

Frank Lloyd Wright Faux Stained Glass

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Last week my after school class created Frank Lloyd Wright-inspired stained glass windows. I showed them a variety of his stained glass desi...
Tuesday, March 20, 2012

Complementary Color Crazy Quilts

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This amazing "quilt" was done by some of the students in my home school art class. This past summer, I picked up a book called, ...
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Saturday, February 25, 2012

Mosaic Snowglobe Project Results

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This past week I had the pleasure of visiting Mrs. Bevilacqua's second grade class at Wilkin's Elementary School in Amherst, NH. Mrs...
Friday, February 24, 2012

Homemade Stamps for Printmaking

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Here's a great way for you to explore stamping and printmaking . And, it's inexpensive, fast and fun! This past fall, at the ...
Monday, February 13, 2012

Last Minute Valentine: "I Love U"

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This is a nice project to teach positive and negative space and symmetry and makes a cute last-minute Valentine for the wall or as a book...
Friday, February 10, 2012

Modern-Day Adinkra Cloth

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Last time I taught a lesson on African textiles I did the traditional woven paper Kente cloth. This time I wanted the children to explore a ...
Monday, February 6, 2012

Wild Valentine Puppets

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Yet another craft idea for your Valentine's Day card-giving needs OR for a classroom project: "Wild About You" Puppets!  Re...