Say hello to Jenn Easterling, a long-time member of The Curated Connections Library! She was one of our first members and now works for us creating lessons for the membership. Learn how she uses Art Class Curator resources in her classroom and how it has impacted her teaching and her life. For more information about…
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37: Connecting with Joy and Purpose in the New Year
Teacher burnout is so real it hurts, but there are ways to care for yourself and organize your life to avoid running on empty. In this episode, Cindy explores how teaching is impacted by purpose and joy. She shares her experiences from two vastly different schools, discusses how to prioritize your teaching responsibilities, and how…
36: About Those Dead White Guys: Why the Same Old Artists Aren’t Enough
Let’s talk about why dead white guys are not enough in our art classrooms and why I’m not having a panic attack even saying those words! Listen to About Those Dead White Guys Now Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast player of choice. Links Mentioned in the Show Leonardo da Vinci ‘Salvator Mundi’ Auction Nanette by…
Decoding Style: How to Teach Students to Read an Artwork
How can you tell a Rembrandt from a Vermeer? They both are from the same location and same time period, but they each have their own way of painting, and they are each categorized in art history as Northern Baroque, Rembrandt’s thick application of paint and raw emotion is easily distinguishable from Vermeer’s crisp genre…
35: An Art Lesson on Cultural Sensitivity
Art is the perfect subject to battle xenophobia. The fact that we even call it ‘Non-Western’ art points to how ingrained Western bias is in art education. An entire planet’s worth of cultures and artistic traditions are defined by what they aren’t instead of by what they are. The only way to change the paradigm…
34: A Tale of Two Monets: Moving Beyond Art Appreciation to Something Bigger
In this episode, Cindy comes to the realization that exposing students to works of art is not for the end goal of “appreciation.” It is much, much bigger than that. Where is the passion, the delight, the wonder, the heart-pounding experience with art? Where is the feeling in your heart, that drop in your gut,…
What Makes Art Good? A Lesson and Explanation of Art Theories
Inside: An explanation of four popular art theories and how each of them defines what makes a work of art good. What makes an artwork good? When it adheres to design principles? If it looks true to life? Should it turn our worldview upside down? Must it fill us with emotions? The issue of…
33: Why Art Matters
In this episode of the Art Class Curator podcast, Cindy talks about why art matters and what makes art connection so very important for our students and for the world–from creating more connected and empathetic humans, to understanding and connecting with the past, to learning how to slow down and become comfortable with uncertainty. Meaningful…
32: 7 Ways to Spark Curiosity in your Classroom
In this episode, Cindy discusses how to engage students’ natural born curiosity as well as how to spark curiosity through modeling, exciting artworks, and more. Listen Now Subscribe on iTunes or your podcast player of choice. Listen to Spark Curiosity on YouTube Links Mentioned in the Show: Brené Brown, Rising Strong as a Spiritual Practice…
The 1 Thing You Need to Avoid Teacher Burnout
Inside: Teacher burnout comes for us all, but knowing this one simple thing can change everything. Have you ever seen this chart about the first year of teaching? Maybe in a professional development workshop or at a conference… Studies have shown that 35% of teachers leave the profession during the first year. By the end…
