Welcome to Art Class Curator! This podcast is something that’s been in the back of my mind for years and I’m excited that it’s finally happening. Each episode will dive deep into different aspects of teaching art – from passionate art teachers sharing their work to mini-trainings on art appreciation strategies that you can use in…
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Close Encounters with Art – Art Observation Activities
Inside: Creative and engaging art observation activities that will help students connect with and remember works of art long after class ends. How can we help our students truly see a work of art? Not just glance at it to make a judgment about whether or not they like it but really experience and connect…
How to Teach Abstract Art
Inside: Use this abstract art lesson to teach abstract art to your middle school and high school students. Students draw a bull four ways and look at art by the Bull Series’ by Pablo Picasso and Roy Lichtenstein to learn the process from realistic to abstract art. My kids could do that! How many times…
Art, Horror, and The Sublime: Pablo Picasso’s Guernica
Inside: This Guernica lesson includes a free worksheet for exploring the symbolism in one of Picasso’s most famous artworks. On September 11, 2001, the world was glued to their television sets. We witnessed the repeated footage of planes slamming into the two towers and the crashing of the buildings to the ground killing thousands, footage of…
My Art Bucket List
I’ve had the great fortune of seeing a lot of incredibly amazing art in person with my high school/college travels to Europe and my recent travels to NYC, but there are still many artworks that I long to see. Here are the artworks that I haven’t met in person yet but absolutely need to before…
5 Artworks to Promote Introspection
Welcome back to my Art Round-Up series where I curate groups of paintings around themes for use in your home or classroom. Each post, I will pick 5 artworks that you could start discussing today with your kids. Today’s topic is artwork to promote introspection. These are great artworks to sit down with and use…
