It’s hard to forget January 28, 1986. Well, not the whole day, but the shocking news. I was a teenager, living overseas without a tv (before internet!) but word of the Challenger disaster spread quickly even to my home on the campus of the American School in Kinshasa, Zaire. I had long been a… Read more »
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Teachers ‘Toon Too! Getting to Know: Aron Nels Steinke
Kids love to make comics. As an art teacher, I see them drawing their favorite characters or creating their own almost every day (even if it’s not the assignment!). Confession: sometimes us teachers like to make comics too. I first learned to draw by copying Batman. Now I’m working on my own graphic novels! Another… Read more »
Happy New School Year!
Here’s a virtual inspirational Back to School poster. Have a great year everyone!
Art Blast! Fun Lessons for Kids and Aliens #10
Your Own Secret Code Can you solve a famous art mystery? If so, please tell me what this says: Give up? I give up, too. It’s a painting by the Russian artist Wassily Kandinsky, in which he made up his own symbolic language. Did he tell anyone what it means? NO! So frustrating…. Read more »
Art Blast! Fun Lessons for Kids and Aliens #9
Make Art with Stuff True or False: You need expensive art materials to make art? And the answer is: FALSE. False, False, FALSE! Art doesn’t come from having fancy paints (though fancy paint is nice). Art is born when you put your creative mind (your imagination) to work (effort). I bet you can create… Read more »
