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How to encourage art education in your classroom with everything you do
Encourage art education in your classroom in everything you do. Take a look at easy ways to incorporate the arts…
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9 engaging art projects to help kids reconnect at school
Help students reconnect with each other, re-engage with learning, and find an outlet for complex emotions with art projects.
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6 contemporary black artists your students should know
Looking to provide more diverse art lessons? Here are six contemporary black artists your students can explore and use for…
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Top 5 reasons art education is important (according to teachers)
Get ready to be inspired! You’ll love reading what these art teachers had to say about why art education is…
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How to keep students engaged in art class before winter break
Need ideas to keep students engaged before winter break? Try these tips and projects ideas from art teachers.
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SEL art activities for your classroom
Your art room is the perfect place for students to develop social-emotional learning skills. Read this blog post to get…
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Best tips for teaching students how to wash paintbrushes
Are you sick of finding ruined paintbrushes in your art room? Get tips from real art teachers for teaching students…
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5 “get-to-know-you” activities and lesson plans for art teachers
Nasco Education resident art teacher Sam Rausch pulled together five of her favorite start-of-the-year activities and lesson plans for art…
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How to use tempera paint, tempera cakes, and tempera paint sticks
There’s a reason tempera paint is a classroom staple. Learn about and compare these three options and come away knowing…
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25 teacher-favorite acrylic paint projects
Need some new ideas for your art room? See what these 25 teachers say are their favorite acrylic paint projects.…
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3 ways to support art education with ESSER funds
Do you find yourself wondering—how can I support my art program with ESSER funds? Here are three great ways to…
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Top 10 must-have art supplies every new art teacher needs
Are you wondering what must-have art supplies other educators are using to stock their art cabinets? We asked our resident…
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Beginning-of-the-year art projects and more ideas from our resident art teacher
Hear from Nasco Education’s resident art teacher as she shares her thoughts on art education today as well as some…
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4 ways to incorporate art into summer learning activities
Summer learning programs are a blank canvas for creative ideas. Check out these tips on ways to bring an artistic…
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Tessle your tesselations!
Tessellation Day is June 17. Exactly what is a tessellation you ask? Learn more about these fascinating patterns that are…
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August is American Artist Appreciation Month
Learn more about famous American artists and their contributions to the art world.
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The best way to wash paint brushes (and store them too)
The longevity of a paint brush depends on how well you take care of it. Teach your students the right…
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Adaptive art: Helping students overcome (and understand) unique challenges
Adaptive art is about understanding physical or emotional challenges, and then providing students with specialized tools to help them create.
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Paint care tips for your art classroom
Avoid wasting paint or reducing its quality with these easy steps that will help you get the most out of…
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Top 5 art projects of 2021
We put together a complication of the top five art projects for 2021 to help you get creative with your…
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Creativity in the classroom
Creativity is an important part of learning. See helpful ways to encourage creativity throughout the day.
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Keep creating (no matter what)
As we navigate the new and uncharted territories of remote learning, here are lessons and activities to help kids stay…
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Unusual art forms
An art form is the specific shape or quality an artistic expression takes. How many unusual art forms can you…
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Do you know your art?
Art comes in many styles and forms, but how many can you identify? Learn more about different types of art…
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Celebrating Youth Art Month!
Youth Art Month is a celebration of the visual arts, linking more than 800,000 K-12 students and over 200 art…
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A quick history of art — Part 1
Creativity has spanned through ages and periods in history. Explore a quick historical view of art in the first of…
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A quick history of art – Part 2
Near the end of the Renaissance artistic movements ran against the prim and proper esthetics of the era. Here we…
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A quick history of art — Part 3
From the building of the pyramids to the bright, vivid, over-sized beauties of Georgia O’Keeffe, art has continues to inspire…
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A quick history of art — Part 4
The beauty and wonder of art is how it affects our every day lives. Learn more about art through this…