Author: The Arty Teacher
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How to Become an Art Therapist
What is an Art Therapist? An art therapist is a mental health professional who helps people express their thoughts and feelings through art. They use activities like drawing, painting, and sculpting to help individuals explore their emotions, heal, and grow. By creating art and talking about it with the therapist, clients can better understand their…
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How to Become a Forensic Artist
What is a Forensic Artist? A forensic artist is a professional who uses their artistic skills to create images of people or scenes to assist law enforcement or legal investigations. Their work often involves drawing faces of suspects, victims, or missing persons, as well as recreating crime scenes or age-progressing images. These images help in…
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How to Become a Filmmaker
What is a Filmmaker? A filmmaker is a creative professional who directs, produces, and often writes or edits films or video content, bringing stories to life through visual storytelling techniques. What Skills does a Filmmaker need? To become a filmmaker, you’ll need to be a great storyteller, learn how to use a camera, and be…
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How to Become an Art Conservator?
What is an Art Conservator? An art conservator is responsible for preserving and restoring artworks and ensuring they remain in good condition for future generations to enjoy. Their expertise covers a wide range of art forms, including paintings, sculptures, textiles, and historical artifacts. Art conservators use scientific analysis, careful cleaning, and repair techniques to stop…
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Art on Experimental Surfaces
The artworks below are created by the students of talented art teacher Rachel Steffan. She used the download you can see here, but I was delighted to see how she differentiated the task for her students and allowed them to push it further, make individual choices and using experimental surfaces. She told me: “I had…
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Being an Anti-Racist Art Teacher
I was shocked to read in The Guardian recently that less than 3% of artists named in GCSE Art exams are black or South Asian. I thought things had moved on. “White artists comprised 91.6% of all exam board mentions, according to a report by the Runnymede Trust thinktank and Freelands Foundation, an arts charity.”…