The Arty Teacher

I’ve put together this list of collage artists to give you an overview of who you could use in the classroom with your students.  There are some old favourites here and hopefully some new ones too.  Click on any image to go to a google search or the artist’s website. Kurt Schwitters You can’t talk […]

I’ve always been drawn to the beaded creations of Betsy Youngquist.  When I read that Youngquists Art Education had had a museum emphasis this seemed to make sense.  Her creations would fit well in a museum of oddities.  I was also disappointed to read that one of her peers at art school struggled to recognise her work […]

I posed the question on social media “If a new art teacher said to you ‘How do you embed art literacy in your art curriculum?’ What would you answer?” The replies came thick and fast with answers that were clearly working to fulfill different curriculums, but there are certainly ideas here worth sharing.  Art literacy […]

A question for you: How are you going to engage boys in art? How do you engage boys in art?  Research shows that boys engage with art if you use the following themes and ways of working.  They are switched off by a limited diet of drawing, painting and writing about artists and engage with […]

This blog post looks at hashtags every art teacher should know, and why you should know them.  Or should you? It’s useful to know about hashtags for Art Teaching if you use social media.  You may want to attract people to posts or tweets that you make, or you may want to track down other […]

What can you do in the art room that costs practically nothing? What can you create when you have no budget left? Most art teachers have to manage on a really tight budget, so here are some ideas from The Arty Teacher. If you like just one of them, it might save you a few […]