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A Creative Way to Label Your Tables
Labeling tables is a quick way to add structure to your art room. With table...
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The Magic Word for No Hassle Cleanup
There are some classes who take pride in cleaning up the art room and others...
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Sink Management 101
This post could have been called: . How to Survive an Art Room with Only 2...
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Mess = Stress?
Even Calder worked in a messy studio. Mess is ok. It’s a part of...
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How Do you Glue?
I can’t believe I haven’t dedicated a post to glue yet, so here it...
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How to Teach Like a Lazy Person
So.. first of all, for those of you who know me well, I am NOT a lazy person-...
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Get a Quiet Line Every Time!
Clean up and line up can be the toughest parts of a class period for any art...
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Desk Drawer Featured!
As you know, organization and logistics in the art room are things I consider...
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“Painted Love”
One corner of my classroom that I have not shown you yet is the paint center!...
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Shelf Life
Fact. I have short art classes (45 minutes) and a lot of them in a day Fact....
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Give ‘Em a Squirt
Do you hate it when the tables get cleaned off but are still so wet, when your...
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My Brush is in the Bath
If you walk into the art room, you might hear this song (to the tune of the...

Hi, I'm Jessica Balsley, Founder of The Art of Education. AOE exists to provide Art Teachers with Ridiculously Relevant™ Professional Development, including: 





