Lesson plans and further resources on Indigenous art can be found here.
Art Education for a Sustainable Planet by
Explore how art education can contribute to a more just and sustainable planet. Making the case that ecopedagogy and eco-art can transform and enrich art education, Bertling introduces these two burgeoning movements and then outlines how they can be infused into K-12 art education. Seven innovative curricular strands are presented to help art teachers embrace natural cycles and processes, envision alternative states and ways of being, restore ecosystems, and empower communities. These strands weave together specific contemporary eco-artworks, cultural and environmental philosophies, and art education methods. Reflective questions, innovative curriculum frameworks, and other resources are provided to support teachers in enacting these inspiring curricular ideas for better social and ecological futures. Curricular themes include attentiveness, relationality, co-creation, consumption, progress, cultural desire, identity stories, restoration, and coalitions. This accessible, full-color text is the first of its kind to provide practical guidance and concrete strategies for educators interested in enacting ecological art instruction. Book Features: A foundational resource for using art education to foster environmental health and ecological integrity. Guidance for developing art curriculum to meet different ecopedagogical goals. Many color images of contemporary eco-artworks. Curriculum framework tables and reflective questions at the end of each chapter. A comprehensive glossary and list of contemporary eco-artists and their websites.
Making Change by
Teaching Artists work directly in every kind of community (e.g. schools, hospitals, neighborhoods, companies), using their distinctive skills to create change at the individual and community level. Teaching Artistry is the sleeping giant of social change, and Making Change shows us why. What is a teaching artist? If you don't know-or if you do and would like an advocacy tool to help you spread the word-this book is for you. Written by the man frequently described as "the father of the teaching artist profession," Making Change shines a light on this powerful global workforce that is largely invisible but astoundingly effective. Learn how Teaching Artists can activate anyone's innate artistry to achieve a wide variety of positive goals. Enjoy stories about the surprising impact of their partnerships in health, government, education, corporations, environmentalism, social justice, and peacebuilding. This inspiring book will leave readers - both inside and outside of the arts - with an awareness of new possibilities for shaping a better world. "Teaching artists amplify the power of the arts-and no one better than Eric Booth to share these stories." Clive Gillinson - Executive and Artistic Director, Carnegie Hall "Making Change is absolutely riveting! Sangeeta Isvarin - Founder, Wind Dancers Trust; Co-Founder, Katradi Method: Arts for Conflict Resolution, India "a profoundly useful and provocative book - stories from the exuberant front lines of teaching artistry." Jamie Bernstein - Author, "Famous Father Girl"; Filmmaker, "Crescendo: The Power of Music" "Every parent, leader, teacher, and therapist would benefit from the clarity of the insights and practical know-how contained in this succinct but powerful manifesto." John Zweig - Chairman, Neuro-Insight; Director, Foundation for Art and Healing "Eric Booth expands our sense of what's possible for a beacon for a brighter, creatively rich future." Stu Warshawer - CEO, ArtistYear " artists can be healers, educators, and advocate-- new solutions to making the world a better place." Carla Dirlikov Canales - 2022-23 Fellow, Harvard Kennedy School Center for Public Leadership Social Innovation + Change Initiative "An incredibly useful resource for organzations around the world. Elizabeth Njoroge -Founder of The Art of Music Foundation, Kenya
Studio Thinking 3 by
Studio Thinking 3 is a new edition of a now-classic text, a research-based account of teaching and learning in high school studio arts classes. It poses a framework that identifies eight habits of mind taught in visual arts and four studio structures by which they are taught. This expanded, full-color edition includes new material about how the framework has been used since the original study, with new perspectives from artist-teachers who currently apply the Studio Thinking Framework in their own practice. It also reviews how contemporary organizations, educators, and researchers outside the arts have utilized the framework, highlighting its flexibility to inform teaching and learning. New chapters for Studio Thinking 3: Students as Contemporary Artists: Building Agency in the Studio highlights how studio teachers support learner autonomy, including the ability to create increasingly self-directed artworks. Artist-Teachers examines how artistic practices and teaching practices intertwine and how the Studio Thinking Framework can nurture the relationship between them. Assessment is a Conversation introduces the practical ways that teachers are using Studio Thinking to assess and evaluate students' work, working processes, and thinking in the arts. Studio Thinking discusses how the Studio Thinking Framework has informed teaching and research in visual arts, theater, dance, music, arts integration, STEAM, and other contexts. The first edition of this bestseller was featured in The New York Times and The Boston Globe for its groundbreaking research on the positive effects of art education on student learning across the curriculum. Studio Thinking 3 will help advocates explain arts education to policymakers, support art teachers in developing and refining their teaching and assessment practices, and assist educators in other disciplines to learn from existing practices in arts education. Book Features: An explanation of "art as thinking" that unpacks and clarifies how teaching art is the process of teaching thinking. An account of what Studio Thinking looks like in diverse contemporary settings. Models of studio arts instruction that illuminate what educators are doing to support students' learning in the arts and why they are doing it that way. Full-color images with examples of student art throughout the book.
The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools by
The perennial bestseller--now in a new edition Authoritative and practical, this comprehensive guide offers everything a teacher needs to know for conducting an effective art instruction and appreciation program. The Third Edition of The Art Teacher's Survival Guide for Elementary and Middle Schools includes a complete update on public-relations guidelines, and reference material examples. The revised edition also features many new projects, an update on current projects and includes an explanation of the hot topic amongst art educators, Teaching Artistic Behavior (TAB/choice). Choice-based art education is reflected in the authors' discussion of teaching in mixed-media, ceramics, photography, sculpture, and art history. More than 100 creative art projects, from drawing to digital media Offers teaching tools, tips, and multicultural curriculum resources Includes new material on logical ways to encourage individual and personal solutions to a problem Gives teachers more latitude as to how individuality is suggested in a lesson This is an invaluable compendium for art educators and classroom teachers alike.
Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum - Movement, Embodiment, Emotion by
This groundbreaking book explores why and how to encourage physical and sensory engagement with works of art. An essential resource for museum professionals, teachers, and students, the award winning Teaching in the Art Museum (Getty Publications, 2011) set a new standard in the field of gallery education. This follow-up book blends theory and practice to help educators--from teachers and docents to curators and parents--create meaningful interpretive activities for children and adults. Written by a team of veteran museum educators, Activity-Based Teaching in the Art Museum offers diverse perspectives on embodiment, emotions, empathy, and mindfulness to inspire imaginative, spontaneous interactions that are firmly grounded in history and theory.
Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Classroom by
"Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Classroom aims to provide elementary and high school-level teachers with curriculum-linked lesson plans designed by contemporary Indigenous artists. The goal is to build students' cultural competence and respect for diverse Indigenous peoples, while encouraging critical thinking about colonialism in Canada." website
ETFO arts : dance, drama, music and visual arts in the junior/intermediate grades / by
A practical book for Junior/Intermediate grade teachers who are new or inexperienced in arts education. Introduces all the elements of dance, drama, music and visual arts and shows educators how to use the arts to support literacy and other subjects. Lesson ideas to help Grade 4 to 8 teachers integrate the arts into their classrooms, with a focus on selected elements for four arts areas. The music lesson ideas focus on duration, pitch/melody, timbre, expressive controls, harmony/texture and form. Includes an audio CD with sounds (rain forest, etc.) and a text CD with tif, jpg, & pdf versions of Untitled (1982) by artist Keith Haring, as both sound and Haring's image are used in activities presented in the book. - pub. website
Teaching in the Art Museum by
At the heart of all good art museum teaching is an effort to bring people and artworks together in meaningful ways. But what constitutes an experience of a work of art? What should be taught and why? What kinds of uniquely valuable experiences are museum educators alone equipped to provide? This book--unlike any other publication currently available--addresses these and myriad other questions and investigates the mission, history, theory, practice, and future prospects of museum education. Every critical issue that has preoccupied the profession throughout its hundred-year history is considered, including lecture- versus conversation-based formats; the place of information in gallery teaching; the relation of art museum teaching to the disciplines of art history, curation, and conservation; the use of questions to stimulate discussion; and the role of playfulness, self-awareness, and institutional context in constructing the visitor's experience. The book will prove invaluable for all professional museum educators and volunteer docents as well as museum studies students, art and art history teachers, curators, and museum administrators. The essays distill the authors' decades of experience as practitioners and observers of gallery teaching across the United States and abroad. They offer a range of perspectives on which everyone involved with art museum education may reflect and in so doing, encourage education to take its proper place at the center of the twenty-first century art museum.
The Art Teacher's Book of Lists, Grades K-12 by
A revised and updated edition of the best-selling resource for art teachers This time-tested book is written for teachers who need accurate and updated information about the world of art, artists, and art movements, including the arts of Africa, Asia, Native America and other diverse cultures. The book is filled with tools, resources, and ideas for creating art in multiple media. Written by an experienced artist and art instructor, the book is filled with vital facts, data, readings, and other references, Each of the book's lists has been updated and the includes some 100 new lists Contains new information on contemporary artists, artwork, art movements, museum holdings, art websites, and more Offers ideas for dynamic art projects and lessons Diverse in its content, the book covers topics such as architecture, drawing, painting, graphic arts, photography, digital arts, and much more.
Engaging Learners Through Artmaking by
Teaching for Artistic Behavior is an art education curriculum focused on choice-based teaching and learning for elementary and middle school age students. The pedagogy is clearly outlined and addresses personal relevancy, the learning environment, instruction, assessment and advocacy. A strong argument is presented for meaningful learner-directed art making experiences for all students. This book blends sound educational theory with actual practice, and is a resource for practicing and pre-service art teachers, curriculum coordinators, aftercare and camp directors and anyone interested in authentic learning through visual art.
Artsonia
Huge library of lesson plans for all grades. Register free to browse and share.
Agnes Etherington Art Centre
School programs for grades 1 to 8, downloadable lesson plans available.