Importance of art education

The 13 Pillars of Art Education Every Art Teacher Should Know % %

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Simple creative activities are some of the building blocks of child development, including cognitive, social and emotional skills. Here are seven ways participation in the Arts positively affects your child.

“The prime value of the arts in education lies, from my point of view, in the unique contributions it makes to the individual’s experience with and understanding of the world. The visual arts deal with an aspect of human consciousness that no other field touches on: the aesthetic contemplation of visual form.” – Elliot Eisner, […]

How to Guide for a First Year Art Teacher: 10 Steps for Success | Ms Artastic

You might be asking, What are the 7 Elements of Art and How Do I Teach Them? The Elements 7 Elements of Art are: Line, Value, Color, Space, Shape, Form, and Texture and they are the foundations or building blocks that artists use to make art. Let's dive in and learn about the 7 Elements of Art, Which You Should Teach First, and How to Teach them.

My latest column for WNC Parent is out! Click here to read '10 ways art is fundamental to education.' (As usual, you'll need to click on the cover of the magazine, then scroll through to find my article. Actually you can just hit the right arrow at the bottom of the screen twice and then click on the pages 40-41 spread.)Enjoy. And please let me know if there's anything you would add to the list.

10 TED Talks Every Art Teacher Should Watch % %

How to teach the Elements and Principles of Art continues to be a hot discussion topic among art teachers. Some of us feel they are the building blocks of solid lesson planning and should be featured