The last week of school I held the First Annual North Middle School Art Olympics… Inspired by The Art of Ed Post. Usually for the last 3 days of weird schedules, assemblies, field trips and grades already past due, I…
Art Olympics
Author: Cynthia Gaub
Artistic Habits Around the Room @ NAEA 2017
WOW! I am so humbled and grateful to the literally overflowing crowd that attempted to see my presentation today. I showed up at 10:10 to get set up for my 11 am session. There were already people in the room,…
Artists Observe Unit
After the “Artistic Habits Around the Room” we jumped into an “Artists Observe” unit. This is essentially a drawing boot camp and similar to what many traditional teachers might do for a Still-life unit. I think the difference between how…
Insects: Science, Math and Art
This year I have a new STEAM class. I have 3 periods, all year long with mixed grades 7 and 8. At this point, this class does not have as much ‘choice’ as my regular art classes. But I hope…
Digital Choice Challenge
I have done a studio choice challenge in my regular art classes… but this semester I had a digital art class. So I made one for them. They loved it and the work was great. Students had the option to…