Cally Flox

May 16, 2024
Having the arts in an education is incredibly important, and elementary teachers play a vital role in advocating and delivering daily art experiences for their students.
April 3, 2024
Cally Flox writes about the practice of keeping a sketchbook as a teacher along with strategies, tips, and the difference between a journal and a sketchbook.
November 8, 2023
The BYU ARTS Partnership aims to enrich education by integrating the arts into the curriculum, promoting academic excellence, self-expression, and social confidence in students. We prioritize collaboration among teachers, parents, schools, districts, and universities. Our approach focuses on improving teacher and student well-being, enhancing literacy skills across all subjects, and streamlining teaching methods. By using the arts, they aim to reduce stress and create a more effective learning environment.
January 4, 2023
A leadership workshop with Jim Reese inspired the BYU ARTS Partnership goals for 2023 and recommendations for leaders looking to effect change in schools and classrooms through the arts.
August 19, 2021
In the BYU ARTS Partnership, the leadership team works like an ensemble of performing artists following a "lead sheet," collaborating together to elicit harmony and inclusion. Use our "lead sheet" as a model to elevate the strengths of others around you and learn about the leadership principles that guide our work.
December 3, 2020
Cally Flox shares what she learned about listening from a Navajo tradition and how we can work together to realize innovative teaching and learning solutions and make the world a better place, one conversation at a time.
October 5, 2020
Rituals are an important part of building a physically and emotionally safe classroom environment. Cally Flox and Heather Francis share arts activities that can be used as rituals to help students and teachers feel connected as a classroom community.
August 11, 2020
Cally Flox shares how the wisdom of the body is accessed by interpreting not only what your senses tell you but also what you feel when your body is moving through space. She explains the principles of balance, proprioception, kinesthesia, and how to achieve greater balance and coordination physically and metaphorically in our lives.
September 20, 2014

Living Artfully

The first step in getting more arts experiences to children in public schools is getting more teachers to engage in the arts themselves.