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Visual Arts

How to Produce Student Exhibitions

April 17, 2024
Celebrate student learning and achievement in visual arts through exhibitions. This article gives curatorial considerations, display methods, and techniques for mounting and arranging two-dimensional and three-dimensional art pieces.
Cindy Clark

The Power of Keeping a Sketchbook as a Teacher

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.
Cally Flox

A Visual Thinking Guide: For Viewing Works of Art with Elementary Students

April 2, 2024

How can teachers inspire students to engage in questioning strategies about what students see in the world?

Arts-based questioning strategies offer a two-fold purpose: students can be guided through different elements within various works of art; and, students can develop and e

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Teaching Basic Drawing Skills

April 2, 2024

 

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Coaching Students in the Creative Process

November 8, 2023
The "Students-at-work" studio structure from "Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education" involves students creating art based on teacher assignments with specified materials. Teachers guide students individually, fostering creativity through questions rather than direct instruction. This approach requires careful planning and management of resources. It can be applied to various art forms, including dance, theater, film, music, and the visual arts studio.
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Sketchbooks and Visual Journals in the Classroom

October 25, 2022

 

Cindy Clark

Art Gallery in McKay Building Showcases Children Artists

April 6, 2021
Read about the Children's Art Gallery in the McKay School of Education at BYU and how this exciting addition to the university is built on principles within the four studio structures, encouraging and enabling children to create art.
Laura Giles

Playgrounds: Exploring Global Play Spaces Through Art

March 16, 2021
Rachel Gonthier, Visual Arts Educator, shares an arts-integrated, ready-to-use lesson based on an exhibition of photographs titled “Playground” by the artist James Mollison that she saw at the BYU Museum of Art. She shares photos of playgrounds from around the world and explains how hands-on explorations of these playspaces help students understand and appreciate the variation between cultures.
Rachel Gonthier

Teachers as Artists: Get to Know Cindy Clark

February 2, 2021
Laura Giles introduces Cindy Clark, BYU ARTS Partnership leadership team member, visual artist, singer (in the shower), piano player, and teacher. A veteran arts educator, Cindy shares her experiences and unique encaustic visual artwork, as well as her creative process.
Laura Giles

Arts Bridge Scholar: Deanna Nielson at Brookhaven Elementary

December 15, 2020
Deanna Nielsen, an Arts Bridge Scholar and art education major, describes her experience in a 5th-grade classroom teaching about ecosystems, food chains, and conservation through art as well as space and gravity.
Deanna Nielsen

 

 
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