The Art Cart

For our lesson on Portugal we created paper versions of Portuguese Azulejos- or painted tiles. These tiles adorn many buildings in...

This week we talked about Spain and the mixture of different cultures throughout the country. We talked about Spanish traditions like...

It was really exciting to do a lesson on France since it still is a very prominent place in the art world, and even better for me because...

For this lesson we focused on Belgium and the artist Rene Magritte. We created little memo pads using cut-out umbrella silhouettes and...

After a much needed winter break we all came back (thankfully we had the first Monday off!) and I continued right into Russia. This was...

Before the winter break each class came into the gym to complete a paper cocoa mug with a pipe-cleaner candy cane and cotton ball marsh...

For our lesson on the Czech Republic we talked about the beauty of Prague and all the medieval architecture that still exists today...

I absolutely love the beauty and forgiveness of printmaking and how it can be done with fairly low-tech equipment. For this project I...

Although we don't have the equipment (or the space!) to make actual pottery with clay, I wanted to still make a plate design. We took...

For our Switzerland lesson the students watched a quick video on how the famous Toblerone chocolate bar is made and we learned about the...