Canadian Haida Prints
When I was visiting Niagara Falls last April I noticed these really cool Native American prints in the gift shops that reminded me of the...
Brazilian Basket Weaving
We talked about the half of South America with the Amazon River and rain forest. I showed the students the different people that depend...
Peruvian Llamas
I decided to split South America down the center and talk about the Andean coast first. We made llamas decorated with colored felt...
Mexican Tin Art
We already covered the history of Mexico and its artists when we talked about Frida Kahlo (my personal fav) and Diego Rivera. This time...
Caribbean Ships in a Bottle
We talked about the Caribbean Islands and how they were first discovered and what kind of people live there today. Besides making all of...
Native American Dream Catchers
I started our Art Around the World Unit with The USA and we talked about the geography of our country and the many different climates. We...
Art Around the World
For the our introduction to our Art around the World Unit we talked about the evolution of travel and the history of map making. We...
Learning to Make Time with the AOE Conference
Last Thursday, July 14th, I had the wonderful opportunity to participate in the Art of Ed Now online conference. I check theartofed.com...
Unity Hands and Tie-Dye
We concluded our unit about the Elements and Principles of Design by talking about Unity and how it is the ultimate goal in a piece of...
