Cross-Curricular Connect: The Starry Night
Teach close reading skills, ekphrastic poetry, and compare and contrast with Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night Related Resources Vincent Van Gogh’s The Starry Night is in… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Guernica
Teach close reading skills, ekphrastic poetry, and humanity with Picasso’s Guernica Picasso’s Guernica is in the collection of the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte. See their website… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: Watson and the Shark
Teach close reading skills, symbolism & allegory, and historical fiction writing with John Singleton Copley’s Watson and the Shark Two versions of Copley’s Watson and the Shark… Read More
Medium a Month: Toothpicks
Where maniacal focus and an exceedingly deft touch meet—art made from toothpicks One way to cultivate creativity is to make art from the mundane. There is tremendous… Read More
Cross-Curricular Connect: The Scream
Teach close reading skills, parodies, and Post-Impressionism with Edvard Munch’s The Scream Edvard Munch’s The Scream in the the collection of the National Gallery and Munch Museum,… Read More
Artistic Thinking Bookshelf: The Myths of Creativity
10 Myths of Creativity that May Inhibit Creativity and Innovation in Your Classroom David Burkus’s The Myths of Creativity: The Truth about How Innovative Companies and People… Read More
Artistic Thinking Bookshelf: The Courage to Create
Meditations for Cultivating Creativity in Your Teaching and Your Students Rollo May’s The Courage to Create (W. W. Norton & Company, Reprint edition, March 17, 1994). Add… Read More
Medium a Month: Pencils
When a tool becomes a medium—art made from pencils One way to cultivate creativity is to make art from the mundane. There is tremendous freedom in experimenting… Read More
Close Reading the Art of The Art Guys
Close Reading the Art of… posts offer a lesson plan designed around free Internet resources. Each lesson involves a close reading of characteristic works by individual artists… Read More
Medium a Month: Dead Bugs
Icky, fascinating, and funny—art made from dead bugs. One way to cultivate creativity is to make art from the mundane. There is tremendous freedom in experimenting with… Read More