Theme: Choices

Art teachers take unique approaches to incorporate different levels of choice in their lessons. Students are given the freedom to choose a theme and create mixed-media self-portraits, envision and illustrate their inner positive and negative critics, collect found objects and arrange their own I Spy-inspired compositions, use tape to create murals that evoke a sense of community in a temporary space, and more.

Contents:
Early Childhood
I Spy an Art Game by Sue Liedke
Scanned assemblages inspired by a classic game.

Elementary
Drawing out Your Inner Critic by Rama Hughes
Illuminating inner criticism with illustration.

Calder’s Circus Redux by Jessica Brown
Whimsical structures inspired by Alexander Calder.

Middle School
Choice-Based Self-Portraits by Melody Weintraub
Celebrating the freedom of choice.

Motif Printmaking by Lisa Gilman
Choosing and block-printing a design.

High School
Contemporary Caryatids by Elizabeth Carpenter
A colossal approach to contemporizing history.

Amplifying Community by Melissa Purtee
Creating a student-centered community with tape.

Looking & Learning by Karl Cole And Robb Sandagata
Amanda McCavour: Accumulate Presence

Departments
Managing the Art Room: The Media Fair by Ian Sands

Clipcards
Portraits from Nature by Carly Arechiga
Arranged Fruit Still Life by Leigh Drake
Fauve-Patterned Animals by Matt Mazur
Safer at Home by Frank Juarez

Advocacy: Artistry in the Sand by Leigh Drake

Point of View: Teaching for Artistic Behavior by Clyde Gaw