Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd For kids, art beyond finger painting and coloring in the lines can often be a difficult thing to grasp. The finer details of masterpieces like the Mona Lisa, or The David are often …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd When it comes to cancer, it is hard not to associate the disease with the terrible destruction that it wreaks on the body, families, and entire communities. However, in the case of Kim …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Eric Gibbons was recently named New Jersey’s Best High School Art Teacher for 2015. The art teacher from Northern Burlington Regional High School in Columbus, New Jersey has been teaching at the high …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd The State College Area School District in Pennsylvania is saying goodbye to longtime art teacher Robert Placky who is retiring after a 40-year career with the school district. Placky has kept mementos of …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Provo’s Edgemont Elementary School recently announced that art teacher Jeff Cornwall won the Utah Elementary Art Educator of the Year award. Cornwell has been a teacher at the school for four years and …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Terri Sanders, a teacher at Hauke Academic Alternative High School in Montgomery County, was recently honored as the 2015 recipient of the Dr. David Gottlieb Teacher Award for Outstanding Achievement in the Visual …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Jennifer Merry of Kennebunkport, Maine was recently named Secondary Art Teacher of the Year, an honor bestowed by the Maine Art Education Association. Merry credits her successes to her mantra that she is …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd The 2015 National Trout Festival chose its logo from a design by a Kalkaska, Michigan high school art student. Karly Hoggard, a senior at the Kalkaska High School, based her logo off a …
Reviewed by Mary McLaughlin, Ma-TESOL; M.S. SpEd Art has played a major role within various industries. Works by a variety of artists have served to inspire, provoke, and even educate. One of the latest art developments in Hawaii has proven …