Art is Education: Calling All Art Teachers to Share Your Story! State of Art Education Survey 2027

Art is more than crayons, glitter, and construction paper. It’s more than centers, stations, and rubrics. And while creativity is an important part of the experience, art education goes far beyond it. Art is education. Through the visual arts, students develop essential life skills such as critical thinking, resilience, flexibility, creativity, reflection, and communication. These […]

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The Top 10 Treats Waiting For You in The Art of Ed Community

The Art of Ed Community is a positive, online space just for art teachers, and we’ve had a big year! We’ve hosted exciting events, given away amazing prizes, and most thrilling of all, celebrated 10,000 art teachers joining us. We asked our members, “What’s one reason you love being part of this space?” If you […]

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5 Tricky Sketchbook Situations Tackled! Practical Solutions to Common Challenges

Sketchbooks can be tricky—we know they’re a good artistic practice, but they can easily become extra work for you and busy work for your students without intentionality. No matter what grade level or teaching environment you’re in, there are some challenging situations that many art teachers experience. With a few creative strategies and meaningful routines […]

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Required Reading

This week: Nan Goldin interviews Mahmoud Khalil, Jane Austen and money, Wikipedia under attack, Etsy witches, trolling the National Guard in DC, and more.

New York Area Shows We Love Right Now

From local concerns in the Bronx to global issues in Queens, plus a trip to see Indigenous art in New Jersey, our favorite art is far-reaching right now.

New York City Shows to See This Week

Nancy Elizabeth Prophet, Claudia Alarcón, and Nanette Carter are three of the artists whose work we’re enjoying, among many shows that pack a punch.

Five New York City Shows to See Right Now

From historical shows about labor to investigations of color to John Singer Sargent’s renderings of hands, we’re enjoying a variety of art this week.