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Early Childhood
Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head
Mary Jane Hadley
A tasty bit of art history.
Elementary
There Was a Bulldozer
in Our Yard
Laurie Bellet
The fun of drawing outside the
artroom.
Middle School
Not-So-Still Life
Sarah Grow
An unexpected approach to still life.
High School
Anatomy of a Portfolio
Nicole Brisco
Considering the contents of a
Utopian portfolio.
Art Teacher Round Table
Humor in Art
Pam Stephens
A few funnies from the field.
Advocacy
Have You Heard about the
Bloom’s?
Denise Clyne-Ruch
Creating is at the top in the revised
Bloom’s Taxonomy.
All Levels/Museum Musings
A Century of Masters
Aurelia Gomez
The NEA National Heritage Fellows
of New Mexico. Accompanied by a
lesson plan: “Inspired by a Century
of Masters.”
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Inspiring Creativity in Teaching Since 1901.
Volume 110, Number 3, November 2010
SchoolArts is a national magazine committed to
promoting excellence, advocacy, and professional support for educators in the visual arts.
Editor, Nancy Walkup
Art teacher at W.S. Ryan Elementary, Denton, TX,
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Martin Rayala, Assistant Professor of Art Education,
Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA,
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Craig Roland, Associate Professor of Art Education, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, rolandc@ufl.edu
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and Head, Department of Teaching + Learning in Art +
Design, Providence, RI, psproll@risd.edu
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Northern Arizona University, Flagstaff, AZ
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3 Editor’s Letter
8 Design Thinking
11 Teacher-Tested/New Products
12 Managing the Artroom
14 Teacher-Student Portfolio
40 Focus In
49 Resource Center
52 Calendar
Ready-to-Use Resources
9 ClipCards
Laurie Bellet
Silly Scenes
Julie B. Wells
Mutant Sock Monsters
Linda Lea Evans
Days of the Dead
Krystal Caldwell
Pastel Self-Portrait
22 Tech4ArtEd
Theresa McGee
Wallwisher: Collaborate
and Interact
23 Looking/Learning
Marilyn Stewart, Amy Ahn, Zoe
DeHart, Amanda Deibert, Cassie
Langan, Jennifer Low, Ellen
Pados, and Katherine Schneider
Niki de Saint Phalle
Jeff Koons
Yayoi Kusama
Elizabeth Murray
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