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LESSON SUMMARY Arizona Art Standards Strand 1 concept 4, PO 302 Create artwork that communicate substantive meaning or achieve intended purposes (e.g cultural, political, personal, spiritual, and commercial) Other Standards: Arizona Writing Standard, Concept of prewriting PO 1 Generate ideas through a variety of activities (e.g., brainstorming, notes and logs, graphic organizers, record of writing ideas and discussion, printed material or other sources). Pretest of understanding: Ask the clas… Continue

Justifying Publicly Funded Art in the U.S. Stephen Sokola Northern Arizona University As the Unites States navigates its current economic distress and the components which helped it to arrive at these conditions, it is important that we reflect on the enduring ideas of what it means to be an American living with the rights of free speech and freedom of expression, as defined by the First Amendment of the United States Constitution. These are undoubtedly defining characteristics of what it mean… Continue

I was taking a test and had to argue for or against this statement: Art is a luxury for society, while science and technology are vital. Continue

What is art? Well, like any good art teacher, Duchamp asked himself this same question. He decided to turn a toilet into a "fountain" and drove art critics insane! Now you can share some of the glory. Check out this page to get a free "R. Mutt, 1917" sticker for you to place anywhere your little artistic heart desires and get people thinking about what art is and what it can be! Continue

Hello Art Educators! I have made my way through the first month of student-teaching, and I have survived. It has been a trial by fire; and feared I would fall - smack dab on my face. As I approached the doors of MEMS, Mt. Elden Middle School on my first day, I feared the kidz might see only their grandma; or worst yet, a very foolish adult who knew nothing about teaching art. . .but, the kidz have embraced me, and I them. The first week of teaching was really like trying on my water-wings, or so… Continue

Okay, so I'm in the SITE program this year and I'm thinking there may be some issues. For anyone who may be reading this who doesn't know what the SITE program is, it's a program at the NAU College of Education through which you take all of your education courses at the same time and do your practicum with Sedona Red Rock high school. The advantages of this program are that you have a more cohesive, connected program and more experience. So far I'm having a great time taking all my classes at on… Continue

Okay, so I passed the AEPA subject knowledge test. At first, I was completely proud of myself with this accomplishment. Only one more test to go (the AEPA professional knowledge test) and I'll be a certified art educator (assuming I don't completely blow it during student teaching). It was a liberating feeling at first, but then I got back the official letter graphically displaying how well I did on each section. From how the test went when I was actually taking it, I thought I would be high on… Continue

Hey all art ed. people! I wanted to give a little update to all of you from last year/semester. After some interesting connections, I have sort of by-passed student teaching this semester by taking a full time teaching position in a k-8 arts based charter school down in the valley as an art teacher. I am just finishing up my first week of teaching, and have probably learned more in this past week than I could have ever possibly imagined! I would love to collaborate with those who are going to be… Continue

Guidelines http://www.research.nau.edu/vpr/forms/HURA%20guidelinesFY2009.pdf Budget http://www.research.nau.edu/vpr/forms/Cover%20Sheet%20and%20Checklist_FY09-locked.doc Continue