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Artists That Inspire Us — Art Ed Blogger’s Network

By Marcia Beckett | February 13, 2018 - 1:36 am |July 5, 2024 all grades, Art Ed Blogger's Network, art history, art teacher tips, artists

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Artists That Inspire Us — Art Ed Blogger’s Network

Hi! Are you interested in learning about artists that inspire? Are you looking for new contemporary artists to teach your students? One of my favorite parts about blogging is connecting with other bloggers online. Some art education bloggers recently formed an Art Ed Blogger’s Network. We are planning to post once a month about the same topic. This month’s topic is Artists that Inspire Us. Most readers probably know about the most famous artists that are typically taught in an … Read more… →

Article in Arts & Activities Magazine

By Marcia Beckett | September 17, 2016 - 6:50 pm |July 5, 2024 artists, book review, books, contemporary artists, interview, published, third grade

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Magazine open to an article titled "Anthropomorphic Animal Collages" in Arts & Activities Magazine, featuring colorful animal artwork and text.

I’m pretty excited my article in the October issue of Arts & Activities is on the cover! I wrote about an art project my students did after learning about the artist William Wegman. I had the awesome opportunity to interview Wegman on the phone and include the interview as a large part of the article. I’m very glad that they included a bunch of my students’ artwork (3rd grade). You can read the whole article here: http://pubdev.ipaperus.com/ArtsandActivities/AAOctober2016/?page=20 If you would … Read more… →

William Wegman: Photomontage Project for Kids

By Marcia Beckett | October 8, 2014 - 2:56 pm |July 5, 2024 animals, contemporary artists, third grade, Uncategorized

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William Wegman: Photomontage Project for Kids

My third grade students learned about the photography, films, paintings and children’s books by contemporary artist William Wegman. I actually talked to Bill on the phone and had an interview with him, which you can read in this blog post. William Wegman is known for his anthropomorphic photos of dogs dressed in various costumes. Anthropomorphic means giving human characteristics to animals (or other non-human things.) We read his books, watched some of his short films and saw pictures of his … Read more… →