Well, this is new...

Welcome to this website and my blog! This project is simultaneously exciting and terrifying. An introvert by nature, letting people inside my thoughts can sometimes be uncomfortable and make me quite nervous. Other times my opinions spill over quite readily and I am usually always willing to share what I know if it will help someone else out. Especially if it helps kids and students come to love and learn about art and the world. 

My intention with this website is to provide art teachers and administrators with a resource that can help them when creating curriculum and assessments as well as resources to help with instruction. While I know there is a lot I don't know, and that I am limited by my own experiences, I also know that I have encountered many people who have questions that I can help answer. While there isn't always one right way to do things, there are some practices and methods that have proven to be successful for myself and others that I want to explore and share. There are so many moving parts in our world of teaching art. While the website isn't completely finished, and may be continually evolving, I hope you will come back to check it out often and find it useful as you practice your craft.

The blog part of this website will be my open thoughts and responses to topics as they come across my world. I love to read, listen to podcasts, and visit places where I can observe the world and see cultures and, of course, art!

​Speaking of podcasts, one of my favorites that I was too slow to start listening to was the Art of Ed Art Ed Radio Podcast.   

They cover some fantastic topics and have great guests that talk about all sorts of relevant issues we face in the art room. ​ I typically like to listen to this one as I drive to or from our state art ed conferences. It gets me in the right frame of mind to get my art ed learning on! But, I've also recently started to listen as I get ready in the morning. ​It starts my brain buzzing and jump starts my own questions and thinking. 

I hope that like the way this podcast series gets me thinking and reflecting, that this website can also do the same for you. I'd love to hear from anyone that is using this website, or reading this blog, and start talking about what we are seeing in our art rooms.  Everyday is an adventure and I am really looking forward to this one! 

Take care,
​Michelle