This is my Pecha Kucha presentation (with the text) that I presented at the Surface Design Associations’ 40th anniversary conference 4/3 – 4/6/2017. Find out… Read More »Surface Design Association Inspires Explore Fiber
This presentation includes some history of artists that blazed the trail of working with metal using fiber techniques. The author’s and other contemporary artists work… Read More »Textile Techniques With Metal: Fibers as 3D
This presentation examines a school district’s Art I Foundation curriculum change into the Understanding by Design curriculum template. Find out the challenges and successes for… Read More »Art Education – The Challenges of Curriculum Transition
See examples of art educators in the Plano Independent School District using fibers in their art projects. This presentation gives not just examples, but advice… Read More »Bring Fibers Into Your Art Curriculum
Living in the 21st century is living in a time when change is rapid and insistent. It can be difficult to keep up with constant… Read More »Process Over Product in Art Education: A Student Centered Approach to Making Art
Learning about the Question Formulation Technique in my graduate studies at Texas Woman’s University has been one of the most valuable additions to my teaching… Read More »Essential Questioning Strategies and Question Formulation Technique
Artist of the Day videos have a daily presence in my art classroom; just after the bell rings, I flip the lights off and show… Read More »Aesthetic Inquiry – Technology or Handmade Art?
World Book – a student sculpture from deconstructed encyclopedias and collage My professor posted a question from our weekly reading in our 21st Century Skills textbook:… Read More »Teaching Strategies: A Traditional Approach and/or Professional Learning Community?