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Weekly Art Challenge
Engineering Challenge with Evie Mantone
Engineers think, plan and create and I want you to do the same.
Weekly Art Challenge
Cut shapes of people, animals, or objects out of paper and photograph them as if they are interacting
Weekly Art Challenge
WHO MADE THAT?
Engineers and inventors create things that helps us in every day life. In order
Weekly Art Challenge
For this week's art challenge follow CoTA Artist Amanda as you choreograph dance phrases about what
Weekly Art Challenge
Animal Biomes at Home! Recreate a whole biome at home. For example, create sea life (like fish, sharks,
Weekly Art Challenge
Join us for this week's art challenge! Make an edible topiary. Build your own hydroponic sculpture
Trapezoid of Triangles by Leonardo Francisco
We all know about Mondrian and his grids, right? Or should I say right angles?
Composition with Large
Art as Math by Leo Francisco
Can a teacher use art to better understand math? As a teaching artist, I’ve found
Dancing the Monday Blues Away
Monday morning cobwebs are definitely a thing. The weekend is history. A new week and all its potential
Acting from the Heart
Scott Burton sits down with CoTA teaching artist Tori Rice.
Tori, what do you find most rewarding
Art Makes a Difference with Parents
“I’ve never gardened before,” said one of the parents in the class. This was the second round
11 Ways to Make 7
Leonardo Francisco
Fun with Dot Cards
Number 1 in a series of posts dedicated to playful exploration
Symbols, Symbols, Everywhere
Reneé Weissenburger
In an Intro to Literature class, I recently had a college student ask why we should
AND not OR
Amanda Peñaloza-Banks
When I was young, I remember feeling the pressure of deciding what I wanted
When Scientists Fashion Science into Art
Amanda Peñaloza-Banks
Many an intellectual conversation can be had and an essay, argument, or book
Make Anything
As the spring semester unwinds into summertime and a respite from full-time teaching (for most of
What’s in a Name
Leah Thomas
Yesterday, a fellow teaching artist and I met with a classroom teacher to plan our last
Permission to Fall Below, Permission to Rise Above
Reneé Weissenburger
Kurt Vonnegut, Jr. once wrote a story about a society so equal that no one ever
Finding Synergy Between Form and Theme
Reneé Weissenburger
While integrating the arts in any form is sure to bring excitement to the classroom,
