SchoolArts and Davis

10/17/2025

In David Anderson's "Fingerprint Portraits," middle-school students combined writing, drawing, and cartography to create a conceptual self-portrait, using inspiration from Wendy Red Star and Lordy Rodriguez.

Read it now: https://magazine.davisart.com/articles/middle-school-art-lesson-portrait-1025

10/17/2025

Flashback to Episode 43! Join , Sean Justice () and Andrea Kantrowitz () for an inspiring conversation on how multimodal and collaborative learning can build students’ confidence and encourage creative risk-taking. Listen now at the link in bio or your preferred podcast platform.

10/16/2025

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10/09/2025

In the newest episode of , talks with award-winning art director, game designer, and artist . Explore her philosophy of intentional joy as they discuss creativity and working across analog and digital spaces. 👾

Visit DavisArt.com/K12ArtChat for the full episode!

10/08/2025

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10/08/2025

10/05/2025

In this elementary art lesson by art teacher Leigh Drake in Virginia Beach, students each select an artist to research and construct 3D miniature art studios based on their findings. 👩‍🎨🎨👨‍🎨

Leigh writes, "Most of my instruction takes a student-centered approach, which I’ve found to be the most engaging. I don’t believe in standing up and reciting information only for students to recite it back to me on a test. I think it’s important for students to be a part of their learning and do the research so they can understand and become experts in various content areas—in this case, art history."

See the full lesson in October 2025: The Student Voice and Choice issue: https://magazine.davisart.com/articles/elementary-art-lesson-clay-diorama-1025

10/02/2025

🎙️ How can letters of recommendation be a form of care for art educators?In episode 233, explores this idea as well as alternative forms care takes with Jorge Lucero. As Professor of Art Education at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Jorge found himself writing quite a few letters of recommendation and saw an opportunity to turn the work into an act of care for his colleagues.

Listen now: https://www.davisart.com/free-resources/k12-artchat/

10/02/2025

Artist Birthday: October 2nd – Shirley Jaffe (1923–2016, US)
�Shirley Jaffe is a fascinating American abstractionist who briefly flirted with Abstract Expressionism in the 1950s. Finding the movement increasingly formulaic, she soon broke away to pioneer her own distinct abstract vision.

Her turning point came in 1968, when she simplified her canvases—trading gesture and texture for crisp forms, flat planes, and a luminous white ground. Triangles, zigzags, and curves hover in dynamic balance, evoking the rhythms and contrasts of urban life.

Born in New Jersey but based in Paris from 1949 onward, Jaffe forged a career defined by independence. Lyrical yet unsentimental, inventive yet rigorously abstract, her work reflects a lifelong pursuit of clarity and structure.

Hop and Skip demonstrates how inventive Jaffe was with her abstract forms, often verging on lyrical, but never controlled by narrative or perspective.

Shown here: Hop and Skip (1987), MoMA.

Read more at CuratorsCorner.com (link in bio).

Read our art history blog, Curator's Corner. Art historian Karl Cole shares articles about artists, artworks, art movements, and more.

10/01/2025

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