The photographer Elena Datrino offered me a unique opportunity: to participate in a photo shooting during the 'Affordable Art Fair in Milan, on 20 March 2015. This fair was conceived by Will Ramsay, … [Read more...]
Arte a Scuola won! It’s the best Art Ed Blog of 2014
January 25, 2015 by 20 Comments
Arte a Scuola won the 4th Annual Art Ed Blog of the year Contest! This morning I had a big surprise to see that arteascuola.com is officially the winner in the categories of the Best Secondary Art … [Read more...]
How to clean up
October 21, 2014 by 2 Comments
How to clean up the working tools after use? We know that, especially when we paint, it is inevitable to have plates, cups and paintbrushes to clean and tidy up. So we designed a poster with … [Read more...]
Art Ed Blog of the Year 2013: 9th Place!
February 10, 2014 by 6 Comments
Arte a Scuola is officially one of the top 10 Art Ed Blogs of the Year! After around 3,000 votes were cast, my blog was selected by Art Teachers, readers, and fans all around the country (and world) … [Read more...]
Is the Art classroom too noisy?
February 2, 2014 by 6 Comments
I have always some trouble in the management of noise in the Art classroom also because I realize that the kids feel (and are) actually freer than in a classic lesson in the classroom. The large … [Read more...]
We paint! instructions for use
October 17, 2013 by 2 Comments
We begin to paint in our Art room that is (sich...) without sinks and without adequate facilities for carrying out laboratory activities. With students we studied together a plan to be able to paint … [Read more...]
Less talk, more ART!
October 13, 2013 by 4 Comments
We only have two hours in the week to make our works of art and we are full of ideas, we are full of creativity and possibilities ... So: "LESS TALK, MORE ART!" Here is our slogan, hanging in the Art … [Read more...]
The banners for the School
July 16, 2013 by 2 Comments
After a year in Bristol I'm going back to Italy. I have worked with pleasure at Cherry Garden Primary School and, as a goodbye gift, I have drawn the banners with the key words that recall the values … [Read more...]
Prints inspired by the German Expressionist group “Die Brücke”
March 25, 2013 by 2 Comments
With pupils in Year 9 (classe 3) we made some lovely prints inspired by the German Expressionist group "Die Brücke". We have carved small plates of Adigraf (a special soft linoleum) with engraving … [Read more...]
AZION…ARTI: another amazing italian Art Ed Blog
December 16, 2012 by 5 Comments
Here another new Art Blog from an Italian art teacher! She is Laura Tomasi, we met almost 30 years ago at the Secondary Art School of Trento and we have always been good friends! The title is … [Read more...]
