Visual Arts

How to Produce Student Exhibitions

April 17, 2024

Celebrate student learning and achievement in visual arts through exhibitions. This article gives curatorial considerations, display methods, and techniques for mounting and arranging two-dimensional and three-dimensional art pieces.

Cindy Clark

Reflective Practice: The Power of Keeping a Sketchbook as a Teacher

April 3, 2024

Cally Flox writes about the practice of keeping a sketchbook as a teacher along with strategies, tips, and the difference between a journal and a sketchbook.

Cally Flox, BYU ARTS Partnership

A Visual Thinking Guide: For Viewing Works of Art with Elementary Students

April 2, 2024

Arts-based questioning strategies offer a two-fold purpose: students can be guided through different elements within various works of art; and, students can develop and enhance essential skills to facilitate lifelong learning. The visual thinking guide in this blog utilizes the foundation of open-ended questions, which provides teachers with flexibility.

BYU ARTS Partnership

Teaching Basic Drawing Skills

April 2, 2024

With only a pencil and paper, students can participate in visual arts activities daily. Drawing with a simple paper and pencil daily can help students build visual discrimination and develop an understanding of spatial relationships and proportion. The following exercises can be practiced daily to develop drawing techniques.

BYU ARTS Partnership

The Arts Toolbox: 64 Arts Strategies for the Classroom

January 10, 2024

Packed with over 64 drama, dance, music, and visual arts activities, this valuable resource is a must-have for every classroom. Explore the power of arts integration to deepen learning and inspire students. Get your free copy now and elevate your teaching!

BYU ARTS Partnership

Coaching Students in the Creative Process

November 8, 2023

According to the book "Studio Thinking: The Real Benefits of Visual Arts Education" most of classtime should be spent on "Students-at-work". This involves students creating works of art while teachers provide side coaching. Teachers guide students individually, fostering creativity through questions rather than direct instruction. This approach inspires problem solving, personal expression, reflection and more. The 4 studio structures can be applied to various art forms, including dance, theater, film, music, and the visual arts studio.

BYU ARTS Partnership

Sketchbooks and Visual Journals in the Classroom

October 25, 2022

Sketchbooks are not just for artists: anyone can benefit from using a sketchbook or visual journal. Maintaining a sketchbook or similar visual practice is useful for recording ideas and developing meaning-making skills that link memory with experience. Journals and sketchbooks cultivate curiosity, inquisitiveness, exploration, and imagination.

Cindy Clark

Students Learn the Life of an Artist Through His Art

May 27, 2022

Second grade students at Fox Hollow Elementary School in Lehi recently became acquainted with the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat through his story and his art.

Laura Giles

Art Gallery in McKay Building Showcases Children Artists

April 6, 2021

Read about the Children's Art Gallery in the McKay School of Education at BYU and how this exciting addition to the university is built on principles within the four studio structures, encouraging and enabling children to create art.

Laura Giles

Playgrounds: Exploring Global Play Spaces Through Art

March 16, 2021

Rachel Gonthier, Visual Arts Educator, shares an arts-integrated, ready-to-use lesson based on an exhibition of photographs titled “Playground” by the artist James Mollison that she saw at the BYU Museum of Art. She shares photos of playgrounds from around the world and explains how hands-on explorations of these playspaces help students understand and appreciate the variation between cultures.

Rachel Gonthier

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