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Art Made Easy
by Patty Palmer
Welcome to Art Made Easy, a weekly podcast to help you teach art to kids. I'm excited to bring you interviews with the best in the biz; inspiring art teachers, authors, creative souls and teaching experts. Join me to navigate the World of Kid's Art Through Stories, Tips and Practical How-To's!
Episodes
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AME 153: Creative Thinkers
The Coronavirus is certainly shaking things up. It's early on in the cycle of school closures, social distancing and home-based learning and people are just plain confused. Folks deal with these types of events differently. There is a tremendous amount of pressure to stay put, not travel, hoard...
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AME 152: Your Communication Plan (and Why it's Never Too Late to Create One)
Do you struggle to find the right response when parents complain about your cancellation policy, how you're grading children in art class, or why your art looks the way it does. You're not alone. One of the biggest challenges for many art teachers, classroom teachers, and art volunteers is…
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AME 151: The Secret Benefits of Make-Up Art Days
As art teachers we have BIG goals for our art programs. Extensive year-long themes and curriculums require many class sessions to complete. And the more classes a project requires, the more likely it is that kids will fall behind. And that means a portfolio of unfinished work. One of the most...
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AME 150: 5 unconventional ways to connect with your students
Do you sometimes feel that there is a spark missing from your art room? Maybe your students are acting bored, apathetic or disruptive? Don't throw out your behavior management plan just yet. All you might need is a change in how you engage with your students. Here are my favorite — and slightly...
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AME 149: How to Embrace Your Role as a Non-Credentialed Art Teacher
Are you a credentialed art teacher? Or are you teaching art without an art related degree? I'm curious because this topic has been a HOT one in our Facebook groups. And truthfully, if I get any hate mail at all, it's usually because of two things: selling art lessons or saying you can teach art...
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AME 148: How to Prepare for Your School Art Show
Hosting an art show is undeniably the best way to celebrate your student's year long efforts in art education. But the logistics of an art show can be overwhelming. Whether you're excited to put this together (or expected to) it's always a good idea to plan ahead. In this episode, I'll take you...
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AME 147: Nailing Your Art Demo
When you demonstrate a project your goal is to communicate the process in a way that connects to the students what they need to do to finish successfully. The question is how do you do that? In this episode, I'll go over my experiences with different tools and technology that are useful for art...
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AME 146:The Art of Slowing Things Down
I read so many comments from teachers in our Facebook Groups expressing how their students behavior has changed. Some teachers feel like kids aren't able to work on the same project for extended periods of time — even as little as 30 minutes. They get bored or anxious, so they rush through the...
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AME 145: 5 Stages of Art Teacher Growth
When I was getting started as an art teacher, I was excited. But, I didn't really know what I was doing. I had little to no experience — a few sessions in my kid's classroom crafting quilt squares, but no elaborate art projects. I felt like I was pushed into the deep end without any preparation…...
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AME 144: How to Think Your Way to a Happy Year
My word of the year for 2020 is: clarity. For most of us, January is all about change: being a healthier, happier version of yourself. But that isn't always the case. We don't have to radically reinvent ourselves in order to find happiness. To quote one of my favorite authors, "the primary cause…
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AME 143: What do we mean when we talk about cookie-cutter art
In all of my years of teaching, there is one thing that has lead me to scratch my head literally every single time I hear this phrase… and that's, "cookie cutter art". It really drives me nuts. It used to send me into a tail spin of feeling upset and discouraged about myself as an art teacher.…
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AME 142: The 3 Things that Hold Teachers Back from Loving their Job
Welcome to the Art Made Easy Show where we talk about everything art—from techniques, project tips, management strategies but most of all what's going on beneath the glitter and paint to reveal the true canvas of who you are as an art teacher. I'm your host, Patty Palmer, a former K-6 art teacher...
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AME 141: The Secret Benefits of Reading Aloud to your Children
Janey Strong is the photographer, writer, mother and early literacy advocate behind Darling Readers. Her passion is finding unique ways to encourage parents read to their children - and children are never to young or old! Janey shares strategies on what to read, when to read and how to manage...
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AME 140: How to Engage and Connect with Children with Emotional Disabilities
Patty chats with Gold Star Sparkler, Jennifer Ford Pace, who was recently named Teacher of the Year in her community of Henrico, Virginia. It's a dive deep conversation on how Jennifer engages with her emotionally disabled students. If low attention spans, below grade level art skills or…
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AME 139: How to Grow a Customer base for your Art Studio with Meri Cherry
Do you have a studio based art business? If so, my conversation with Meri Cherry will be a game-changer for you. She doesn't just offer strategies on filling your classes or how to decide what art to create, she goes much, much deeper. We chat about how to know if you're ready to expand and at…
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AME 138: How to Approach Teaching Art with a Calm Mind
Kristin Damsetter is a full-time public school art teacher who is passionate about living a balanced and mindful life. She's been practicing yoga, mindfulness and meditation since 2007 and teaching it since 2014. Growing up and moving around a lot in the public school system, she experienced 23...
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AME 137: How One Art Teacher Copes with Anxiety & Depression
Felicia Merrick is a veteran classroom teacher of 22 years before becoming an art teacher. It's a position she feels embodies all that she loves: creativity and children. But a series of devastating losses lead to a debilitating battle with anxiety and depression. Through daily calming practices,...
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AME 136: Finding Your Voice as an Art Teacher with Cassie Stephens
Cassie Stephens joins Patty for the second time on Art Made Easy. And this time we're pulling back the colorful curtain and diving into why she wanted to write a second book, why starting a podcast feels right and why it's important to put social media in it's place. And just for the fun of it, a...
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AME 135: Ways to Make Art a Priority in Your Family with Jean Van't Hul
Do you ever wonder how the art moms on social media actually get their kids to create art? The photos are beautiful, the kids are engaged and the materials beg to be used. What's their secret sauce? Most likely, they've been inspired and nurtured by Jean Van't Hul, the founder of The Artful…
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AME 134: Adopting a Growth Mindset as an Art Teacher
Of the many daily challenges art teachers face, adopting a growth mindset may not be at the top of your list. Emily Gould, known as @sierramadres on instagram, is a K-12 art teacher who has done it all. Throughout her years teaching art, her one main focus is to never stop learning, always move...
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AME 133: How to Engage Students with Limited English Through Community Connections
Do you have students who speak limited English? Teaching art in a community with language barriers is a ripe opportunity for engagement and connection. You might just need to approach teaching differently. Today's guest, classroom teacher Hannah Coggins, teaches 1st and 2nd grade in Africa. She...
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AME 132: Clean Up Strategies & Routines for the Art Room
It's 5 minutes before the end of art class, the room is a mess. Some kids are finishing up their projects, others are not. The clock is ticking and you know what comes next…clean-up time. What do you do next? That depends on you…today on art made easy, I help you outline the best clean-up routine...
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AME 131: Becoming an Art Educator After Raising a Family
Eva Marie Kirby from Tennessee dreamt of being an art educator since graduating college but marriage and raising a family put her dreams on hold. Fast forward twenty years, Eva Marie steps into the art room and finds herself on charge of 800 children ages 4-7. Her story is absolutely delightful…
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AME 130: A Deep Space Sparkle Book Pick Spring 2019: How The Enneagram Broke Me Wide Open
I love listening to podcasts and over the past few years, mentions of the Enneagram personality test has popped up over an dover again. Last Fall, I decided to explore it further and happened upon a podcast interviewing Ian Cron. I was intrigued. The podcast shared how valuable knowing your…
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AME 129: How to Rock your First Year Teaching Art
The field of art education is often overlooked as a viable career in most school counseling offices. Many college students aren't even aware that the profession exists. Today's guest, Kelsi Quicksall declared Communications as her major until a quiet suggestion from a loved one opened up a world…
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AME 128: How to Use Mantras to Create Connection & Consistency with Your Students
Do you have a mantra? Something you say out loud before every class? I sort of did. My mantra of every child is somebody's baby was something I thought about before the students poke their heads inside the art room. But it never occurred to me to pick something to say loud and proud. Enter Sarah...
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AME 127: Budget-Friendly Ways to Cover Art Tables
One of the small details that often gets overlooked is whether or not to cover your art tables during art class. What type of placemats work best? Should the whole table should be covered in paper? Fabric? Maybe it doesn't even matter? It took me a few years to figure out this placemat thing but...
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AME 126: Four lessons I learned about classroom management from years of subbing
Are your students coming to class attentive, respectful and ready to learn? Or do you spend most of your time battling challenging students? No one wants to admit that there are days—maybe weeks—when the students wear you down so badly that you sink to a low point of frustration and behavior. I...
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AME 125: What it Takes to Become Teacher of The Year
Do you ever wonder what it takes to become teacher of the year? According to today's guest, Barbara Hua, it wasn't about having amazing art skills or years of experience — she had little of both. Instead it was something she didn't realize was noticed — and her answer may surprise you. Barbara…
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AME 124: The Creative Habit: Learn it and use it for life by Twyla Tharp by Simon and Schuster
I'm diving deep into how to cultivate your creativity with daily practice and awareness by following the exercise in Twyla Tharp's books The Creative Habit…our first book in the DSS book club…that's today on Art Made Easy. This book isn't what you think it is. It's not a quick checklist of…
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AME 123: Creating a Community Connection in your Art Class
How would you describe the vibe in your art room? What do you focus on? Art? Classroom Management? Colorful decor? Today's guest, Rona Wilcox from New Zealand, claims that her focus is community. And she maintains that the strong community she has created is why she has a waitlist for her after...
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AME 122: Tips on Running an After-School Art Program
Have you ever wanted to start an after school art program? Today's guest, Pamela Saunders from Washington, DC, was motivated to teach art when her children entered elementary school. Like many school districts, art was not offered, so Pamela took it upon herself to begin an after-school art...
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AME 121: How One Art Teacher Overcame Debilitating Challenges to Achieve her Dream
Have you ever considered what it must feel like to be overweight? Most of us can understand how it feels to be 20 pounds over-weight and even underweight, but weight on a grander scale —like 100-200 lbs might be more challenging to understand. Todays' guest, fellow art teacher and friend, Cindy...
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AME120: My Mini Burnout and How I Plan to Recover
It's the end of January and while many of you are on well on your way to integrating your new year's resolutions into your life, I feel like I'm lagging. Two months of family, work and holiday bustle has left me worn out and uninspired. But today is a new day and it's because I realized the cause...
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AME 119: The Surprising Benefits of Asking and Receiving Help
Do you suffer from chronic overwhelm syndrome? Or as I like to say, do you know how to ask for help? If you're like most women, the thought of placing a burden on someone else is downright unthinkable. Or, you may be of the belief that its far easier to do the task yourself rather than take the...
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AME 118: Dealing with Disrespectful Students/3 Questions to Ask
Do you deal with disrespectful students and general low engagement in the art room? If you just raised your hand, you are not alone. There have been a flurry of advice-seekers in our facebook group recently that are struggling with this very problem. So what's an art teacher to do? An effective...
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AME 117: The Importance of Cultivating a Community
Do you have an art degree? What about a teaching credential? I'm alway surprised at how many of us have found our dream job of teaching art to kids by tapping into our creativity and allowing our intuition to lead us to the perfect job. Today's guest is Sparkle Jackie May Hiller who after a…
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AME 116: The 5 Step Framework that will Transform your Art Room
Are you looking for ways to cultivate creativity, choice and personal expression in your art room? Today's guest, Kat Clarke shares the five questions she asks her students as they work through an art project. If you need a injection of inspiration or an alternative way to approach teaching art…
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AME 115: The Inside Scoop on Running a Full-Time Art Studio
Many art teachers dream of running their own art studio. The freedom, the creativity and the chance to impact children on a deeper level appeals to many of us. Maureen Marks, a member of our Sparklers Club, shares how she went from teaching art in a public school to running a successful art...
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AME 114: Behind the Sparkly Curtain
While I've been asked a hundred times, I rarely go out of my way to talk about it. Mostly, I'm afraid of the unwanted attention it would create. Or the feeling that I was abandoning my art teacher identify or that somehow my intentions were misguided. The It I'm talking about is how I transformed...
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AME 113: How One Art Teacher Raises Funds with Art Auctions
Krista Hilmen is a former high school english teacher turned art teacher at her children's charter school. Learn how Krista raises funds for her art program through a successful art auction. She shares what the most popular projects are, how her auction committee manages the tasks and how she...
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AME 112: The 6 Stages of the Creative Path with Nicholas Wilton
Do you dream of the day when you can spend all your time sipping tea and working on your art? For most of us, it's a long-term goal and one in which Nicholas Wilton is far to familiar with. Nicholas calls this the Hibernation Stage, which according to his 6 Stages of the Creative Path is the…
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AME 111: Turn Your Art Room into Your Dream Art Space
Need a little art room make-over? Yvette Ackerman is passionate about making her art room feel like home. By using warm, textural elements and a strategy for student inspiration, Yvette's art room is a dreamy example of what's possible. Yvette is a former classroom teacher turned art teacher for...
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AME 110: Draw, Paint, Sparkle Book Chat- Why I Don't Use Pencils in the Art Room
Today on AME, I'm continuing with my series: The Draw, Paint, Sparkle Book Chat, where I read sections of my new book and give you extra insight to how my teaching philosophy has worked throughout the years and how it can help you create art with your kids. In today's episode, I'm sharing the...
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AME 109: From Dance Instructor to Art Teacher
Are you a relatively new art teacher who's trying to figure it all out? Guest teacher, Tamara Evans shares her how she gets her students to help with prep and clean up. And it's pretty easy! Tamara Thomas Evans, teaches K-8th art in Hendersonville, North Carolina after a long career as a dance...
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AME 108: Do You Feel Like a Machine?
Can you relate to this question? Do you have enough time to prep? Are you able to enjoy your job? When do you sit and breathe? This is my question to art teachers: are you getting any fulfillment out of your job, or are you simply a machine providing a break for classroom teachers? I teach over…
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AME 107: Draw, Paint, Sparkle Book Chat- How to Host Art Sessions in Your Home
Today on AME, I'm continuing with my new series: The Draw, Paint, Sparkle Book Chat, where I read sections of my new book and give you extra insight to how my teaching philosophy has worked throughout the years and how it can help you create art with your kids. I taught in an elementary art room...
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AME 106: Draw, Paint, Sparkle Book Chat- All About Directed Drawings
Today on AME, I starting a brand new series: The Draw, Paint, Sparkle Book Chat, where I read sections of my book and give you extra insight to how my teaching philosophy has worked throughout the years and how it can help you create art with your kids. Today's episode talks all about Directed...
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AME 105: How to Transition from an Unpaid Volunteer to a For-Profit Business
You probably know someone just like today's guest. Someone who is passionate, dedicated, creative, and organized. She's the gal that takes on everything and does it so well. You may even find that she reminds you of YOU. Ashley Bruce is our Sparkler Spotlight for September. Ashley started her own...
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AME 104: Cultivating a Management Mindset
If there is one thing I know for sure, it's that you can't teach art unless you have some sort of management plan. Art is really exciting for kids and often you'll have eager students ready to create art, but it's also very common to experience predictable issues like these: ⁃ Talkative students…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to Art Made Easy, a weekly podcast to help you teach art to kids. I'm excited to bring you interviews with the best in the biz; inspiring art teachers, authors, creative souls and teaching experts. Join me to navigate the World of Kid's Art Through Stories, Tips and Practical How-To's!
HOSTED BY
Patty Palmer
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