As we end November and move into December, it is a good time to think about how you approach the holidays in your classroom. Do you teach holiday projects? Should you teach holiday projects? In today's episode, Tim welcomes Amy Neiwirth to the show to talk about these ideas and so much more. Listen as they discuss how we teach during these months, how we deal with tradition, and why we need to foster authentic artmaking experiences for our students.

• Find Amy on Instagram, as well as her jewelry
• Amy mentioned this webpage about decentering the holidays
• What is the Role of Holiday Projects in the Art Room?

November 20th is Corita Day, a celebration of the art and life of Corita Kent, also known as SisterMary Corita. As part of this celebration, Tim welcomes on Nellie Scott, director of the Corita Art Center in Los Angeles. Listen as they discuss Corita's art and life, how Nellie works to preserve Corita's legacy and amplify her message, and how teachers can introduce Corita to their students.

• See Corita Art Center's resources for teachers and videos
• Corita's 10 Rules for Learning and Life
• Read Austin Kleon's post on Corita Day
• The Life and Art of Corita Kent
• Find the Corita Art Center on Twitter, Instagram, and Facebook

Today, Tim is joined by Ray Yang, NAEA's Director of Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion and Special Initiatives. In this wide-ranging discussion, they talk about the creation of Ray's new role, the initiatives and resources NAEA will be developing, and how teachers who are interested in these ideas can start doing the work. 

• See NAEA's Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion homepage
• View the NAEA Resources that Ray mentioned
• Read the CRT article by Jennie Drummond that was discussed
• Read Ray's articles from their time as an AOEU writer

Author, educator, researcher, and advocate Dr. Ulcca Joshi Hansen joins Tim today to discuss her new book, The Future of Smart. Dr. Hansen is currently Chief Program Officer at Grantmakers for Education, where she works with educational philanthropists committed to ensuring that all young people have access to equitable learning opportunities. Listen as they discuss the opportunity we have to remake our schools, how students should follow their passions and strengths, and why we need to rethink what it means to be smart.

• See Ulcca's TEDx Talks here and here
• Pick up a copy of The Future of Smart
• Ulcca's Educating Potential website
• Listen to Tim's 2017 interview with Sir Ken Robinson

On today's episode, Tim and Janet Taylor continue their discussion about AP Art and Design portfolios and the myriad questions that surround them.  Listen as they talk about revising old work, helping students document and write about their art, and how you can help set your students up for success.

• Listen to last week's episode (Part 1)
• How to Set Your Advanced Students Up for Success
• How and Why Students Should Revise Old Work

On today's episode Tim and Janet Taylor get together to talk about AP Art and Design portfolios and the myriad questions that surround them. As Tim says, they don't have all the answers, but the conversation might shed light on strategies that can be helpful with advanced and AP students. Listen as they discuss sustained investigations, synthesizing media and processes, and developing creativity that can lead to better questions and better work. 

• The Perfect Exercise to Think Outside the Box
• A Portrait Lesson You Won't Want to Miss
• Using Visual Journals With Advanced Students
• Utilizing Contemporary Artists to Support Understanding

This school year has seen an increase across the board when it comes to behavior issues--both in frequency and severity. So how can we help our students (and ourselves) with these issues? Today, Tim talks to Janet Taylor and Christine Cusack about strategies to defuse and de-escalate behaviors when students become dysregulated. Listen as they discuss how behavior is a type of communication, why we may need to re-frame our assumptions, and how you can find the resources needed to best handle these issues.

• Read the article from Janet and Chris
• See all of AOEU's Resources for SEL in the Art Room
• Recommendations from Chris: Book 1, Book 2, Book 3

After last week's podcast about interesting art world stories popping up over the past couple of weeks, somehow there were even more stories coming out this week? Listen as Amanda Heyn joins Tim and they run through a couple of follow-up stories, share a twist on Jasper Johns' new exhibit, and talk about the Danish artist who absconded with $84,000 from the museum that was showing his work.

• See photos from the Arc de Triomphe here and here
• Take the Money and Run
• Is Jasper Johns appropriating artwork?

With a number of interesting art world stories popping up over the past couple of weeks, Tim runs down what he has found worthwhile, exciting, and thought-provoking recently. Listen as he discusses Christo and Jeanne-Claude posthumously wrapping the Arc de Triomphe, immersive van Gogh experiences, and an update to the Gardner Museum heist story. 

• Read about wrapping the Arc de Triomphe and 10 Fiber Artists
• Is the immersive experience worth it?
• Jasper and Me
• Read the story on the death of Robert Gentile

We hear all the time about how our students should be working together and how we need to give them opportunities to collaborate. But what exactly does that look like in the art room? What could it look like? In today's episode, Jessica Provow returns to the show to share ideas from a project she has developed for her students. Listen as she and Tim discuss the planning and execution of her collaborative project and what students gain from the experience.

• Listen to Jessica's previous podcast appearance
• See the Collaboration in the Art Room PRO Learning Pack
• Finding Success with Collaboration at the Elementary Level
• How Student-Directed Collaboration Can Benefit Your Students