Art Room on The Left

Tyler & Lauren talk about how to set boundaries for your students, your classroom, and your work-life balance. Tyler is really good at it. Lauren...is not...

Tyler talks about the frustrations of teaching students who don't care about your class. Tyler also talks about how amazing it is learning from radical young people about box braids & dreads—and the occupation of Palestine. Children are complex, huh?

Lauren & Tyler discuss returning from break and Art Basel. Will art festivals always feel unwelcoming to these 2 Iowan Artists/Teachers? Will the education system find a better way to support teachers as the professionals they truly are? Will Lauren find her new fav local Etsy shop before the Holiday Season ends??

Did you know a man tried to teach a plant how to speak english by reciting the ABCs at it? Did you know a man was a docent for a dead hare? Did you know art isn't some magical font of knowledge passed down from art teacher to art student? Well Lauren & Tyler dig into the weird history of radical art teachers and find beauty in the potential to make art teaching more than just "Elements & Principles".

Lauren & Tyler talk for far too long about their hunter of a dog before launching into a discussion of Ad Reinhardt & his Rules for a New Academy. How can teachers help students see that art isn't some elitist institution? How can we dismantle the institutions that dictate what art can and cannot be? Whey correct the artist when you could instead just keep your dang mouth closed?!

Art is Art. Everything else is everything else.

Lauren & Tyler talk about how to ensure you don't turn your home into a de-facto art classroom. Lauren shares her tips for staying organized (SPOILER: She only is organized at school!) Tyler has a mental breakdown about clay.

Lauren & Tyler talk classroom management techniques, mishearing student threats, and do you remember that one kid who passed out in your class?

Adam and Tyler dig into the ups and downs of teaching.

Adam and Tyler, on mental health days, discuss reimagining education. From engaging in uncomfortable topics, engaging art lessons and students on their cell phones -- it's time to do things differently. Plus, it's spooky season OR Striketober to some, so we talk a lot about blood and the oncoming worker strikes across the country. In solidarity!

Adam and Tyler discuss getting students out of their comfort zone and start being weird.