Blocks Paper Scissors

Hello, Apologies for the absence of a regular podcast but things have been a little busy these last few months. 

In this episode, Clyde and I talk about his retitrement from K-12 education, the upcoming TAB Institute in Boston and the underpinning ideas that make TAB so important to a childs education. 

TAB Institute https://massart.edu/profe.../teaching-for-artistic-behavior/

TABstock :https://www.eventzilla.net/e/tabstock-2025-2138659787... Password 25tabstock

In this episode we are joined by another TAB teacher: Jen Rankey

Jen Rankey (she, her, hers):  Jen serves as the Director of Visual Art at Trinity Episcopal School in Charlotte, NC. This has given her the opportunity to teach kindergarten through 8th grade students while advocating for the preservation of the arts within independent schools over the past 20 years. Although choice and student voice has always been a part of her practice, Jen officially embraced TAB seven years ago with a curriculum based upon the pillars of Teacher for Artistic Behaviors: What do artists do? The child is the artist. The classroom is the child’s studio. This is accomplished with an offering of abundant choice wrapped around strong studio and artistic habits. Additionally, Jen served on the National Art Education Association's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. Creating an equitable and diverse world that includes a variety of voices has become a driving force in Jen’s work both inside and out of the art room.

Working Group Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

In this episode we discuss trauma and how it may appear in our studio classrooms. We are joined by Stacey Parrish. Stacey teaces middle school in  Florida.

Hello, and welcome to the Blocks Paper Scissors Podcast #30.

Today we have a special guest with us. Jean Barnett is an amazing High School TAB teacher in Central Texas.  She has been teaching for 17 years, at the same school, with more than 12 of those years as a TAB teacher.  She currently is teaching Art 1, Art 3, and runs her school’s ceramics program.  When Jean is not teaching her students how to think and behave like artists, she is teaching other art teachers all about TAB as the secondary cohort leader at the TAB Institute."

Here is the link to the article Clyde mentioned. 

https://tinyurl.com/3ywcmnvm

Hello fellow TAB teachers! We got our act together again to catch up and discuss what's happening in our TAB studios. We also chat about upcoming professional development opportunities that Clyde and I will be participating in later this year. Also, Don't be afraid to send us an email if you have a question or topic you would like us to discuss on an upcoming show.

Show notes.

TAB Summer Institute at MassArt, Boston 

TABstock at Blueberry Fields

School Arts Magazine

Podcast Redux! Sorry folks, this episode was supposed to drop last week but I made a huge error while editing. My bad. Anyway, we got back together to talk about a few things that have happened since our last podcast and we discussed WOW, Austins Butterfly, and other TAB missteps.

The Tornado Drawing

Images from Clydes Artshow

Article Clyde talked about.

In this episode Clyde and I try to catch up with each other from TAB Institute to the new year and beyond. We are not in a studio and therefore the sound quality will vary. 

During this years TABstock, we were blessed to have Kathy Douglas in attendance. I grabbed the opportunity to record, in her words, the genesis of TAB. It is a wonderful story told by one of the founders of TAB: Kathy Douglas. 

Ha! You thought we were done? Sorry! We have been super-duper busy and I had to hold Mr. Gaw hostage in order to get this podcast recorded. Just Kidding. In this episode Clyde and I are catching up with several random thoughts and I dead in this unscripted podcast.

In this episode, Clyde and Clark talk about the healing power of art. Why do kids seek out the art room when they are anxious? Why do certain behaviors disappear when children have the opportunity to work with their minds and their hands? 

Child Art Therapy by Judith Aron Rubin

The Good Enough Studio by Nona Orbach

Through the Narrow Window:

2022 TAB Summer Institute 

Special Thanks to The Easthills for allowing us to use their awesome music.