Running an Art Department

Many schools invite artists to talk about their work and working life and deliver workshops to their students.  It can be a large chunk of an art department budget, so it’s important to get the most out of the experience, both for your department’s professional development as well as the experience the students have. With […]

How green is your art department? Are you looking for Eco friendly art supplies? Do you consider the impact the materials you are using and the packaging are having on the environment? It’s my experience that art teachers tend to really care about the environment and the impact their actions are having on climate change. […]

We have to fight to make art matter in our schools. This isn’t an ideal situation but it is the truth. Despite Ofsted’s recent research review into art in schools, which describes ‘a high-quality art education’, schools frequently aren’t given the time or the funding to make this happen easily. And why should it be […]

Sourcing and ordering art supplies for the art classroom is a time-consuming part of our jobs. It’s expensive and can be frustrating when mediums don’t come up to the standard we expect. I’ve ordered art supplies through Dryad Education and the Special Crafts and Spectrum range for a long time and have found them to […]

It’s good to have a list of questions to ask before you accept that Art Teacher job.  When you are interviewing for a job, you are interviewing the school as much as they are interviewing you.  How do you know if you should accept the art teaching position?  How do you know if the school […]

Working with artists and practitioners is a highly desirable way to engage students in Art & Design and broadens their learning from inside of the classroom. This year, my students from Wolverhampton Grammar School have been working alongside Midlands-based photographer, Sarvjit Sra, to practice the art of storytelling through photography. Hearing his motivation and inspirations […]