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Elizabeth Buhr

I'm a teaching artist who loves imaginative thinking and the gift that is the creative life.

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6th grade students in Middle School Art 1 explored color theory by creating images of a pet they would like to have ( a FOX!) or a pet they already own. Here's how we did it: Pet Harmony Learning Goals:... Continue reading

Posted Mar 13, 2019 at Art Spirit

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Visiting Artists in Middle School art studio

Change is good. That sounds much more definitive and sage like than I have felt over the past years. But really, change is good. I have moved to three different jobs over the past seven years. Yes. Every job has... Continue reading

Posted Mar 11, 2019 at Art Spirit

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Images, like voice and color, are all different. Without hesitation, I can admit to not knowing at all where this drawing practice is going. It is interesting to look at these as images only out of the context of my... Continue reading

Posted Aug 9, 2017 at Art Spirit

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recording the process

I'm interested in looking at these images from the different perspective which is through the image of the image --- using this blog as a sort of journal. Not ready to step back from the work. Its too early. Simply... Continue reading

Posted Jul 13, 2017 at Art Spirit

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The this and that and that and that of Philip Guston

This and that and that and that. Things that are pieces but not yet connected. How one comes to know the process they are working within; or not know. We are, at times only allowed to follow. To follow without... Continue reading

Posted Jul 6, 2017 at Art Spirit

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We are building our endurance and persistence in all grade levels and specifically in 6th grade. Exploring color through mono printing a series of images based on one of three themes ( the great outdoors| under the sea| architecture). The... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2016 at Art Spirit

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Here's my plan book. I always fill it out on the weekend so I have some time to think about what the week ahead will look like; where this rotation is in the lesson or unit; what guiding reflection sentence... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2016 at Art Spirit

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Learning from one another.

I swim on a masters team several mornings a week. In all of the six lanes at 5:30am there are a wide variety of swimmers. On any given day the adults that show up are a range that spans from... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2016 at Art Spirit

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It is the last week of September. We have been in school for a little over a month. I have seen all 450 of my students for two rotations. This means we spent approximately 8 hours together. A very short... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2016 at Art Spirit

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Make a place to sit down.

Wendell Berry tells us in poem ‘ How to Be a Poet’ to : ‘Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet.’This is about listening; listening to the quiet. Classroom management is about listening to the quiet space... Continue reading

Posted Oct 14, 2016 at Art Spirit

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The imporatnce of modelling.

I swim on a masters team several mornings a week. In all of the six lanes at 5:30am there are a wide variety of swimmers. On any given day the adults that show up are a range that spans from new swimmers, to people who grew up swimming in age-group... Continue reading

Posted Oct 8, 2016 at Art Education | Instructional Practice

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Scaffolding our stories.

In 4th grade we are working toward creating personal maps using this resource Reflecting Culture through Art -- Personal Mapping. We started with looking at portraits then creating a portrait of a person using collograph printing. The students and I talked about portraits and self portraits as one way artists... Continue reading

Posted Oct 5, 2016 at Art Education | Instructional Practice

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Let me count the ways I have altered my instructional plan as I taught the lesson.

We are building our endurance and persistence in all grade levels and specifically in 6th grade. Exploring color through mono printing a series of images based on one of three themes ( the great outdoors| under the sea| architecture). The students are now taking three of the mono prints and... Continue reading

Posted Oct 3, 2016 at Art Education | Instructional Practice

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Planning is like budgeting.

Planning is an invaluable tool in art education practice. Continue reading

Posted Oct 2, 2016 at Art Education | Instructional Practice

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Art classroom routines. Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2016 at Art Education | Instructional Practice

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Make a place to sit down.

Wendell Berry tells us in poem ‘ How to Be a Poet’ to : ‘Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet.’This is about listening; listening to the quiet. Classroom management is about listening to the quiet space between student action and student learning. Now, you might have... Continue reading

Posted Sep 27, 2016 at Art Education | Instructional Practice

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Classroom Management: Visual Arts Classroom

Wendell Berry tells us in poem ‘ How to Be a Poet’ to : ‘Make a place to sit down. Sit down. Be quiet.’This is about listening; listening to the quiet. Classroom management is about listening to the quiet space between student action and student learning. Now, you might have... Continue reading

Posted Sep 18, 2016 at Instructional Practice

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5th grade Fibonacci Sequence Expressions

Inspired by Fibonacci and this fabulous video, we explored the numeric expression as well as the artists expression of the Fibonacci Sequence. Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2016 at Art Spirit

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3rd grade Mural Inspirations

Art can function to inspire, educate and memorialize. Our city has many public art pieces that serve to teach, imagine and remember people ideas and topic that are important to the community. Looking at art work that is not only... Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2016 at Art Spirit

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5th grade Futurist inspired Figures

A challenge in figure drawing is getting everything in proportion. While there are lots of subtle differences between individuals, human proportions fit within a fairly standard range, the basic unit of measurement is the 'head', which is the distance from... Continue reading

Posted Apr 8, 2016 at Art Spirit

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Dear (Art) Teacher

Dear (Art) Teacher, Remember that you are, simply a teacher. Humbled by the vastness and sacredness of the content you are privileged to have come to know. Perhaps, more or not more deeply than your students. Perhaps side by side,... Continue reading

Posted Nov 22, 2015 at Art Spirit

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Reflective practice is so important. This means that the, as Parker Palmer calls it, community of truth must shift from the teacher to the art. We circle around the art. The art and the art making s our truth. It... Continue reading

Posted Sep 8, 2015 at Art Spirit

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Expression by Jesse Brass

Expression from Jesse Brass on Vimeo. Beautiful. Continue reading

Posted Jul 7, 2015 at Art Spirit

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"The Summer Day" by Mary Oliver Who made the world? Who made the swan, and the black bear? Who made the grasshopper? This grasshopper, I mean— the one who has flung herself out of the grass, the one who is... Continue reading

Posted Apr 12, 2015 at Art Spirit

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Stopping whatever preparation for the day I’m immersed in and putting on the traffic cop fluorescent vest, finding the stop sign and heading outside for the 15- 20 minutes of busses and moving along kiss and go-ers. Then at the... Continue reading

Posted Mar 1, 2015 at Art Spirit

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