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.

WE are finally back in the studio...sort of. In this episode of Blocks Paper Scissors, Clyde and I try to get back into the groove talking about quality. Teacher directed vs. student directed quality and what is really happening in the minds of our young artists. Special thanks to the Easthils for allowing me to use their awesome music. 

Welcome to our second live conversation event. 

In this episode, Clyde and I go live in the first virtual question and answer session. We were joined by several TAB teachers from around the world. This was an amazing conversation among incredible art teachers.

As we continue to work remotely, we are trying to bring you interesting content related to Teaching for Artistic Behavior. Please excuse some of the audio. Zoom sometimes does not play well.

In this episode, Clyde and I are joined by Roni Rohr to talk about the idea of "Am I TAB enough? It's a question many of us ask ourselves when beginning this journey. 

Roni Rohr (she, her, hers) teaches at El Dorado Community School K-8 in Santa Fe, NM. She serves as the Santa Fe Public Schools Visual Arts Mentor and is a faculty member of the TAB Institute at MassArt... advocating for student voice.  Roni is a designer and artist and is passionate about collaboration, social justice, and advocacy within her own work and that of her students. 

As an educational consultant, she collaborates on professional development for the New Mexico Museums, Meow Wolf, and others. Roni presents locally and nationally on topics of TAB, choice-based and play education, Design Thinking, and creating community; she was the 2020 keynote speaker for Colorado TAB. Roni is Nationally Board Certified in early and middle school art, a 2016 NM Golden Apple Fellow, the 2015 NM Middle School Art Educator of the Year, and the 2011 NM Art Educator of the Year.

Today Clyde and I welcome a very special guest: Julie Toole. During our conversation, we look at what is white privilege and how we can practice DEI+J in the TAB studio,  

Julie has been a teacher for 30 years, 20+ in Chicago Public schools and is currently teaching art at a private progressive school, pre-k-8th grade. She has been a TAB teacher and TAB mentor for the last 10 years and co-lead at the elementary level group at the TAB Summer Institute at MassArt and part of the Executive Board for TAB, INC. As a transracially adoptive mother of two children of color, She has been on a personal journey on understanding her whiteness and privilege in order to be actively anti-racist in her work and life. This has led her to participate in SEED (Seeking Educational Equity and Diversity) cohorts and then to do the training to become a SEED facilitator at her school. She has co-led groups for parents and for staff. She is also part of the EQaT (equate) team at her school (Equity in Action), the parent EqAT group, and teaches an elective course for her middle schoolers called Artist as Activist. Five years ago she started a GSA (Gender Sexuality Alliance) club at her school and together they do school-wide events such as Day of Silence and Ally Week. 

Show Notes:

White Privilege

 Unpacking the Invisible Knapsack

Windows and Mirrors of Your Child's Bookshelf - Ted Talk

William Pinar - What is Curriculum Theory?

Johan Huizinga - Homo Ludens - A Study of the Play Element in Culture

Leading Equity Podcast