2014 Art Ed Blog of the Year Finalist!

The Art of Education just announced the Finalists for the 2014 Art Ed Blog of the Year. Two Apex blogs made the list. Ms Purtee's blog, Thoughts On Arting was nominated for Best Rising Star Art Ed Blogs. This blog, the Art of Apex , was nominated for Best Secondary Art Ed Blogs.Not too shabby! You can view all the nominated blogs here.

To celebrate I thought I would share five of our most viewed pages of all time...

#5. Not Your Momma's Art Teacher's Units

Each unit we developed is based, not solely on making art but on being an artist. We took a long look at what artist do, created a list of possible artist behaviors, and scrubbed the list down to our top seven.

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#4. Scribble Art Using Masks: Photoshop Tutorial

This is an easy yet fun and effective way to turn any photo into strands of see through stuff.

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#3. Does Choice Really Matter?

As teachers, we enthusiastically posted the what, why and how of our new process. We received many questions and comments from other teachers. Some shared our excitement while others were more skeptical. However, the one piece that was missing from all this was the student’s reaction.

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#2. Typography Portraits : Computer Art Class

Gave this typography assignment to my Computer art class and they ran with it.

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And the Number One Most Visited Apex HS Art Blog Post is...

#1. Post It Note Project Explained!!

Everything you need to know to start Post-it Note muraling today!

Thanks everyone for visiting!

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