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Art Speaks: From Advocacy to Opportunity

Jun 20, 2022
Guest Post by 2022 AEO People’s Choice Award Winner Alicia M. Hopkins. View Alicia’s biography on Ohio artist registry by clicking here. Alicia was also recently chosen be part of Disabled Women Making History (and Art): Celebration of the 23rd Anniversary of the Olmstead Decision at the Toledo Museum of Art. Art speaks for me […]
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Summit County Launches Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Accessibility Advisory Board for Arts and Culture

Oct 22, 2021
As an outcome of the community cultural plan, Summit County has formally launched a diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility (DEIA) advisory board for arts and culture through the county-wide nonprofit ArtsNow. “During the cultural planning process, we heard from voices across our community that we must build more equitable practices in our arts and culture […]
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Accessible Expressions Ohio in Nelsonville, Ohio

Oct 20, 2021
Accessible Expressions Ohio is currently featured at Paper Circle Gallery in Nelsonville, Ohio. Click here to check out a write up in the Athens Messenger.
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Protected: You Too Can Uke

Aug 4, 2021
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Welcome Sona Santry!

Apr 29, 2021
This spring we are welcoming intern Sona Santry to the Art Possible Ohio team. She has been researching and writing about artists and advocates with disabilities so that we can share their stories and experiences more broadly. We tend to teach and talk about the same artists in our museums and classrooms. What if instead […]
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Artists You Should Know: Jen White-Johnson

Apr 5, 2021
Post By Sona Santry, Art Possible Ohio Intern All images from Jen White-Johnson at https://jenwhitejohnson.com People of color and people with disabilities are two groups that are both incredibly underrepresented in modern media. Jen White-Johnson aims to fix this and much more. She is an Art Educator and Activist, photographer, and Assistant Professor of Graphic […]
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2020 Annual Report

Jan 25, 2021
2020 was a year to remember! Though last year had its very real challenges, we are proud to share with you our 2020 Art Possible Ohio Annual Report.  It’s a new year with new possibilities and we’re here for it! We’re glad you are too. 
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Snow People Painting with Lori and Arlo

Dec 30, 2020
If you are looking for something to do with your kiddos for the remainder of winter break, check out this art making video tutorial with teaching artist Lori Esposito and her “studio assistant” Arlo. This painting shows you how to make a landscape painting of snow people with Q-tips. The Q-tip is a stamp that […]
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Those Who Spring of Me featured in The Lantern and Columbus Alive

Nov 19, 2020
We want to thank Matt and Nicolette for so generously sharing their film Those Who Spring of Me with us. We had a fantastic turn out for the virtual film screening and the talk back and a big part of that is thanks to our local media outlets and their stellar coverage. Check out these […]
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Description: This is an infographic featuring text and descriptions TITLE: INTERSECTIONALITY: A FUN GUIDE 1. A drawing of a triangle with a smiley face. The triangle is two shades of blue striped. A speech bubble comes from his mouth saying “Hi”. It is captioned “This is Bob”. 2. Caption: “Bob is a stripey blue triangle AND SHOULD BE PROUD.” Bob has a speech bubble saying “YAY ME”. 3. Caption: “SOME PEOPLE DO NOT LIKE BOB. BOB FACES OPPRESSION FOR BEING A TRIANGLE AND FOR HAVING STRIPES” Image of Bob with a sad face, positioned between stick figures holding a sign saying “Down with stripes” and another set of stick figures holding a sign saying “Down with triangles”. 4. Caption: “LUCKILY THERE ARE LIBERATION GROUPS! BUT THEY AREN’T INTERSECTIONAL. SO THEY LOOK LIKE THIS” An arrow points to two rooms, separated by a barbed wire fence. A room with a sign saying “welcome triangles” with triangles inside of many different solid colours. A room with a sign saying “welcome stripes” featuring many different shapes with stripes. 5. Caption: “BOB CAN’T WORK OUT WHERE TO GO”. Bob has a sad face. His thought bubble says “Am I more of a stripe, or a triangle?” 6. Caption: “THEY DON’T TALK TO EACH OTHER. IN FACT THEY COMPETE”. A solid yellow triangle with a cross face is next to a pink striped circle with a cross face. The solid yellow triangle says “I’m more oppressed”. The pink striped circle says “No! I am! I deserve more!” 7. Caption: “BOB WISHES TRIANGLES AND STRIPES COULD WORK TOGETHER”. An arrow points to a red striped circle with an open mouth, and a solid blue triangle with an open mouth. The red striped circle says “Oppression of one affects us all”. The solid blue triangle says “No liberation without equal representation”. 8. Text, in red: “INTERSECTIONALITY IS THE BELIEF THAT OPPRESSIONS ARE INTERLINKED AND CANNOT BE SOLVED ALONE”. 9. Text, in black: “OPPRESSIONS ARE NOT ISOLATED! INTERSECTIONALITY NOW”.

Intersectionality

Nov 18, 2020
At Art Possible Ohio we are wrapping up 2020 and looking forward to 2021. While 2020 posed a lot of challenges it also opened up a lot of dialogue and discussion. We are all about dialogue and discussion! It is how we learn, grow, develop empathy, and become better and stronger for one another. One […]
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Matt and Nicolette Swift Featured in the Columbus Dispatch

Nov 17, 2020
The Columbus Dispatch featured friends of the organization Matt and Nicolette Swift this weekend for their film Those Who Spring of Me. Matt and Nicolette are film makers and teaching artists who have been involved with Art Possible Ohio for several years. You can read the article by Peter Tonguette by clicking here. Art Possible […]
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Welcome Mikayla!

Oct 17, 2020
Art Possible Ohio is thrilled to welcome Mikayla Moore to the team. Mikayla is a fourth-year senior at The Ohio State University majoring in Arts Management with minors in Nonprofit Management and Music, Media, & Enterprise. Hailing from Mississippi and Indiana, she has always participated and advocated for the arts. Her particular passion is the […]
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Accessible Expressions Ohio 2021 – Apply Now!

Sep 23, 2020
Accessible Expressions Ohio is one of the most diverse art exhibits on display. It is an adjudicated, statewide exhibition and tour of sixty 2D and 3D art by Ohio artists with disabilities. Artists of any age, living in Ohio, with a disability may enter in the Youth, Emerging, or Professional categories. AEO raises awareness by […]
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Thank you!

Sep 1, 2020
Thank you, Greater Columbus Arts Council, Mayor Ginther, and Cbus City Council for the generous support of Digi-bilities! Art Possible Ohio will be providing a series of virtual professional development sessions to artists over the next few months in conjunction with Accessible Expressions Ohio and ReelAbilities. We look forward to seeing you there! #gcacgrants
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Meet AJ Vanderelli, Accessible Expressions Ohio Judge

Jun 4, 2020
AJ Vanderelli is a longtime friend and advocate for Art Possible Ohio. She is also incredibly cool and kind and a formidable opponent in the Artist Wrestling League. Megan interviewed her as a part of our series of posts about Accessible Expressions Ohio. Who are you/What do you do?  Aj Vanderelli. I am an artist, […]
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Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism

Jun 3, 2020
Art Possible Ohio’s mission is to work with artists of all ages who have disabilities, to make arts and cultural experiences more accessible and inclusive. We strongly recognize the intersectionality of race and disability. We believe that racism is a public health crisis that deeply intersects with our mission. We are an anti-racist organization, and we […]
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Accessible Expressions Ohio 2020 Winners

May 26, 2020
The Accessible Expressions Ohio 2020 Online Exhibition has been a success in every way imaginable. Out of 120 entries, 62 selected pieces stole our hearts through their originality, creativity, poignancy, darkness, lightness, joy, and sorrow. Of the 62, ten were selected as first, second, or third place winners in the categories of youth artist, emerging […]
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Meet Shelbi Harris, Accessible Expressions Ohio 2020 Adjudicator

May 19, 2020
Shelbi T. Harris-Roseboro is a seasoned professional with more than a decade of experience as both an entrepreneur and exhibiting artist. Shelbi is a graduate of Eastern Kentucky University where she received her Bachelor of Fine Arts and Graphic Design and then went on to earn her Masters in Public Administration from Valdosta State University. […]
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Miss Jacquie’s All Abilities Dance Class Lesson 3

May 18, 2020
Jacquie Sochacki-Pittman is a teaching artist at New Albany schools. She is a dance researcher, choreographer and educator currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Dance Studies at The Ohio State University. She has created online lessons to keep her students moving. Click here to visit Jacquie’s website. This 25 minute dance class is done […]
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Apply to be an Adaptation, Integration, and the Arts School

May 15, 2020
Adaptation, Integration, and the Arts (AIA) uses arts integration and collaboration to improve student success, educator development, and school engagement. The program partners teaching artists and classroom educators for creative residencies in inclusive classrooms. This program is made possible through funding from the Ohio Department of Education, Office for Exceptional Children, and a contract for […]
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Family Quilt with Barbara

May 14, 2020
Barbara Ery is a teaching artist in south eastern Ohio with the Carlton School. This activity can be expanded to include a variety of materials and designs. This activity is a paper quilt inspired by artist Faith Ringgold. Talk about things you like to do with your family. Is there a favorite trip or place you remember? Faith […]
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Make a Dance at Home with Angelica

May 13, 2020
Hello! My name is Angelica Bell and I am a dance educator/teaching artist. I am the Artistic Director of a non-profit dance studio in Southeast Ohio called Factory Street Studio, and an Art Possible Ohio teacher at the Carleton School! I want to “pull back the curtain” and share the ways I have adapted my […]
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Miss Jacquie’s All Abilities Dance Class Lesson 2

May 12, 2020
Jacquie Sochacki-Pittman is a teaching artist at New Albany schools. She is a dance researcher, choreographer and educator currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Dance Studies at The Ohio State University. She has created online lessons to keep her students moving. Click here to visit Jacquie’s website. This 20 minute dance class includes a […]
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Ohio Teaching Artist Roster Application is Live!!!

May 11, 2020
Art Possible Ohio is proud to be a partner on Ohio’s statewide teaching artist roster. We get to work with our best buddies – the Ohio Arts Council, Center for Arts Inspired Learning, OhioDance, and Ohio Alliance for Arts Education to bring together Ohio’s rock star teaching artists in one digital location. Are you a […]
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Membership Matters!

May 8, 2020
First things first, I have to humble brag that I was able to figure out how to set up totally legit e-commerce site through our Square account! More importantly, the site allows us to launch something that has been many years in the making. We have officially launched a membership program for Art Possible Ohio! […]
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Kelsey is Painting with Food

May 7, 2020
Kelsey Griest is a teaching artist working at the Ewing School in Marietta, Ohio. This lesson is easy to do with materials around the house and has the potential to keep students (and grown-ups) busy for hours. Hi everybody! I want to start by saying how much I miss seeing every student in class on Fridays. […]
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Grant Opportunity for Artists with Disabilities

May 6, 2020
Art Possible Ohio has a fantastic partnership with the Ohio Arts Council across several programs. We are especially proud of the Ohio Arts Council’s Artists with Disabilities Access Program (ADAP). ADAP provides funding that gives individual artists with disabilities and organizations that serve them the resources they need to further their artistic development. The spring […]
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Make a Shaker with Krate

May 5, 2020
Krate Digga is a teaching artist at Parkmoor Elementary. This year he worked with kindergarten students. This is a DIY/crafts project that requires minimal supplies. Hopefully things that can all be found already at home.
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Making Friends, Protesting Racism with Joanie

May 4, 2020
At Red Oak Community School, the Egrets, grade 3 – 5, were learning the History of Protest Music.  When most people think of protest songs, they usually think of songs that say “no” and highlight areas of human interaction that are not positive. I believe that sometimes the best protest songs are actually songs that […]
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Percussion with Krate

May 1, 2020
Krate Digga is a teaching artist at Parkmoor Elementary. This year he worked with kindergarten students. This is a drum/percussion exercise that doesn’t require any of the instruments usually used in class so students can practice rhythm anywhere.
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Spring Nests Poetry with Candace

Apr 30, 2020
Candace Mazur Darman is a teaching artist currently working with the Ohio State School for the Blind and A.G. Bell. She is a poet, performer, and artist. Here is an activity she put together for spring time. This activity is based on book This Is The Nest that Robin Built by Denise Fleming. Engineer a […]
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Mini Yoga Hide and Seek with Joanna

Apr 29, 2020
Joanna Johns is a teaching artist at Forest Rose school in Lancaster, Ohio. She teaches children’s yoga and mindfulness and is a certified children’s yoga teacher (6 weeks ~ teens), including yoga for children with special needs, parent and baby yoga, children’s yoga therapy, and Trauma Informed Teaching Practices. She holds a 200 hr yoga […]
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Air Dry Clay Dragon Eggs with Kate

Apr 28, 2020
Kate Aumuller is a teaching artist at Bridgeway Academy. She and her students explored cells and biology through art making. She has been making dragon eggs since the stay at home order. Here is the first of two lessons for making dragon eggs. The clay is also gluten free! How to make air-dry clay (no […]
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Seven Days of Support with Megan Fitze, Director of Programs

Apr 27, 2020
Ohio Citizens for the Arts has recently released a 7 Days of Support Campaign to “bring a little light to Ohio’s arts community.” Calls to action include purchasing a membership to your favorite cultural organization, donating a theatre ticket, supporting gig artists through online sales, etc. Among others, I decided to respond to Day #6’s call to […]
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Fashion Break

Apr 24, 2020
Life is really intense right now! Our 17 year old daughter looked up from her phone last night and said wistfully, “I was supposed to get my nails done for prom today.” It broke my heart a little. Her dress is hanging in its garment bag and her shoes are in my closet waiting indefinitely […]
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Miss Kris’s Garden: Daffodils and Spring

Apr 23, 2020
Kris Kiko Cozy is a teaching artist based in Canton, Ohio. Her classes combine visual arts, music, movement, mindfulness practice, story-telling, and performance. In order to stay in touch and engaged with her students during the school closure she (with the help of her tech savvy husband) set up a YouTube channel. This set of […]
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Moving Horse with Barbara

Apr 22, 2020
Barbara Ery is a teaching artist in south eastern Ohio with the Carlton School. This activity can be expanded to include a variety of materials and designs. First thing you do is gather tools. As you can see I gathered lots of stuff. Then ask in adult to copy your drawing on heavy cardboard stock and cut […]
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Teaching in times of the Coronavirus by Kelsey

Apr 21, 2020
When I was approached with a job opportunity from Art Possible as a sophomore in college, I was astounded and grateful for the opportunity, while at the same time scared out of my mind. I knew that my resume was not long. The main thing I could bring to the table was experience I gained […]
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Making Museums More Inclusive with Shannon

Apr 20, 2020
Shannon Thacker-Cregg is an artist and arts professional based in Columbus, Ohio. She recently completed her Masters Thesis at the Ohio State University in the Department of Arts Policy and Administration. Shannon has worked at Open Door Studio and the Columbus Museum of Art (CMA) and is an intern at Art Possible Ohio. This post […]
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Meet Cody Miller

Apr 17, 2020
Accessible Expressions Ohio has gone digital this year and you can check it out on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Megan, our maven of all things programs e-interviewed one of this year’s exhibition judges, longtime Art Possible Ohio artist and friend, Cody Miller. Miller’s work has been shown in numerous exhibits, such as “Havana/ConnectArt” in Matanzas, […]
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Miss Jacquie’s All Abilities Dance Class

Apr 16, 2020
Jacquie Sochacki-Pittman is a teaching artist at New Albany schools. She is a dance researcher, choreographer and educator currently pursuing her Master of Fine Arts in Dance Studies at The Ohio State University. She has created online lessons to keep her students moving. Click here to visit Jacquie’s website. This 15 minute video is the […]
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kindergarten students in a dimly lit room sitting together on the floor on yoga mats around their teacher Joanna who is also sitting on the floor on a yoga mat

Pause and Breathe with Joanna Johns

Apr 15, 2020
Joanna Johns is a teaching artist at Forest Rose school in Lancaster, Ohio. She teaches children’s yoga and mindfulness. She is a certified children’s yoga teacher (6 weeks ~ teens), including yoga for children with special needs, parent and baby yoga, children’s yoga therapy, and Trauma Informed Teaching Practices. She also holds a 200 hr […]
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Follow a Pattern with Barbara

Apr 14, 2020
Barbara Ery is a teaching artist in south eastern Ohio with the Carlton School. This is a lesson she designed to review patterns and the elements of art with her students. Let’s start out by doing the hand symbols and words for the elements of art. Line (arms crossed and one arm straight up) Shape […]
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Mental Health and COVID-19

Apr 13, 2020
This post contains grown-up content about mental health. It also contains some strategies for modeling mental health and self-care with young ones. I am taking a quick break from distance learning today to check in with everyone. How are you? Seriously, how are you? I received an email today from ADAMH, the Alcohol, Drug, and […]
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Reflections: Impact of COVID-19 on Art & Dance with Angelica

Apr 9, 2020
Hello! My name is Angelica Bell and I am a dance educator/teaching artist. I am the Artistic Director of a non-profit dance studio in Southeast Ohio called Factory Street Studio, and an Art Possible Ohio teacher at the Carleton School! I want to “pull back the curtain” and share the ways I have adapted my […]
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Breath with Lori and Arlo

Apr 8, 2020
Lori Esposito is a teaching artist based in Athen’s Ohio at Beacon School. This video was initially created for the Beacon School students and teachers. Focusing on our breath can help us feel calmer. 1. Collect small and light items from around your home; seeds, beads, colorful cut up pieces of paper or ribbon. 2. […]
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Protest Songs on the Ukulele with Joanie

Apr 7, 2020
This past year I have had the privilege of teaching the History of Protest Music and ukulele to grades 3 – 5 at the Red Oak Community School, with the support of Art Possible Ohio. Now of course, we are learning online, and here is Ukulele Lesson #2.  The History of Protest Music would not […]
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Choreography in the era of COVID-19 with Angelica Bell

Apr 6, 2020
Hello! My name is Angelica Bell and I am a dance educator/teaching artist. I am the Artistic Director of a non-profit dance studio in Southeast Ohio called Factory Street Studio, and an Art Possible Ohio teacher at the Carleton School! I want to “pull back the curtain” and share the ways I have adapted my […]
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kindergarten students in a dimly lit room sitting together on the floor on yoga mats around their teacher Joanna who is also sitting on the floor on a yoga mat

Sending Out Love with Joanna

Apr 3, 2020
Joanna Johns is a teaching artist at Forest Rose school in Lancaster, Ohio. Click here to read more about her on her website Explore Me a Story My name is Joanna.  I am a mother and an experienced educator, having taught on both sides of the pond!  I have been teaching young children for 20 […]
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When Charley Met Emma by Amy Webb; Reviewed by Emily Cairney age 11

Apr 2, 2020
Megan and I (your Art Possible Ohio staff) are both parents too. I asked one of our kiddos to help me out with some blog posts by reading and writing some book reviews. Here is a review of a book board member Amy Ranalli shared with us. Author Amy Webb is from Ohio! I’m Emily […]
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four people in a gymnasium, two sitting on the floor and two standing. Angelica is sitting wearing a maroon top and black pants and she is talking to a man sitting in black pants and a black shirt wearing headphones they are stretching.

Move your body with Angelica

Apr 1, 2020
Hello! My name is Angelica Bell and I am a dance educator/teaching artist. I am the Artistic Director of a non-profit dance studio in Southeast Ohio called Factory Street Studio, and an Art Possible Ohio teacher at the Carleton School! I want to “pull back the curtain” and share the ways I have adapted my […]
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Teaching online…oh my! Music teaching musings with Joanie

Mar 31, 2020
I am, and have always been, a teacher and a performer who creates opportunities for interaction with my class and/or audience.  As a teacher I almost always invite my students to come to the floor and sit in a circle with me.  As a performer, I’ve never enjoyed being up on a stage, far away […]
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Three Little Pigs for Grade K with Andrew

Mar 30, 2020
Andrew Protopapas is a teaching artist at Parkmoor Elementary School in Columbus, Ohio. He has shared some of the recordings he has been using with students to practice their play. Several weeks back, I recorded videos of me doing the hand motions to our songs and sent those to the teachers so that they could […]
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Collaging with Kelsey

Mar 28, 2020
Kelsey Griest is a teaching artist working at the Ewing School in Marietta, Ohio. This lesson is easy to do with materials around the house and has the potential to keep students (and grown-ups) busy for hours. How to make a multi-media collage using supplies from home! What you will need: Glue Scissors Photos, Magazines […]
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Seed Pots with Lori (and Arlo)

Mar 27, 2020
Lori Esposito is a teaching artist based in Athen’s Ohio at Beacon School. I am a teaching artist, and my son and created this seed pot demonstration using materials from around the house. This video was initially created for the Beacon School students and teachers so they could prepare their greenhouse for harvesting herbs without […]
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Miss Kris’s Garden

Mar 26, 2020
Kris Kiko Cozy is a teaching artist based in Canton, Ohio. Her classes combine visual arts, music, movement, mindfulness practice, story-telling, and performance. In order to stay in touch and engaged with her students during the school closure she (with the help of her tech savvy husband) set up a YouTube channel. When I first […]
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COVID-19 and Art Possible Ohio

Mar 25, 2020
How to begin? Things are scary right now and all of us are trying to gain some footing. Here is what we have been up to. What We are Doing at Art Possible Ohio Megan and I are working from home. We are visiting the office once a week or less to get mail. We […]
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Possibility in Uncertainty

Mar 19, 2020
I am working from home today on the fourth day of the new normal. I am sitting at the desk that my partner Ryan helped me haul upstairs to our bedroom so I would have a quiet spot while our three kids are home from school. We are navigating the uncharted waters of a global […]
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