Blocks Paper Scissors

Hello, Apologies for the absence of a regular podcast but things have been a little busy these last few months.  In this episode, Clyde and I talk about his retitrement from K-12 education, the upcoming TAB Institute in Boston and the underpinning ideas that make TAB so important to a childs education.  TAB Institute https://massart.edu/profe.../teaching-for-artistic-behavior/ TABstock :https://www.eventzilla.net/e/tabstock-2025-2138659787... Password 25tabstock  

In this episode we are joined by another TAB teacher: Jen Rankey Jen Rankey (she, her, hers):  Jen serves as the Director of Visual Art at Trinity Episcopal School in Charlotte, NC. This has given her the opportunity to teach kindergarten through 8th grade students while advocating for the preservation of the arts within independent schools over the past 20 years. Although choice and student voice has always been a part of her practice, Jen officially embraced TAB seven years ago with a curriculum based upon the pillars of Teacher for Artistic Behaviors: What do artists do? The child is the artist. The classroom is the child’s studio. This is accomplished with an offering of abundant choice wrapped around strong studio and artistic habits. Additionally, Jen served on the National Art Education Association's Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Task Force. Creating an equitable and diverse world that includes a variety of voices has become a driving force in Jen’s work both inside and out of the art room. Working Group Chair, Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

In this episode we discuss trauma and how it may appear in our studio classrooms. We are joined by Stacey Parrish. Stacey teaces middle school in  Florida.    

Hello, and welcome to the Blocks Paper Scissors Podcast #30. Today we have a special guest with us. Jean Barnett is an amazing High School TAB teacher in Central Texas.  She has been teaching for 17 years, at the same school, with more than 12 of those years as a TAB teacher.  She currently is teaching Art 1, Art 3, and runs her school’s ceramics program.  When Jean is not teaching her students how to think and behave like artists, she is teaching other art teachers all about TAB as the secondary cohort leader at the TAB Institute." Here is the link to the article Clyde mentioned.  https://tinyurl.com/3ywcmnvm

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

Hello everyone!! In this podcast, Clyde and I talk about remote teaching and trying to keep the spirit of Teaching for Artistic Behavior.  We felt it was necessary to make a podcast during this time. We couldn't meet in the regular studio, so we recorded this using Zoom. The sound isn't perfect. Enjoy everyone. Stay Safe.   Software Mentioned in this episode Flip Grid Quicktime Loom Talkr  

Hello listeners, we are back with another episode of the Blocks, Paper Scissors Podcast. In this episode, Clyde and I discuss Trauma-informed education through the lens of a TAB studio. This is a very current and deep subject that we dip our toes into.  Other things mentioned in this episode. Yoyoi Kusama - Read this great article about her here. If you have Hulu you can watch an awesome documentary about her life titled KUSAMA: Infinity  Judith Scott The Teaching for Artistic Behavior Summer Institute  Trauma-Informed Education: Teaching for Artistic Behavior Curriculum Experience by Clyde Gaw  

In this episode, Clyde and I get back to what we love: talking about our TAB studios. More specifically the phenomenon called organic collaboration and the observations we make. What happens when we work together for a common cause? What are we learning? Why is it a good idea to promote collaboration in your classroom?   Theories of Childhood, Second Edition: An Introduction to Dewey, Montessori, Erikson, Piaget & Vygotsky Lev Vygotsky Jean Piaget David Ausubel   Special thank you for the Easthills for allowing me to improve this podcast through the use of their music!

In this episode, Clyde and I have a fun little conversation about our experience at TAB institute in Boston. I thought it would be nice to sit down and decompress all that happened over the week. We got to meet some pretty amazing educators from all over the world. I would like to apologize if the sound isn't that great. My MacBook has been acting up, restarting at random times, so I recorded this on my iPad. When I listened to the recording it had a nasty rumble that I tried to process out. Also, I want to thank Kathy Douglas, Diane Jaquith, Ian Sands, Roni Rohr, Julie Toole, Anne Banning, Christine Phillips and Clyde for putting up with the rookie this year.  Classic TAB T-Shirt campaign which runs through August 15th. Get yours while you can! Classic TAB T-Shirt If you haven't done so, please give us your thoughts on this years conference. Post Conference Evaluation

In this podcast, Clyde and I discuss the benefits of time in the TAB classroom. What happens when kids have time to play, explore and discover new ideas?        Special Thank you to the Easthills for their generosity in allowing me to use some of their awesome music. Also Katie McDaniel for the amazing intro. Time by Pink Floyd