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Are you a teacher or homeschooler in search of the best art education blogs?

Long before I was a parent, I was an art teacher. I taught elementary and middle school art, and then moved into the field of museum education which is where I was right before TinkerLab began. While many of you are parents like me, I know that a fair number of our readers are also homeschoolers and/or educators. Because I love this stuff, and I know that many of you do too, I compiled this growing list of the best art education blogs.

Like all lists, this one is only as comprehensive as my research and doesn’t take brand new blogs into account. Also, this list does not include too many parenting blogs that bridge over to arts education. Everything included here caters almost exclusively to educators or families of the children in these educator’s care. 

If you have a favorite art education blog that’s not included here, will you let me know in a comment? You’ll see that the list is light on middle school and high school blogs. Please send me your favorites! You’ll also want to pin this page because I’m sure to add more links as I find them. Well, that, and this list of 40 blogs will be handy when you need a bit of art education inspiration.

The Best General Art Education Blogs

School Arts Room   Written by the editor of SchoolArts Magazine, this well-organized site offers timely art news; entertaining or thought-provoking artists, ideas, stories, and issues; professional opportunities for you; and project and lesson ideas and exhibition possibilities for your students.

TinkerLab . I know, I have to give my little slice of the art education world a small shout-out. If you’re here, reading this post, chances are that you’ll enjoy more of the resources you’ll find here. I’d love to welcome you into our tight knit community as a member of our subscription program, TinkerLab Schoolhouse, or in a live class in the TinkerLab Studio.

Teaching for Artistic Behavior Also known as TAB, teaching for artistic behavior is a nationally recognized choice-based art education approach to teaching art. Choice-based art education regards students as artists and offers them real choices for responding to their own ideas and interests through the making of art.  This site shows you how.

Transition to Choice Based Art Education Clyde Gaw, author of the Indiana Art Education Advocacy Action Blog, also writes this reflective blog on the relevance of student-directed art education.

Art Teachers Hate Glitter   This is not your typical art teacher blog. This is a humor site.

The Art of Education    Ridiculously Relevant Professional Development for Art Teachers

Preschool Art Education Blogs

Teach Preschool While not solely art-focuessed, this blog by Deborah Stewart holds art at the root of many of its lessons and provocations. One of my favorite sites, hands-down.

The Artful Parent This blog is written with the parent in mind, but Jean Van’t Hul’s audience includes MANY educators. This blog is legendary, and the author has  also written books on making art at home with kids. Tons of good ideas.

Meri Cherry  Meri Cherry (that’s her name – so rad!) is a Reggio arts educator, and her blog focusses on the arts at the preschool and early elementary level.

Art Bar Blog Written from the perspective of graphic designer and educator, Barbara Rucci, who teaches preschool and elementary children in her studio, this blog is absolutely gorgeous.

Casa Maria’s Creative Learning Zone   Maria Wynne’s fanciful site is full of inspiration. As she says it, “Open your eyes to all sorts of possibilities…Discover creative ways to reuse recycled and natural materials. “Her pre-school curriculum and environment is deeply inspired by The Reggio Approach to Early Childhood Education

Elementary Art Education Blogs

Art for Small Hands   Julie Voigt has taught art for over twenty-five years in Montessori schools. Each lesson plan is self-contained with all the information needed to complete the project: the target age; the key concepts to be learned; the materials needed; helpful notes to avoid pitfalls; and some anticipated conversations you may have with your young artists as they are working.

Elmwood Art This choice-based arts education blog (a.k.a. TAB, Teaching for Artistic Behavior) from Hopkinton, MA is delightful and smart!

Art with Mr. E   Ted Daniel Edinger is an elementary art teacher in Nashville. He was named the 2011-2012 Tennessee State Elementary Art Teacher of the Year.

Deep Space Sparkle Founded by Patty Palmer of Goleta, CA, this beautifully designed site is a wealth of well-organized information.

Thomas Elementary Art  Take a peek at the projects that students in Dublin, OH are working on.

Mrs. Knight’s Smartest Artists A peek into the busy art room of Hope Knight, art teacher and the K-5 artists at Dolvin Elementary School, Johns Creek, Georgia, USA

Organized Chaos   Creating and teaching art requires a sense of humor and an understanding of organized chaos – as there is no way to create something original without spreading out supplies and getting a little messy.

Art Teacher Adventures Katie Morris is a K-6 Art Teacher in two public schools and is currently exploring choice-based art education.

Polka Dot Spot Written by an art teacher in Green Bay, WI.

Middle School Art Education Blogs

Artful Artsy Amy Amy teaches art in a Title I middle school in Georgia. She’s written some great articles on classroom management. I get LOST in this site. It’s so well-written and heartfelt. You’ll love Amy and wish she taught your child.

Studio Learning A blog by Nan Hathaway of Vermont, it chronicles choice-based projects such as sewing, painting, and felting. If you’re interested in choice-based art education, this site will inspire you.

High School Art Education Blogs

Panthers K-12  Well-organized lessons that includes a syllabus, curriculum map, lesson plans, Power Points, and rubrics.

Ten more inspiring Art Education Blogs

Since this post was originally written, readers have submitted their favorite, inspiring art education sites in the comments.

Art Education Outside the Lines   Reflections on Art Education in the home environment

The Art of Apex High School   Choice Based Education in the Art Room

Wahoo for Art  Art Projects from a K-5 Art Educator

Collingswood Middle and High School Visual Art Department  Art endeavors from students in Collingswood, NJ

Teach Kids Art  A personal blog from Cheryl Trowbridge that’s packed with art lessons for kids of all ages

Art is Basic Lots of art lesson ideas from a Marcia Beckett, a mom and elementary art teacher

Art Teacher Directory Art is Basic (above) also has a comprehensive art teacher directory that you have to check out for a ton of art ed blogs

Say Things with Color Elementary art teacher Alia Tahvildaran’s shares hands-on and digital projects, activities, and materials tested and recommended.

Mini Matisse   Loads of great lesson ideas and tips on how to organize an art room

Deep Space Sparkle  Art lessons from an elementary art educator

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Looking forward to checking these out! Thank you. 🙂

Hope you’ll check out mine as well – Art Education Outside the Lines ( http://www.insideoutarted.wordpress.com ). I write on a wide range of topics – from my point of view as both a parent and professor of art education – for parents and professionals alike.

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This is such a great list of Art Education blogs! In addition to those profiled above, I would recommend the Art of Apex High School. I have included a few links to their site here: http://northernartteacher.wordpress.com/2013/12/29/the-dilemma/ I’m looking forward to reading a few sites that are new to my reading list.

Thank you for listing my blog. I am humbled by your list! I look forward to checking out these blogs and also Colleen’s suggestion’s. Many thanks for all you do in promoting art education and the humanization of schools through art experience.

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Thank you so much for including me on your list!!! That means a great deal to me.

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I am a new comer to Blogging in the past year. I love using the Bloglovin App to organize the various Blogs to follow. There are so many great Art Education blogs out there. Check mine out too.

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I’m honored to be included in your list. Thanks! -Zach (Thomas Elementary Art)

Great post! Been looking around for thoughts on teaching. Thanks for the info here!

Thank you for including my blog, Mrs. Knight’s Smartest Artists! It’s a real labor of love. Glad to find your site 🙂

What about http://www.ArtEdGuru.com ?

Might be too newly launched to make the list, but a great resource!

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The art lessons section has experienced a massive overhaul. Lessons are now categorized for easier retrieval. If you would like to submit a lesson for inclusion here so that others may benefit, either click on the " Submit a Lesson " link on the side menu of this page or if that doesn't work, contact me . Don't forget to submit images with your lesson. The images should be large so people can see them easily. If your images are too large to submit, contact me .

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Because anyone can submit a lesson on IAD, some may not have the quality of others. However, valuable information can still be gleaned from them and perhaps they will jog your memory enough to create better lessons of your own.

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There are many rubrics on IAD. Many are universal in nature and you can use them for your own lessons. Your rubrics should describe well what a finished product should look like at several levels. The skills or objectives should be on the far left column and across the top should be the levels of quality for each grade. Of course your assessments should include any local or national standards.

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There are various philosophies and strategies for creating art lessons that truly motivate students. Some of these strategies are found in our Teacher Toolkit section for newer art teachers. A good lesson addresses the learning styles of all students, not just a visually-oriented art student. The lesson will include activities that use the following intelligences: Kinesthetic, visual, auditory, linguistic, logical, intra-personal, and others as listed by Howard Gardner and others.

A good lesson will have an introduction that really grabs the attention of students. Some call this the "anticipatory set" from Madeline Hunter's research (Additional information can be found in the Teacher Toolkit section). Without a good introduction, the rest of the lesson could fail because students aren't interested in putting their personal best in the assignment. The introduction should illustrate to the student how the lesson will relate to them personally.

Finally, your art lesson should address your state or provincial standards. Good art teachers know how to integrate the arts into the other subject matter. Geometry can be integrated through architecture of the Renaissance. History can be integrated through famous art that illustrates important events in history. Geography can be integrated through creating visual maps in cartography. Science can be integrated through subjects in nature. Not all states have visual arts standards so if your state doesn't have them, have them match up with the national standards found on the Kennedy Center website.

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Face-to-face and online tutoring for high school Art students: a list of Art Tutors

Last Updated on February 5, 2024

Private tuition is growing rapidly in certain parts of the world, with nearly one in four 11-16 year olds in England and Wales (24%) receiving outside help with some subjects, according to a recent poll by the Sutton Trust. In London, this number is much higher, with 40% of students gaining extra tuition at some point during their schooling career. These numbers have exploded further in recent months, due to disruption of traditional schooling caused by Covid-19.

This is a list of private Art tutors who are available to help students fulfil their potential in high school Art qualifications, such as GCSE, IGCSE, A Level, IB, NCEA and AP Studio Art. These individuals and companies provide a range of online tutoring services, including: detailed evaluations of artwork; guidance about developing ideas; general tips and recommendations to improve the quality of your work; advice about how to structure, organise and present your project; and specialised assistance in areas such as Fine Art / Painting and Related Media, Graphic Design, Digital Media, Photography and Sculpture. These tutors are based in many locations around the world and offer online tutoring via Skype or email, and/or face-to-face tutoring. Many have had their own work (or that of their students) featured upon the Student Art Guide and all express a commitment to providing professional, high quality Art tuition.

NOTE: that these tutors have not been vetted or officially endorsed by the Student Art Guide. It is your responsibility to carry out any necessary background checks before sharing contact details or hiring someone to be your tutor. If you are a high school student, please seek advice from a parent or guardian before acquiring the services of an Art tutor online.

Payment for tutoring services

Art tutor rates are usually arranged individually between the tutor and tutee, with prices confirmed once details of the assistance required have been discussed. We have included approximate hourly rates beside each listing below in American dollars and sometimes local currency. Please contact the individual tutors directly for more information.

If you are looking for art tutor jobs and would like to be included upon this list, please read our tutor submission guidelines below!

A list of high school Art tutors

Alice cahill – experienced ib visual art teacher.

Alice Cahill has been a Visual Art Teacher for the last 10 years teaching internationally in schools around the world. Experienced  IB Visual Art Teacher  for the DP,  Visual Art Examiner  for the CS, PP and EE. Her tuition rate is  50 euro  (1hr max) via skype. For email correspondence and editing assistance 50 euro per hour. Alice currently teaches at an IB International School based in Ireland. For more information, please make contact via email:

Amanda Williamson – experienced high school art teacher

Amanda is an experienced high school art teacher, with over 20 years teaching experience working in a variety of education settings, including the UK and Thailand. She has been a Head of Art and a Creative Faculty Leader, and has run CPD training for teachers, as well as workshops for students. Amanda is currently working at Leeds Arts University, UK, as the FE Extended Diploma Pathway Leader for Fashion and Textiles. One of Amanda’s past students, Kate Powell, has had her  A Level Art  projects  featured on the Student Art Guide .

Amanda has a BA in Art and Design, a PGCE and MA in Education. She specialises in  mixed media and textiles , as well as  written element support  and  exam preparation / development . Amanda is based in Leeds, UK, for face-to-face tutoring, and also offers tuition via skype and email. Her tuition rate is  £40 per hour . Please make initial contact with Amanda via email.

Amy Atkinson – experienced Art Teacher and IB Examiner

Amy Atkinson has been teaching Art in Secondary Schools for 10+ years, mainly teaching IGCSE and IB in International Schools. She also serves as an IB Examiner and Teacher Mentor. Amy is currently teaching at Shenzhen International School , a high school in China. She is available to tutor Art students online via email or Skype. Her tuition rate is USD$60 per skype session (max 1 hour) . For email correspondence and editing assistance, USD$60 per hour of reading/editing . For more information, please view Amy’s website .

Ashaba Gabito – high school art teacher and tutor

Ashaba Gabito is an all-round experienced visual artist, a specialist in painting, drawing, mixed media and weaving. Some of his artworks can be found on his  website . Ashaba holds a masters degree in Art and Industrial Design from Kyambogo University, Uganda. Ashaba is currently based in Rwanda where he instructs  IB MYP  at Green Hills Academy. Prior to that he taught  IGCSE ,  AS/A2 Art and Design  for over six years at Vienna College Namugongo in Uganda.

Ashaba privately tutors students via email, Google meet and zoom for  USD$60 per hour , discussing images, work progress, ideas and much more. He also gives guidance in  portfolio creation . He can be contacted on +256784109150 (whatsapp) +250790914883 (calls) and by email.

Beatrice Bonafini – experienced Art Tutor

Artist Beatrice Bonafini has an MA in Painting from the Royal College of Art (Distinction), a BA in Fine Art from the Slade School of Art (1 st  Class Honours) and a Foundation Diploma from Chelsea College of Art and Design. At high school she achieved a 7 (the maximum grade) for  IB Art . Originally from Italy, Beatrice has lived in London for 7 years. She has a good understanding of what top art institutions look for in their students and can provide tutoring for  portfolio preparation  as well as  interview practice , taking students on visits to the institutions of their choice as well as galleries in London, to prepare them for thinking critically about art making.

Beatrice has a wide range of tutoring experience, teaching high school students as part of the Slate Widening Participation Summer Art Course, offered by University College London; the Outreach Program Art Workshop offered by Royal College of Art, and the Summer Public Art Workshops run by Pump House Gallery. Beatrice offers private art tutoring; online and face-to-face. She can be contacted through her website  or via email for more information.

Camilla Campbell – experienced high school art teacher and moderator

Camilla is an experienced art teacher and is available to tutor students taking  GCSE  and  A Level Art  and has worked with most examination boards in the UK for over 10 years. Camilla has also taught abroad and worked internationally in Beijing, Abu Dhabi and in Bucharest teaching the CIE curriculum for  IGCSE  and  A Level Art . Camilla has also taught  Edexcel international Art and Design in GCSE  and  A Level , International Baccalaureate , and the  Matriculation system in South Africa . Camilla is a  moderator for BTEC Art and Design  and an  OCR A-level Art Examiner in the UK .

Casey Roonan – educator at Rhode Island School of Design

Casey Roonan is a professional illustrator, published cartoonist and an instructor at the Rhode Island School of Design (RISD), where he graduated with a  BFA  in 2014. Casey began  teaching at RISD  in 2017, and has gone on to instruct both adults and teens in the fundamentals of drawing and design, as well as illustration and sequential art. In addition to private tutoring experience, Casey has also taught at the high school level as a long-term substitute (from 2018 to 2019) for  Art Foundations ,  Drawing and Painting , and  AP Art  classes at Rocky Hill Country Day School in East Greenwich, RI.

Casey offers tutoring online via email and Zoom or Skype for USD$60 per hour, and in-person in the New York Metropolitan area for USD$100 per hour . He provides specialized feedback on student artwork , technical lessons in a variety of art media , and helps with preparation of college application portfolios . For more information please contact Casey via email or visit his website .

Ciara Kosior – experienced product designer

Ciara Kosior is an artist and designer with a  BFA from RISD  and twelve years of experience working as a professional product designer. She began tutoring high school students in 2021 to help them develop  portfolios for art school applications . She also has experience as a volunteer children’s summer camp art instructor. Ciara enjoys demystifying drawing and design techniques, teaching art history, and encouraging students to explore their emotions, questions, and passions through art. She loves to help students learn, grow, and prepare their portfolios.

Ciara is available for online tutoring, or in-person tutoring in New York City. Her tuition rate is USD$65 per hour . For more information, contact Ciara via email or by calling/texting 413-265-4858.

Emily So – Carnegie Mellon University School of Art

Emily So graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a Bachelor of Fine Arts in 2012. She has been a professional artist since 2009 and worked for Disney Research as an artist for over a year. Emily is an experienced tutor, specializing in  drawing / illustration, digital painting, video game graphics and 2D animation . She is experienced with  AP Studio Art , helping students  gain admission to magnet schools and college art schools , and helping students build their professional art careers. Emily offers online tuition via Google Meets. Her tuition rate is  USD$80 per hour . Please contact Emily via email or visit her  website  for more information.

Erin Frye – certified K-12 Art educator

Erin Frye has 15 years of teaching experience within Breckenridge Community Schools. She teaches elementary, middle School and high school Art courses. She currently works at Breckenridge High School, Michigan, USA (student artwork can be viewed on  Artsonia ).

Erin is available for tutoring online via email or Skype, or in-person. Contact Erin via email or phone (989-842-3182 ext 426) for more information.

Helen Jillott – experienced high school teacher and university educator

Helen Jillott has 18 years’ experience teaching year 7-13 students as well as Foundation year zero, and life drawing to adults. She has been head of department/subject lead at various secondary schools, colleges, and universities in London and the UK. She is experienced with  preparing student portfolios  and  UCAS applications , with the majority of students being accepted to degrees in Architecture, Product Design, Fine Art, and Fashion and Textiles at many of the leading Arts Universities. She is experienced with delivering  Edexcel  (examiner 2006-2010),  UALab Foundation Diploma  and  Extended Diploma  (current examiner), and  Cambridge International Education .

Helen is currently Head of Creativity and Performance, delivering Cambridge International Education ( IGCSE  and  A Level ) in an international school in Southern Spain. In 2020, one of her students received the  Cambridge Outstanding Achievement Award for the highest mark in Spain for IGCSE .

Helen has an MA in Fine Art from Chelsea College of Art, London, and a BA in Fine Art and Philosophy from the University of Reading. Her tutoring rate is £40 GBP per hour . You can see examples of student work at Issuu . For more information, please contact Helen via email or visit her website .

Irena Ellis – practising artist and experienced teacher

Irena Ellis has a BA in Art History/English from Masaryk University Brno and an Art and Design Teacher Degree MA from the University of Western Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic. She has previously taught Art History, Art Techniques and Art and Design at Secondary Schools in CZ, lead the National Gallery Education department for two years and thereafter worked as a freelance artist/gallery educator in Czech Republic and the UK, working for DOX centre for contemporary art in Prague and Pilsen. Currently on a sabbatical, Irena is looking forward to tutoring individuals as well as home-schooling primary and secondary school students.

Irena has previously prepared students for their Czech A Levels in Art and Design/Art History , taught art/history to international students at a summer school in the UK and taught English as a foreign language through art to youth and young people in London. Irena is available for tutoring via Skype, email or in person in London. She can be contacted via email or telephone: +447490745435.

Jo York – experienced Art teacher and Educational Consultant

Jo York is an artist, teacher and consultant, with over twenty years of experience running creative workshops and Visual Art courses. She tutors diverse groups and individuals and works as an Art Education Consultant, supporting Art departments in schools and colleges. Jo has an Honours Degree in Illustration and a Post Graduate Certificate in Education, specialising in Art and Design. She is a former Head of Art.

Based between Harrogate and Ripon in North Yorkshire, UK, Jo offers face-to-face tuition from her purpose-built studio and online tuition via email (Skype tutoring to be available soon). She specialises in Edexcel and AQA qualifications, working with   AS and A2 Art students on a one to one basis, offering detailed advice and support on all aspects of their Art coursework and development. She also helps students with portfolio and interview preparation when applying for Foundation or Degree courses. Her tutoring rate is GBP £40 per hour – at the time of publishing this is approximately  USD$62 per hour . Please contact Jo via email or view her website for more information.

Julie Read – Portfolio Oomph

Julie Read has a BA (Honours) Fine Art Printmaking from Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design (University of Dundee) and a Postgraduate Certification in Education for Further and Higher Education (PGCE) from the University of Strathclyde. She has nine years of experience teaching and interviewing at the Edinburgh College of Art and fifteen years of experience teaching and mentoring students, helping them successfully prepare for art college applications.

Julie Read founded Portfolio Oomph in 2012, helping students gain admission to art school . Portfolio Oomph has a tutoring (mentoring) success rate of 100%, with some students receiving as many as 5 unconditional offers. Tutoring has an emphasis on ideas and sketchbook development (as is necessary in all UK art and design courses) and is offered face-to-face from Edinburgh, UK, or online via email or Skype. The tuition rate is GBP £40 per hour . Please contact Julie via phone +44 (0)7815 810797, email or visit her  website  for more information.

Juliette Romboti – IB Visual Arts tutor

Juliette is a graduate of the University of the Arts London and holds a Bachelor in Theatre Design. She has industry experience as a visual artist, and as a tutor in the visual arts field.

Juliette is currently completing her second bachelor in contemporary music composition at Conservatorium Maastricht. In her studio practice she is exploring the possibilities of fusing together visual art and music to create fully immersive sensory experiences.

Juliette’s objective as an art tutor is to motivate, inspire, and guide young adults in producing innovative, personal and compelling work of the highest quality, helping them to create  visual art portfolios for university  and gain top results in the  IB Visual Arts Program . She is based in the Netherlands and is available for both in-person and online tuition. For more information please contact Juliette via email or phone: +00302108083182.

Natalie Parker – experienced Art teacher

Natalie Parker has 6 years of teaching experience and is currently a high school Art teacher at  Wellington College , New Zealand. She has taught Junior Art, NCEA Levels 1 – 3 and Scholarship (Painting, Printmaking and Sculpture). Natalie has a Bachelor of Fine Arts (Major in Sculpture; Minor in Printmaking) and a Secondary School Postgraduate Teaching Diploma with Distinction. She is a practicing artist, with a specialty in painting.

Natalie is available as an Art tutor in Junior Art or NCEA / Scholarship . She is able to tutor students face-to-face in Wellington, New Zealand, or online via email or Skype. Her tuition rate is NZD$50 per hour . Please contact Natalie via email, visit her Facebook page or phone directly for more information: +64 21 113 7206

Stella Karageorgi – artist, researcher, and teacher

Stella Karageorgi holds a Doctorate in Fine Art practice since 2013, from De Montfort University in UK. Previously, she studied a Bachelor in both Art History & Fine Art in the USA, at the University of Texas, Austin, and gained postgraduate studies in the UK, at St. Martin’s College of Art & Design and the University of Northampton. Stella currently teaches Art & Design at a private British school in Cyprus and works as a freelance Cultural Heritage Consultant offering services on project planning, mentoring, and creative workshops.

Tony Baughan – experienced high school art teacher and examiner

Tony Baughan is a retired teacher now residing again in the UK, having taught Visual Arts to secondary school students from ages 11 to 19 in nine countries for 34 years, predominantly in international schools, with most notable lengths of service in the UK, following the acquisition of a B.A. Honours Fine Arts degree and subsequent teaching qualification, Cambodia and most recently Hong Kong. These were punctuated by various experiences in the Caribbean, West, South and East Africa, the Middle East and southern China.

Opportunities in the UK at the outset of Tony’s career afforded him the opportunity to develop A Level modular courses and examine GCSE Art submissions. Overseas posts also incorporated examining IGCSE coursework , but the most rewarding experiences for gaining knowledge of international standards at all ages have been the decade-long positions of IB MYP moderator and IB Diploma visiting examiner , which involved travelling to secondary schools in South East Asia. Individual tutoring after school hours has also enabled students to gain extra perspectives on portfolio realised imagery and process journal externally examined submissions.

Tony is available for tutoring at a rate of 35 pounds sterling per hour , although this is negotiable. Initial contact is preferred via email.

Victoria Haviland – experienced art tutor

Victoria has a BA and MA in Fine Art. Based in London, UK, Victoria currently offers private one-to-one and online art tuition for scholarship entry students and GCSE Art students. Victoria also partakes in group practice critiques and reading groups with professional artists. Victoria’s art sessions are very much a collaboration between student and teacher, with parents kept well-informed of process and progress. She devises a structural plan for progression, drawing up a list of artists for the student to study, both contemporary and classic, encouraging students also to conduct their own research, bringing to light their own sources of inspiration and reference. She encourages documentation both of resources and personal note making. Victoria attempts to make the tutoring sessions uplifting, encouraging personality and ambition. Victoria can be contacted via Facebook or phone: +02087801615.

Online Art tutor jobs

Online Art tuition is a great way for experienced teachers and high-achieving university students to offer their expertise from the comfort of their own home. Part time tutoring fits in and around irregular university hours or a teaching timetable and is an excellent activity for those on parental leave or those who wish to work from home. Tutoring jobs for college students have hourly pay rates that are often well above what would be achieved in other part time roles and allow students to work in the same field of study as their chosen area of study, making it an intellectually stimulating, rewarding and relevant role.

For Art students who have graduated from university, face-to-face or online tutoring jobs can offer interaction and communication with others that may be missing when pursuing solitary creative endeavours.

Tutor submission guidelines

The purpose of this article is to match up self-employed tutors or tutoring agencies with Art students in need. Due the high traffic the Student Art Guide receives (8,000 – 20,000 visitors daily, primarily keen, committed high school students) our website can be an excellent way to general quality tutee referrals. The list above is selective and includes only tutors who are:

• Qualified Art teachers OR tutors who achieved outstanding grades in high school Art qualifications
• Graduates of (or currently studying towards) an art-related degree at college or university
• Able to receive online payments (this is easy and free to set up via Paypal) with reliable access to the internet
• Committed to providing professional, high quality Art tuition.

If you are interested in having your services listed on this page, please send an email via our contact form with the following information:

• Full name
• Qualifications
• If a student: results gained in high school Art subjects, as well as any other related subjects (for example, an outstanding result in English can show excellent communication skills). Please use precise and clear names for qualifications and exact grades and/or percentages, if known. You may also include any details about any significant awards or prizes received.
• If a teacher: teaching experience (years teaching), current school, and subjects taught
• Any tutoring experience or other relevant information
• Location and tutoring availability: for example, online via email or Skype, or in-person
• Link to your website (or that of your school) if applicable (we have explained how to create your own website here ). Please note that links to websites from this page will be ‘nofollow’ as per Google Webmaster Tools guidelines for advertorial listings
• A contact email (and phone number with international calling code prefix if phone contact is desired).

Attach an awesome photograph of yourself or your tutoring company. A clear photo goes a long way to reassuring viewers that you are not an unknown online tutoring entity, but a genuine human being who they can trust. This will be published as a small square:  300×300 pixels .

To gain the best out of this listing, we recommend that you submit a Featured Art Project for us to share on the Student Art Guide, as this is one of the best ways to indicate your skill and experience with a particular qualification. Submitting a Featured Art Project is free and celebrates and promotes the achievement of students, while helping others learn in the process. We will link from your tutor listing to this page and vice versa.

We do not list art tutor vacancies or ‘art tutor wanted’ ads at this time.

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19 amazing art ideas for high school students.

he Student Art Guide is on the lookout for the best high school art teacher blogs, social media profiles and art education websites. Below is a list of the gems we have found.

The best art teacher blogs and personal websites

Developing nicely.

Developing Nicely  is a stunning blog by Chris Francis, UK Art teacher and Senior Leader at St Peter’s Catholic School, Bournemouth, England. The blog contains thought-provoking articles that are illustrated with creative, contemporary student artwork, such as the examples shown below by Beth. The site is a rich resource for GCSE and A Level Photography students in particular (these are qualifications studied by high school students in the UK) and is guaranteed to keep you engaged for hours. Highly recommended.

Julia Stubbs

Julia Stubbs  is an Advanced Skills Teacher in Art and Design at William de Ferrers School, Essex, England. Her website features high quality OCR GCSE and A Level Art artwork, photographed comprehensively and listed with results. Exemplar material is available, as are teaching resources. The action paintings below are from Martin Reynolds’ Grade A, A2 Fine Art project. More of Martin’s project can be viewed  here .

Ms. King’s AP Studio Art class

The website by AP Studio teacher Carrie King contains a superb collection of  teaching activities  for the Art students at Mt. Eden High school, Hayward, California, USA. The activities cover perspective, line drawing, the depiction of glass and metal objects, working in monochrome, figure drawing and still life arrangements; providing structured activities to help students complete the 12 AP Breadth pieces. Each assignment is accompanied by artwork from Carrie’s own students, such as the two examples below by Tiernan Kang (left) and Sikai Song.

The Artist And I

Feeda is an experienced high school art teacher, working at Tanarata International Schools, Kajang, Malaysia. Feeda’s students have achieved outstanding success, including Top in Malaysia for Cambridge IGCSE Art and Design, three years in a row.  Feeda’s blog  documents these projects, making them valuable learning opportunities for others. The image below is from a project that was awarded Top in Malaysia in 2016. More of this project can be viewed  here .

Bolton School (Girls’ Division) Art Department Blog

Mrs Crowther’s blog  contains artwork from Bolton School, United Kingdom. It features A Level and GCSE artwork as well as projects by younger students. A Year 10 Art lesson from Bolton School is included within our article about  use of mixed media for painting students . The example below is from a  GCSE Art project .

Bartelart.com

Bartelart.com  is the home of Dr. Marvin Bartel, who has many decades of teaching experience, including over 30 years teaching in the Art Department at Goshen College, Indiana, United States. Marvin has Master and Doctor degrees in art education and is a consultant, lecturer and writer. His website contains superb essays about drawing, creativity and teaching art: many interconnected pages that will engage you for hours.

Photography Project

Photography Project  was created by UK Photography teacher Liam Smith and his students. The website contains tips and advice for GCSE and A Level Photography students, as well as examples of projects that were awarded high results. The image below captures a tintype image upon a broken mirror and is part of an 100%  A Level Photography project  exploring Post Traumatic Stress Disorder.

Dan China  is a secondary school Art Adviser with a wealth of experience. His past roles include Ofsted Inspector and Chief Moderator / Examiner. He has worked on curriculum and assessment developments as well as revisions to examinations and assessment strategy. He has published a fantastic collection of student artwork Flickr, depicting some of the best A Level student work from Buckinghamshire schools (2007 – 2011).

Art Teacher Social Media Profiles to Follow

Ferhan khan’s flickr.

Ferhan Khan  is an experienced high school Photography teacher from Doha College, Qatar. He has uploaded many outstanding A Level Photography and Art portfolios. These are shared in their entirety, with legible annotation and process documented, making these excellent learning tools. Students investigate exciting subject matter, explore contemporary editing techniques and stage innovative compositions, as shown in the work below by Beth Miseroy below. Some of the work by Ferhan’s has been featured on the Student Art Guide, such as Kareem Al Saady’s  100% AS Photography Coursework project .

Monks’ Dyke Technology College’s Flickr

The Monks’ Dyke Technology College, which was in Lincolnshire, England, published a range of beautiful GCSE and A Level Art sketchbooks and final pieces from their Art Department (such as the A Level Fine Art sketchbook page below) on Flickr, with some exceptional Graphic Design, Fine Art and Photography submissions.

Fortismere Art Department Flickr

Fortismere, a secondary school based in North London, UK, has a thriving Art Department.  Their  Flickr gallery  contains an extensive collection of images, including A Level Photography, A Level Fine Art etc.

Sixth Form College Farnborough’s Instagram

This great  Instagram profile  has frequent posting of A Level artwork. This mixed media example is by A Level Art student George Punter.

Websites for teachers of high school art and photography

Photo pedagogy.

Photo Pedagogy  is a website for high school photography teachers. It contains a comprehensive set of teaching resources, covering a wide range of topics, such as ‘threshold concepts’ and photo literacy. Photo Pedagogy was created by UK high school teachers and contains a collection of highly detailed photography lessons, many of which are accompanied by student examples. The images below are details from student responses to an  abstract forms lesson .

Lectures on Digital Photography by Marc Levoy

Marc Levoy  taught digital photography at Stanford for many years and now leads a team at Google. He has  uploaded every lecture  and made this freely available. The 18 lecture course is targeted at beginners and covers: lenses, optics, light, sensors, natural optical effects, perspective, depth of field, sampling, noise, image processing, editing, computational photography, history, famous photographers and composition. There is hours of footage, which includes include assignments for students. Videos are also available on Marc’s YouTube channel, with a full playlist of the lectures available  here .

InThinking Visual Arts by Heather McReynolds

InThinking Visual Arts  is a website for International Baccalaureate Art teachers by Heather McReynolds, who has over 20 years of teaching and examining experience. Heather was previously Head of Art at the International School of Florence and now offers training and workshops for IB Art teachers, writes textbooks and shares knowledge via the InThinking Visual Arts website. Although this site is subscription based, there is enough free content to keep you busy for hours. Much of the material is relevant for teachers of any high school Art qualification. The image below is by Enrico Giori who has his  IB Visual Art project  featured on both the InThinking and the Student Art Guide.

AP Central Collegeboard website

Advanced Placement (AP) is a rigorous high school qualification offered to students in Canada and The United States. The College Board AP Central website has three great Art sections:  Drawing ,  2D Design  and  3D Design , which each include a link called ‘Drawing Portfolio with Student Samples and Scoring Guidelines’. These provide access to an excellent collection of student work (such as the beautiful fruit drawings pictured below by  Sucha Chantaprasopsuk  from Reavis High School), each accompanied by clear explanations for the marks they have received.

Top Art exhibition

The  Top Art exhibition  features some of the best NCEA Level 3 Photography, Design, Printmaking, Sculpture and Painting (this is the New Zealand equivalent of A2 Art & Design) produced by Year 13 New Zealand high school art students. An excellent source of inspiration for students and teachers.

Some Top Art students have been featured on the Student Art Guide, including work by  Bronte Heron  and  Grace Pickford  (work shown below).

NZQA website

The  New Zealand Qualification Authority  (NZQA) publish fantastic resources to help high school art teachers and students. Of particular note are the exemplar material that is provided for Painting, Photography, Design, Sculpture or Printmaking. This student work is very similar to that which is required for A Level Art & Design and is a fantastic resource for high school Art students studying any qualification. Work of a range of ability levels is shown, along with superb annotation from the examiners. There is also a separate section of Scholarship exemplars (such as the superb example below) – the very best work from Year 13 high school students.

The Saatchi Gallery art prizes for schools

The Saatchi Gallery, London, runs major art competitions for high school students, as part of its education program. The winning and short-listed entries are available for viewing on their  website . Although only single artworks are exhibited from each student (as opposed to the complete bodies of work) the range and quality of work is excellent, making this website a great place for those seeking inspiration. The image below shows a shortlisted artwork by Libby Gervais, Churcher’s College, Petersfield, United Kingdom (image credit:  Petersfield Post ). You may also be interested in our collection of  art competitions for high school students .

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Find, Find, Choose – Artist Research Hunt

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Artist Research Hunt!  Ideal for home learning.

This two-page art resource asks students to search for artists on the internet.  There are 9 groups of artists they need to collect.  For example 10 artist who paint portraits, 9 artists who paint landscapes, and then it counts down, 8, 7, 6 etc, asking students to find different sorts of artists. Students are asked to send you these lists of artists.  Wow!  They will have looked at so much art.  Finally, it asks students to choose 1 artwork that they like the best and create a research page on it.  It asks them to include facts about the artist, a description of the artwork and why they chose it.  A good example of a research page is include which you can see pictured above.  I would give students 2 lessons to complete this.

There are lots of resources on The Arty Teacher that ask students to analyse art.

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Sarah Crowther is The Arty Teacher. She is a high school art teacher in the North West of England. She strives to share her enthusiasm for art by providing art teachers around the globe with high-quality resources and by sharing her expertise through this blog.

By The Arty Teacher on July 23, 2020 at 5:51 am

Hi Jenny, Thank you for taking the time to leave a review. I'm sorry you feel that the resource is overpriced. When I delivered this lesson to my students as a home learning task, they came back to me with fantastic lists of artists and were able to talk to me about artists they liked over zoom. They then went on to create a research page on their favourite painting (this is what the resource asks them to do) and included the information that was asked for, and using the provided good example for inspiration. Completing this task took them two lessons. The description of the resource states that it is a two-page resource. If there is any way I can improve the description, please let me know. A majority of the lessons on my website are £3/$3. For even better value I can recommend subscribing because when you do you can download 10 resources a month very cheaply. https://theartyteacher.com/downloads/10-resources-a-month-for-year/

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Parents file $1.5M lawsuit after Quebec teacher accused of selling students' artwork online

A group of parents have filed a lawsuit against a Montreal-area high school art teacher and his school board after students found their classroom artwork available for purchase on the teacher's personal website last month. 

The parents of 10 young students at Westwood Junior High School in Saint-Lazare, Que., an off-island suburb west of Montreal, filed the lawsuit for $1.575 million, or $155,000 per plaintiff plus punitive damages, against the teacher, Mario Perron, and the Lester B. Pearson School Board (LBPSB) for alleged copyright infringement. 

Edith Liard, one of the parents represented in the lawsuit filed in Quebec's Superior Court Friday, said the incident turned her daughter off the idea of becoming an artist. 

"My daughter loves art, always has been into art, and this year after everything happened, she said to me, 'I don't think I'll do art next year,'" said Liard.

"I was surprised because she's always been artsy at home before school, and she actually picked Westwood because of their art program."

Joel DeBellefeuille, another parent represented in the lawsuit, says while the amount of money sought might seem outrageous, it represents the scale of intellectual property infringement that took place. 

"We requested $5,000 per artwork that was infringed," he said, saying there were 31 pieces of plagiarized merchandise per student. Only 10 parents are represented in the lawsuit. 

Statutory damages range from  $500 to $20,000 per work under Canada's Copyright Act.

According to the lawsuit, Perron assigned his 96 students a project called "Creepy Portrait" in January, in which students drew a portrait of a classmate or themselves inspired by the style of artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

The students submitted their projects in February and were shocked to stumble upon their classroom artwork being sold after finding their art teacher's website. 

On it, the students found their "Creepy Portraits" available for purchase as prints as well as emblazoned on coffee mugs, T-shirts and cellphone cases — with some items listed for as much as $174. 

"Here we are in a digital age where families and parents are there to scrutinize everything that [kids] are looking at … but who would have thought that it should have been the parents scrutinizing the teacher?" DeBellefeuille said.

In addition to the money, the lawsuit states the group of parents is asking for a written apology from Perron, the removal of the students' artwork from all websites and a report of any sales made in connection with the plagiarized works. 

"It will teach them a lesson because they broke our trust. The teacher broke the trust of the parents to teach the students," said Liard.

Prior to filing the lawsuit, Liard and DeBellefeuille say parents had sent the LBPSB a demand letter making similar requests. DeBellefeuille says it went unacknowledged. 

The teacher and the school board now have two weeks to respond to the lawsuit. 

In an email Sunday, the LBPSB told CBC News it does not comment on internal investigations or human resources issues. 

Last month, the school board said it is investigating and takes the allegations seriously.

CBC was unable to reach out to the teacher as previous methods of contacting him were unavailable. The teacher did not respond to repeated requests for an interview last month. 

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Teen Girls Confront an Epidemic of Deepfake Nudes in Schools

Using artificial intelligence, middle and high school students have fabricated explicit images of female classmates and shared the doctored pictures.

After boys at Francesca Mani’s high school fabricated and shared explicit images of girls last year, she and her mother, Dorota, began urging schools and legislators to enact tough safeguards. Credit... Shuran Huang

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By Natasha Singer

Natasha Singer has covered student privacy for The Times since 2013. She reported this story from Westfield, N.J.

• April 8, 2024

Westfield Public Schools held a regular board meeting in late March at the local high school, a red brick complex in Westfield, N.J., with a scoreboard outside proudly welcoming visitors to the “Home of the Blue Devils” sports teams.

But it was not business as usual for Dorota Mani.

In October, some 10th-grade girls at Westfield High School — including Ms. Mani’s 14-year-old daughter, Francesca — alerted administrators that boys in their class had used artificial intelligence software to fabricate sexually explicit images of them and were circulating the faked pictures. Five months later, the Manis and other families say, the district has done little to publicly address the doctored images or update school policies to hinder exploitative A.I. use.

“It seems as though the Westfield High School administration and the district are engaging in a master class of making this incident vanish into thin air,” Ms. Mani, the founder of a local preschool, admonished board members during the meeting.

In a statement, the school district said it had opened an “immediate investigation” upon learning about the incident, had immediately notified and consulted with the police, and had provided group counseling to the sophomore class.

“All school districts are grappling with the challenges and impact of artificial intelligence and other technology available to students at any time and anywhere,” Raymond González, the superintendent of Westfield Public Schools, said in the statement.

Blindsided last year by the sudden popularity of A.I.-powered chatbots like ChatGPT, schools across the United States scurried to contain the text-generating bots in an effort to forestall student cheating. Now a more alarming A.I. image-generating phenomenon is shaking schools.

Boys in several states have used widely available “nudification” apps to pervert real, identifiable photos of their clothed female classmates, shown attending events like school proms, into graphic, convincing-looking images of the girls with exposed A.I.-generated breasts and genitalia. In some cases, boys shared the faked images in the school lunchroom, on the school bus or through group chats on platforms like Snapchat and Instagram, according to school and police reports.

Such digitally altered images — known as “deepfakes” or “deepnudes” — can have devastating consequences. Child sexual exploitation experts say the use of nonconsensual, A.I.-generated images to harass, humiliate and bully young women can harm their mental health, reputations and physical safety as well as pose risks to their college and career prospects. Last month, the Federal Bureau of Investigation warned that it is illegal to distribute computer-generated child sexual abuse material, including realistic-looking A.I.-generated images of identifiable minors engaging in sexually explicit conduct.

Yet the student use of exploitative A.I. apps in schools is so new that some districts seem less prepared to address it than others. That can make safeguards precarious for students.

“This phenomenon has come on very suddenly and may be catching a lot of school districts unprepared and unsure what to do,” said Riana Pfefferkorn , a research scholar at the Stanford Internet Observatory, who writes about legal issues related to computer-generated child sexual abuse imagery .

At Issaquah High School near Seattle last fall, a police detective investigating complaints from parents about explicit A.I.-generated images of their 14- and 15-year-old daughters asked an assistant principal why the school had not reported the incident to the police, according to a report from the Issaquah Police Department. The school official then asked “what was she supposed to report,” the police document said, prompting the detective to inform her that schools are required by law to report sexual abuse, including possible child sexual abuse material. The school subsequently reported the incident to Child Protective Services, the police report said. (The New York Times obtained the police report through a public-records request.)

In a statement, the Issaquah School District said it had talked with students, families and the police as part of its investigation into the deepfakes. The district also “ shared our empathy ,” the statement said, and provided support to students who were affected.

The statement added that the district had reported the “fake, artificial-intelligence-generated images to Child Protective Services out of an abundance of caution,” noting that “per our legal team, we are not required to report fake images to the police.”

At Beverly Vista Middle School in Beverly Hills, Calif., administrators contacted the police in February after learning that five boys had created and shared A.I.-generated explicit images of female classmates. Two weeks later, the school board approved the expulsion of five students, according to district documents . (The district said California’s education code prohibited it from confirming whether the expelled students were the students who had manufactured the images.)

Michael Bregy, superintendent of the Beverly Hills Unified School District, said he and other school leaders wanted to set a national precedent that schools must not permit pupils to create and circulate sexually explicit images of their peers.

“That’s extreme bullying when it comes to schools,” Dr. Bregy said, noting that the explicit images were “disturbing and violative” to girls and their families. “It’s something we will absolutely not tolerate here.”

Schools in the small, affluent communities of Beverly Hills and Westfield were among the first to publicly acknowledge deepfake incidents. The details of the cases — described in district communications with parents, school board meetings, legislative hearings and court filings — illustrate the variability of school responses.

The Westfield incident began last summer when a male high school student asked to friend a 15-year-old female classmate on Instagram who had a private account, according to a lawsuit against the boy and his parents brought by the young woman and her family. (The Manis said they are not involved with the lawsuit.)

After she accepted the request, the male student copied photos of her and several other female schoolmates from their social media accounts, court documents say. Then he used an A.I. app to fabricate sexually explicit, “fully identifiable” images of the girls and shared them with schoolmates via a Snapchat group, court documents say.

Westfield High began to investigate in late October. While administrators quietly took some boys aside to question them, Francesca Mani said, they called her and other 10th-grade girls who had been subjected to the deepfakes to the school office by announcing their names over the school intercom.

That week, Mary Asfendis, the principal of Westfield High, sent an email to parents alerting them to “a situation that resulted in widespread misinformation.” The email went on to describe the deepfakes as a “very serious incident.” It also said that, despite student concern about possible image-sharing, the school believed that “any created images have been deleted and are not being circulated.”

Dorota Mani said Westfield administrators had told her that the district suspended the male student accused of fabricating the images for one or two days.

Soon after, she and her daughter began publicly speaking out about the incident, urging school districts, state lawmakers and Congress to enact laws and policies specifically prohibiting explicit deepfakes.

“We have to start updating our school policy,” Francesca Mani, now 15, said in a recent interview. “Because if the school had A.I. policies, then students like me would have been protected.”

Parents including Dorota Mani also lodged harassment complaints with Westfield High last fall over the explicit images. During the March meeting, however, Ms. Mani told school board members that the high school had yet to provide parents with an official report on the incident.

Westfield Public Schools said it could not comment on any disciplinary actions for reasons of student confidentiality. In a statement, Dr. González, the superintendent, said the district was strengthening its efforts “by educating our students and establishing clear guidelines to ensure that these new technologies are used responsibly.”

Beverly Hills schools have taken a stauncher public stance.

When administrators learned in February that eighth-grade boys at Beverly Vista Middle School had created explicit images of 12- and 13-year-old female classmates, they quickly sent a message — subject line: “Appalling Misuse of Artificial Intelligence” — to all district parents, staff, and middle and high school students. The message urged community members to share information with the school to help ensure that students’ “disturbing and inappropriate” use of A.I. “stops immediately.”

It also warned that the district was prepared to institute severe punishment. “Any student found to be creating, disseminating, or in possession of AI-generated images of this nature will face disciplinary actions,” including a recommendation for expulsion, the message said.

Dr. Bregy, the superintendent, said schools and lawmakers needed to act quickly because the abuse of A.I. was making students feel unsafe in schools.

“You hear a lot about physical safety in schools,” he said. “But what you’re not hearing about is this invasion of students’ personal, emotional safety.”

Natasha Singer writes about technology, business and society. She is currently reporting on the far-reaching ways that tech companies and their tools are reshaping public schools, higher education and job opportunities. More about Natasha Singer

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