Welcome To Your New Art Room

Greetings! First post to say hello. It is Fall of 2015 and I am in the throws of being a first year art teacher at the East Range Academy of Technology and Science up in the Iron Range of Minnesota. This semester I have begun with teaching two Intro Art classes,  Recycled Art, and Yearbook. I am also one part of a duo to head the drama club. In my upcoming posts, I hope to show off the awesome art we are making and the cool things the students are doing. As a first year teacher, I must say life is hectic, but I learn so much more every single day.

I was lucky enough to be hired here as I was finishing up my student teaching last Spring. That means I had ALL Summer to plan and prepare. Did I do that? Sort of, kind of, not really, but it's difficult when you don't know exactly what to expect. I'm still making things up as a go. Sweat, blood, tears and all.

The first accomplishment this school year was the classroom set up. The room is small. No, you don't understand, it is small. Like elementary classroom small meant for high school students with very little storage. I drove the 4.5 hours a couple times from Fargo before moving permanantly just to paint and rearrange. Check out the difference!

Pure chaos. What is going on? What is with that half pepto bismal wall? The room needed a little makeover.

Ta-da! It's so cheerful and pretty. There's more and more student art covering the walls every day. I lack some storage space, but we have managed so far.