Cultivating Creativity: Best Practices for the Art Classroom

Do the thing! – thoughtfully

Reflections on contemporary Visual Arts education, creativity, equity, and research.

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  • Why I’m Documenting my Teacher-Researcher Journey

    So today, I begin documenting my journey, not as an endpoint, but as an evolving process of learning, teaching, and research. To be a teacher-researcher has always been a significant life goal for me. I have always known, from a very young age, that I wanted to be a teacher, and I worked hard to…

  • How I Used AI to Plan My 2026 Social Media — Thoughtfully

    For a long time, I resisted planning my social media too far ahead. As a Visual Arts teacher, creativity and responsiveness matter to me, and the idea of locking myself into rigid content schedules felt counterintuitive. At the same time, I knew that if I wanted to show up consistently, without burnout, I needed a…

  • Can AI help make us better teachers?

    I’m currently in a state where AI feels like the greatest thing I’ve ever encountered. I’m finding so many interesting ways to use it in my everyday life. I use it to create recipes based on whatever food I have left in my fridge, to design “productivity” plans on those overwhelming days when I have…