Greg Peverill-Conti and Adam Zand, owners of the public relations firm SharpOrange, were seeking an affordable co-op working place, so they decided to meet at their local library. Little did they know their search for an inexpensive and comfortable place to work would become a passion project named Library Land.
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Did you know that it’s possible to have a side gig teaching or performing in public libraries? Pop up Art School has been teaching art workshops in public libraries for seven years. There are lots of people making extra money this way and we want to inspire you to do the same. This is the first in a new series of interviews where we pick the brains of people who teach or perform in libraries. Our first interview is with Peter Johnson, a middle school Innovation Arts teacher who owns a business called Puzzle Shift Create. He just completed his fourth year teaching STEM workshops in libraries.
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The other night I had my first back-to-school anxiety dream of the summer. My art room was HUGE, The students weren’t paying attention because they couldn’t hear me across the football field that was my room. I was opening cabinets and drawers and I couldn’t find the right art supplies. Just as a student was climbing on top of a desk to dance—my principal walked in the room. That’s when I woke up…whew!
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Here at Pop Art School we like to call cardboard “an art teacher’s best friend”. That’s because it’s free, readily available and it can be utilized for 2-D and 3-D projects. Not only that, it feels good to reuse and recycle something destined for the dumpster.
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Here’s a roundup of 10 free apps we use every day to run Pop up Art School. This powerhouse of apps helps us with bookkeeping, storing receipts, slideshows, copy editing and creating graphics for social media. If you own a small business, or just getting started, we hope this helps you.
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I only have 10 more classes to teach and then I’m done for the summer! I’m already thinking about next year and evaluating which projects made my heart go pitter-patter and which ones need some improvement. Here are my faves and fails from the year.
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At the end of the school year when I’m low on supplies and running out of inspiration for new lessons, I show my favorite video to my elementary art students. It’s uplifting and inspires them to create something from nothing.
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Have you ever dreamt of having your own art studio? If you are creative and you like to teach I’m willing to bet you have.
Today we’ll compare owning a brick and mortar art studio to the Pop up Art School model of a mobile art school.
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It‘s art fair season for art teachers. Time to hang hundreds of pieces of art made by the children we teach. It‘s the culmination of an entire year’s work. The prep is tedious and detail oriented but the result is glorious! It’s exciting to see everything displayed and observe the student’s, staff and family’s reactions.
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