Kim Rutherford has always loved being creative and is a self-avowed craftaholic. She was flipping chalk painted furniture and wanted her pieces to stand out, so she used her Silhouette machine to make a custom stencil to use on a furniture piece. DIY Sign Painting Business A little while after making the stencil, she was visiting the states and noticed a business making chalk painted wood signs with stencils. A light bulb went off, and she decided to ...
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One Woman’s Awe Inspiring Mobile Art Workshop Business in Libraries
How to Build a Mobile Business Teaching Art Workshops in Libraries Doris Benter, the owner of Library Arts, teaches over 150 workshops a year, all while teaching full time as an art specialist at a private school. Doris shared with me the three business boosters that had the greatest impact on the growth of her business and what she is doing to expand her business. Doris lives on Long Island in New York and noticed that teachers were offering programs at ...
Videos for Art Class, Back-to-School-Routines
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! ...
CARDBOARD: An Art Teacher’s Best Friend
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. ...