Jason Blair Creativity Specialist

Purpose: Creating a Future of Possibility through Surprise, Connection, and Service In today’s world, our students are longing for more...

This past week marked the beginning of our new school year – a time rife with emotions for students, teachers, and parents alike. The...

Grade-Level Emphasis In the realm of art education, our school nurtures distinct areas of focus for each grade level over a five-year...

What if we all viewed our learning spaces, as spaces to make the impossible, possible? Over these past few years, we have increasingly...

Remote Wonderings– Relationships 2020 will forever be known as the year of the global pandemic. It has been catastrophic on many fronts....

Recently, I had the pleasure of listening to Can and Should Creativity Be Assessed– Creativity in Crisis- Ep. 1. This is a 4 part series...

This year, the students have engaged in various activities along the way to dig deeper with their ideas and learn about some of the tools...

I was at a district meeting tonight and we had a discussion about secondary Ed. and the structure of teaching and learning at these...

I am reading the book A More Beautiful Question by Warren Berger right now. It is a really good book. Mr. Berger lays a solid...

As an avid reader of education books, articles, blogs, etc., my senses are always on high alert for meaningless buzzwords that dot the...

So my passion for creativity extends beyond the classroom, to my non-school life as well. What I have learned over the years is that when...

Ten years ago I began my teaching career. Fresh out of college, I was excited to begin my career as an art educator at the elementary...

A Dancing Fire Sometimes flames mean something. Sometimes they don’t. I’m a flame that will never run out of fire. My project shows my...

Grade Level Focus In art, each grade level has a different focus throughout the course of their five years at my school. Each focus...

Ambiguity Throughout the art process, students need to gain comfort with ambiguity. In a world that is constantly changing, being...

I recently read an interview with James Paul Gee, Professor of Literacy Studies at Arizona State University, and author of the book, The...

I am constantly working on setting up a routine to meet the needs of my students, administrators and district. I feel like every year I...

Each summer the school district I work in hosts a summer leadership academy. The goal of this academy is to promote best practice from...