Artsonia - Heart to Art

Meghan discusses her annual community fundraising project. And we take a journey into a face to face classroom - Meghan takes us through her challenges in the New World classroom.

Donna Lurie returns to Heart to Art to discuss the state of her (art) world after coronavirus. She had the fortunate circumstance to be able to run a remote summer program. On this episode, we discuss how the summer program came to be, how it was built, what lessons were taught and how well everything went.This is an excellent podcast if you are looking for suggestions, experience or simply comfort in running your remote program in the fall.

Whether you are going remote or teaching face to face, Theresa McGee, Susan Bivona and Tricia Fuglestad discuss fundamental requirements in teaching art remotely; and how they use Artsonia to inspire students (and parents) to participate in their Art Program.Dave breaks down the Artsonia teacher page and takes you into a program Tricia Fuglestad runs to successfully achieve 100% Artsonia participation. Tricia explains.

In this episode, Dave talks with Susan Bivona, Tricia Fuglestad and Theresa McGee - three Award winning Arts Educators with a combined total of over 50 years experience with using Artsonia - discussing their experience with helping new teachers get started with Artsonia.Our Director of Customer Service, Lisa Pope, is on hand to give us updates and a new technology for students to sign in using our new feature - The Class Portal.

Dave talks with Tricia about how she is feeling about the state of our education system, what she is thinking and what she would do if she were in charge. If you are an Arts Educator and you're feeling anxious, you are not alone.

Katie talks with Dave about returning to her classroom after the COVID closure, doubling her budget in one of her former schools and how she closed the school year on a positive note for both herself and her students.

Ms. Q discusses two mindset queues she uses to inspire her students from the moment they arrive into her classroom and how her growth-mindset approach naturally assisted her and her students as the corona pandemic forced the country into remote learning.

Tasha discusses her time as a Russian Exchange student, her amazing classroom philosophy and Venus of Willendorf as an inspiring figure from art history.

Dave talks with award winning and former AENJ President, Susan Bivona, about her start as an Art Educator. As a veteran Artsonia user, she explains how she uses the platform for her organizational needs.

Dave talks with the multiple award winning Arts Educator, Mrs. Carrie Russoniello, about becoming an art teacher and having to fight for the things she needed throughout her career.

Dave discusses the beginnings of Artsonia with Mrs. Carrie Russoniello and how they have evolved throughout the years.

With schools closing all over the US, Dave takes the listener through the initial steps to setting up an account with Artsonia.com. Just because school is cancelled doesn't mean we can't learn art.

Dave interviews Donna Lurie of Culver Elementary in Niles, Illinois. Donna offers a unique setting for her students as she uses Buddhist inspired techniques to create a sense of community. And how art brought her out of a state of shyness and into was she calls an Extraverted Introvert.

Dave introduces himself and discusses his ideas for the upcoming episodes of Heart to Art.