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Camilla Duncan is just one of many BTS Arts educators to recently enroll in the Master of Arts in Teaching - Fine Arts (MAT-FA) at the University of Utah. Because the MAT-FA is a hybrid program, all students can complete their degree while staying in the classroom.  Students have 9-credit summer intensives and 3-credits during…

To All K-6 Classroom Teachers, Arts Educators, Principals, School District Administrators, and University Students! Arts Are Core: Building Community Online Conference Register Now! Arts Are Core presents an online conference experience with hands-on arts integration workshops in visual art, dance, music, drama, and poetry. Participate in teacher-created workshops and engaging presentations centered around our conference theme, Building Community. Participants will…

It’s hard to believe April is here!  As we come to the end of the school year many of you will host online or in-person celebrations.  Lydia Stewart from GreenWood Charter in Ogden shares the work her students have done with parents through a short video.  It’s a great way to advocate for the BTS…

Amy Boehme teaches her students how to do the Bamboo Brush Stroke in this easy-to-follow video. As Amy describes the lesson: "one of the 6th-grade classes was studying China and asked for an art project that could tie into their classroom studies. Bamboo brush strokes fit into their curriculum perfectly."            …

Hello BTSALP Arts Educators, The weather is warming and with the sunshine, I hope your days are also looking bright as well.  We think of you and love hearing from you!  The work you are doing and continue to do through these changing times is providing such an important outlet for the children of Utah.…

Welcome to the 3rd annual Gallery Moab student art show from Helen M. Knight Elementary in Moab, Utah. This year students were selected on their overall and ongoing interest in art. Once invited they were asked to create something original and meaningful to them. The work you see was totally created by them. This is…

........ ........ The Paper Plate Project, spearheaded by Paul Heath, BTSALP Visual Art Specialist at Newman and Bennion Elementary Schools in Salt Lake City School District, is a service project to raise awareness of all the good the Utah Food Bank is doing for our schools and families at this critical time. ........ ........ ........…

Hello BTSALP Arts Educators, I hope you are all well, happy, and thriving.   Many of you are returning to face-to-face teaching after having been online for months.  Whether experiencing a change in format, or continuing in the same structure, there’s no doubt that both you and your students have been adapting to these ever-changing times. …

This project is a great example of culturally responsive teaching. I researched the Gee’s Bend Quilters while preparing for a UofU professional development workshop and it is fabulous. The lesson lends itself well for third through sixth grade and is a wonderful way for students to share their story as well as work collaboratively. Here’s…

A few years ago Kelly Bruce, now Weber State BTSArts Program Coordinator, shared a fun lesson with me (Ashley Boyack, U of U Dance PDP) on the 3 branches of government. As I read through her lesson I could see how fun it would be to explore and dance: making laws, the voting of laws,…