A Look Inside The IPaintMyMind Arts Education Curriculum & Resource Guide Link

A Look Inside The IPaintMyMind Arts Education Curriculum & Resource Guide

This is an exclusive sneak peek into a one-of-a-kind arts education resource, The IPaintMyMind Arts Education Curriculum & Resource Guide: A Comprehensive Creative Experience for e-Learning, Hybrid Learning, and Homeschooling. This 77+ page booklet used to be available only as a partnered resource as part of our Shared Walls™...

Aug 27, 2020
INTERVIEW: Sandi Hauanio Link

INTERVIEW: Sandi Hauanio

Sandi Hauanio is an Indiana-based artist who specializes in minimalist drawings and digital works. She connected with us through our submission link for artists who want to be a part of our permanent collection. We were super impressed by her bold, colorful, and modern designs. Get to know Sandi...

Aug 10, 2020
Artist Process Video Series: Michelle Chandra of Dirt Alley Design Link

Artist Process Video Series: Michelle Chandra of Dirt Alley Design

If you haven’t noticed yet, we’re kicking off a killer art process video series highlighting some of our featured artists and their processes. The IPaintMyMind permanent collection boasts over 50 artists! That’s right — fifty! We love all of them and want to showcase the range of styles, focuses,...

Aug 06, 2020
6 Incredible Art Books That Are Worth Twice The Price Link

6 Incredible Art Books That Are Worth Twice The Price

I love picking up my art books and getting lost inside their pages. Mostly because they feel like a break from reality, a time to steep one’s self in a way of making, a philosophy, or stories of lived experiences that inform the art we have grown to love....

Jul 27, 2020
Top 10 Free Lesson Plans From Dickblick.com Link

Top 10 Free Lesson Plans From Dickblick.com

Are you an art teacher searching for new and innovative lesson plans for your students? Well, good news if you are! This list compiles the 10 best FREE lesson plans available on Dickblick.com. Of course, Blick recommends their own high-quality materials in each of these plans, but if you...

Jul 10, 2020
VIDEO: IPaintMyMind x Storm Print City, Process and Street Printing Link

VIDEO: IPaintMyMind x Storm Print City, Process and Street Printing

Artist Russell Muits, aka Storm Print City, is an avid traveller, but in an entirely new dimension. He traverses city streets, alleys, and intersections to make unique prints of storm covers, manholes, sewer lids, and other metal bits.  He has termed this “street printing”, and it is a journey...

Jul 06, 2020
12 Creative Jobs Your Students Could Land Link

12 Creative Jobs Your Students Could Land

If you are an art teacher or any kind of artist you know that funding your passions can be tough. And what’s worse, people who aren’t in the arts are constantly assuming that there are no good creative and well-paid jobs.  Well, I’m here to tell you that the...

Jun 29, 2020
IPaintMyMind’s Unique Model That Provides One FREE Year of Arts Programming to Chicago Public Schools Link

IPaintMyMind’s Unique Model That Provides One FREE Year of Arts Programming to Chicago Public Schools

If you’ve been working within the Chicago Public Schools system for a while, you know how tough it is to access the kinds of resources and programs that your students deserve. Especially when it comes to the arts, you probably feel like the last priority. At IPaintMyMind, we understand...

Jun 22, 2020
7 Artist Shop Discounts: Art Prints For That Blank Wall Behind You On Zoom Calls Link

7 Artist Shop Discounts: Art Prints For That Blank Wall Behind You On Zoom Calls

It’s a weird time in the world, and a lot of us have been spending a good amount of time at home. Covid-19 has made Zoom calls a lot more interesting, or not, depending on whether or not your fellow meeting participant has the circus going on around them...

Jun 15, 2020
How To Navigate E-Learning: Lesson Plan Outlines & Tips from An Art Teacher Link

How To Navigate E-Learning: Lesson Plan Outlines & Tips from An Art Teacher

This school year has been about as irregular as it could get. From the Teachers Strike to Covid-19, it’s been a difficult year for teachers, as well as students and families. Navigating e-learning has been a process, mostly because it has involved so many different moving parts. The Digital...

Jun 13, 2020