2. Why should you get published?
It makes you (and your school, administrators, and
students) look good.
Your students’ parents will be very happy.
You can use your article as a conference handout.
You can frame it and hang it in your art room.
You can share your expertise with other art teachers.
You are demonstrating your professionalism.
You are instantly recognized as an author.
You will become part of art education history.
It can lead to other things (invitations to present, books).
3. You can use the same content and images in
multiple publications.
• Non-academic (such as SchoolArts) and academic
(NAEA publications)
• Article and blog post
• Article can lead to book
• Article and website post
• Article and school newsletter
• Article and podcast
45. Before writing, think about:
• A favorite lesson, idea, or issue.
• How you would express your idea to a fellow art teacher.
• What idea, artist, trend, or issue influenced your idea.
• The main ideas you’re trying to communicate.
• What problems a teacher might encounter.
When writing:
• Use a conversational style.
• Keep it to less than 800 words.
• Read it out loud.
• Have someone else read it.
• Submit online on the SchoolArts website.
46. Photography Tips
SchoolArts Magazine and other print publications
require high-quality digital photographs, at least 1 MB or
300 dpi.
• Photograph artwork on a neutral background.
• Leave space around the artwork/subject.
• Shoot straight down on 2D artwork.
• Use a curved background to shoot 3D artwork.
• Do not use flash; natural light is best.
• Do not try to photograph laminated artworks.
• Photographs of children should be unidentifiable.
• Make sure your digital camera is on the “Best” setting.
• Turn off the date mode on your camera.
47.
48. Shoot 3D artwork on a curved piece of paper,
using natural light.
Art Education, the journal of the National Art Education Association, is juried, research-based publication you can submit to.
Your state organization may have a journal. Splatter is the name of the journal of the Washington Art Education Association. Trends is from Texas.
Ken Vieth has had more than 70 articles in SchoolArts Magazine.
Ken Vieth’s studio lessons are in The Visual Experience.
SchoolArts pays for articles, plus gives the authors extra copies of the issue, and a subscription to the print edition. SchoolArts has been published since 1901 for art teachers of students K-12. SchoolArts has studio lessons in each issue, in addition to departments such as Advocacy, Managing the Artroom, Meeting Individual Needs, Assessment, and more.
SchoolArts is based on universal themes. For example, this year the theme is Studio Thinking.
Most SA articles are from 500-800 words.
SA has studio lessons for early childhood, elementary, middle school, and high school every month.
SA Middle School Lesson
SA High School Lesson from Betsy DiJulio
SA All Levels
SA Managing the Art Room
SA Meeting Individual Needs
SchoolArts has an advocacy article in every issue.
SA Point of View
Focus In features non-profits involved in arts-based social justice.
Media Arts Lessons are needed.
SA ClipCards need only one image and about 150-200 words. They are a good entry point for getting published.
Share your publications for you, your students, and your school.
Media Arts will be followed by STEAM, Early Childhood, and Contemporary Art.
http://www.artforsmallhands.com, a self-published book
Craig Hinshaw has published 2 books, Clay Connections and Animals, Houses, and People.
Writing Tips
Photography Tips: The main reason SA articles get declined is the low quality of the photographs of the artworks.
Shoot straight down on artwork; use a photo gray background when needed.
Shoot 3D work on a curved piece of paper, using natural light.
Shoot photos of students so their faces don’t show.
Take photos of the steps of a project if it will help explain it. This shows the steps of paper marbling with chalk and water.
Shoot as close as you can.
When you do show students’ faces, be sure to get written permission. Your school or district may already have one in use. SchoolArts has one on its website that you can print out and use.