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 ..read more

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

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more

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 ..read more