Welcome to Mary Erickson Ventures, your access to art education resources by Dr. Mary Erickson, Professor of Art at Arizona State University.
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Architecture and Environment
New Visually rich, CD-based art unit for grades 5-8 with optional writing activities and social studies ideas featuring the architecture of Frank Lloyd Wright
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Exploring Art With Questions
Introduction to art inquiry |
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Art Making and Meaning: Understanding through Images
DVD and CD for secondary students and adults. |
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Art Making and Meaning Educators' Supplement
Lesson plans, recommended adaptations, inquiry map, etc. |
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Building on a River: Questor’s Tale
Video introduction to the cultural and architectural history of Tempe, Arizona as narrated by a quizzical bird named Questor |
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Lesson Plans with Visuals
Detailed elementary and secondary lesson plans with abundant visuals focused on architecture, public art, and the themes of changing exhibitions at the Tempe Center for the Arts |
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Arizona Viewpoints Collaborative
Interactive self assessment of viewpoints people use to understand art and tools for planning gallery tours for targeted groups
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Meet Brother Mario
Video introduction to the history of Florence, Italy and Santa Croce Basilica as narrated by a young monk in a fresco by Giotto |
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Expressing What Matters Now & Then
Middle school unit using “Meet Brother Mario” and other online videos to integrate learning in art, music, writing, technology, and science |
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Bridging Art & Writing
2006 Keynote address at Colorado Art Education Association Conference and Art Educators of Minnesota Conference |
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Art in My World
Entirely online university course built around Art Making and Meaning
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Stories of Art
Curriculum resource for grades 1 through 8 |
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Stories of Art Teachers Supplement
Lesson plans for writing, online art works for each theme, etc. |
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Token Response
Popular introduction to art game, for all ages |
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Artery
Bilingual art vocabulary game for grades 4 through 12 |
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Chicano Art for Our Millennium
Over one hundred beautifully reproduced and annotated Mexican-American artworks followed by an educators’ supplement with six extensive, thematic, inquiry-based instructional units.
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Celebrating Excellence in Ceramics
Online tutorial for secondary students |
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Who Cares for Art?
Online tutorial for secondary students |
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Images of Me
Lesson plans for secondary students |
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Protest and Persuasion
Lesson plans for secondary students |