Everything a teacher needs… already waiting for them. 🎨
This quick walkthrough shows exactly how to access our Art Series inside Pathways to Creativity — straight from our homepage, no login, no paywall, no hoops to jump through.
From there, you’ll find:
✏️ Google Slides decks
📋 Lesson plans
🎯 Extension projects
🎮 Kahoot + Quizlet
📺 YouTube playlists + more!
It’s all connected, all in one place, and always free at blackwingfoundation.org.
Save this for a teacher who needs it. 🙌
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It's 2pm on testing day. The pencils are down. The brains? Absolutely fried. 🧠✨
The last thing anyone can handle is another math or ELA lesson... but the day isn't over yet.
Enter our Art Series... a free library of studio-quality art lessons that give kids the creative outlet they need to process the day, play, and feel like themselves again.
🎨 Drawing, painting, pastels, clay, and more
🎥 Video-guided... no art degree required to teach
🆓 Always free
🔗 Link in bio to get started
Tag a teacher surviving testing season 💛
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Testing week is exhausting... for students and teachers alike. ✏️
When the bubbles are filled and pencils finally go down, what comes next?
Enter our Lettering Series... a quiet, focused activity that lets kids decompress, create, and breathe. No prep. No pressure. Just beautiful letterforms, one stroke at a time.
✨ Self-guided
📝 Print-and-go
🎨 Always free
🔗 Link in bio to get started
Tag a teacher who's in the thick of testing season 💛
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THURSDAY MAY 28! Our 5th Annual Party in Kellogg Park: A free neighborhood celebration of music, poetry, books, and art created by Morningside students. Wood-fired pizza oven from SoMA! Student performances! Music by @johnny_irion ! Science and art projects by @flyingcloudinstitute , @berkshireartcenter , and @maps_musicartpuppetsound ! Plus the release of A COUPLE THOUSAND THINGS I LIKE, our latest student artist book collaboration with @citation_needed_press , and more books and art designed by Pittsfield students. Come help us celebrate the beautiful Morningside Community School in its final year ❤️
Before the first stroke, warm up those hands! 🤲✨
In this clip, Heather walks students through a simple finger warm-up using two writing instruments — a fun way to activate the brain AND the hand before any lettering lesson begins.
Try it before your next lesson and feel the difference! 🖊️
This activity is part of our free Lettering Series on Pathways to Creativity — always free at blackwingfoundation.org 🖤
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To every teacher who cleared space for creativity when the curriculum didn’t—thank you!
The Blackwing Foundation exists because we believe the arts belong in every classroom, not as an elective, but as essential. Today, we’re grateful for every educator who already knew that. Tag a teacher who changed how you see the world. 🖤
Supported by Blackwing, where every purchase helps fund creative programming in K–12 classrooms.
Color mixing in action. 🎨
Watch Kim walk 2nd graders through blending oil pastels in this Jasper Johns-inspired "Numbers" piece — blue + yellow = green, and suddenly every kid is a color theorist.
This is what art class looks like when students are learning and creating at the same time. No worksheets. Just discovery.
Free lesson plans like this one live at blackwingfoundation.org — link in bio.
Tag a teacher who needs this Art Series in their classroom. 👇
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The secret to beautiful cursive? It all starts with the letter n. 🔤✨
In this lesson, educator Heather guides students through an n chain — a practice technique where you place an n in between every letter of the alphabet as you write. It's one of the best ways to build the smooth, connected strokes that make cursive flow.
Try it yourself:
✏️ anbncnd… all the way to Z!
This is just one of the lessons waiting for you in our free Cursive Writing pathway — always free at blackwingfoundation.org 🖤
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You don't have to be an art teacher to bring creativity into your classroom. 🎨
Our resources were made for the gen ed teacher — the one juggling literacy, math, science, and everything in between. No art degree required. Just grab-and-go lessons that fit seamlessly into your day.
To our art specialists: we love you and we see you. We're not here to replace you — we're here to make sure every kid gets to experience creativity every single day, not just during your class.
Because the arts shouldn't be an elective. They should be woven into everything. 🖤
Explore free resources for your classroom, always free at blackwingfoundation.org 👇
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Teachers … this one’s for you 🖊️
All of our lettering resources live right here on our site, always free at blackwingfoundation.org.
Intro to Lettering, Graphic Novelist, Cursive Writing … it’s all there and it’s all yours.
Watch for a quick tour 👆
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What inspired Andy Warhol to paint soup cans? 🥫✨
Kim from @artclassesforkids walks students through the story behind one of the most iconic works in art history — then guides them in creating their own vibrant, repetition-inspired masterpiece.
This lesson is part of our Art Series: Foundational Drawing — designed for 1st graders and packed with creativity from the very first mark.
✏️ All of our art lessons are always free at blackwingfoundation.org
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The data is clear… so why are arts programs still disappearing from classrooms? 🎨✏️🎵
Swipe through to see what's at stake — and what we're doing about it.
At Blackwing Foundation, we believe every student deserves access to creative arts education, no matter their zip code or school budget. That's why all of our programs are always free at blackwingfoundation.org 🖤
But we can't do it alone. Know an educator? Hit that share button and send this their way today… it takes two seconds and it means everything. 🙌
And if you're a school administrator, curriculum director, or education nonprofit… we'd love to talk about how we can support your students. Drop a comment or send us a DM! 💬
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