<p>In this episode, join Jen and Abi as they sit down with retired Arizona art teacher Colleen Eckles to learn how she moved from traditional, product-driven projects into a full TAB practice over the course of her 29-year career. Colleen shares the messy middle, “Free Art Fridays,” center set-ups, admin conversations, and high-stakes testing, along with the joy of trusting kids as artists and finding community through TAB books, conferences, and online spaces. Colleen brings a heartfelt encouragement for teachers, both new and folks on the edge of burn out, to start small, find their people, and keep honoring students’ creative agency.</p><p><br></p><p><strong>Resources:</strong></p><p>Teaching for Artistic Behavior: <a href="http://teachingforartisticbehavior.org"><u>teachingforartisticbehavior.org</u></a></p><p>TAB community (Mighty Networks): <a href="http://teaching-for-artistic-behavior-inc.mn.co"><u>teaching-for-artistic-behavior-inc.mn.co</u></a>. </p><p>TAB Art Educators Facebook Group: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/178282718971259/"><u>https://www.facebook.com/groups/178282718971259/</u></a></p><p>Blocks Paper Scissors Podcast - Clark Fralick and Clyde Gaw <a href="https://blockspaperscissors.podbean.com/"><u>https://blockspaperscissors.podbean.com/</u></a></p><p>Make Artists Podcast - Ian Sands <a href="https://open.spotify.com/show/4dLxBE4pANtQ5Iw44gCWMk"><u>https://open.spotify.com/show/4dLxBE4pANtQ5Iw44gCWMk</u></a></p><p>Abi’s Dissertation - Teaching for Artistic Behavior: A Definition and Historiography: <a href="https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/teaching-artistic-behavior-definition/docview/2817860186/se-2"><u>https://www.proquest.com/dissertations-theses/teaching-artistic-behavior-definition/docview/2817860186/se-2</u></a></p><p>National Art Education Association (NAEA): <a href="http://arteducators.org">⁠<u>arteducators.org</u>⁠</a>. <a href="https://docs.google.com/document/d/10L_jV3sT-lYFWhGcuc18aT2dIukWnkiW_87MTuMxoZw/edit?usp=sharing"><u>Here is a link to a lightly edited transcript</u></a> of this episode. We recognize that there are probably errors and grammatical issues. If anyone with the time or inclination to edit this wants to do so, please email us at <a href="mailto:[email protected]"><u>[email protected]</u></a>.</p>