Monica Thayer

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Congratulations to Yvonne Lopez @mslowpaz for becoming Region 4’s Elementary Teacher of the Year! She truly is an amazing and deserving person of impact!! Congratulations! @AldineISD #AldineArt

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Traveling sketchbook adventures are so much fun. I honestly love drawing from observation and find it so relaxing!!!

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Awwww—nothing like a morning painting on vacation!

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Congratulations to Getsemani Velasquez for being awarded the Jean Michel Basquiat Award: Most Innovative Approach from @MHAHouston Mental Health Art Showcase! @AldineHS_AISD is so proud of you! #AldineArt @MrStewart_AHS @DrKels50

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Looking forward to Senior Week next week @AldineHS_AISD

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Congratulations to Getsemani Victoria Velasquez Flores for creating an artwork for @MHAHouston online art show! Despite circumstances—Getsemani has been creating from home! This art teacher is sooooo proud! #AldineArt #WeAreAldine @DrKels50 @MrStewart_AHS @AldineHS_AISD

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Congratulations Jose Cardenas @AldineHS_AISD student for receiving a 4–a medal—at the State VASE Event! @TXarted @AldineHSArt #AldineArt @DrKels50

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

#AldineArt Awesome Twist on the Grid by Mel @TXarted! Excited to make it my own in the classroom! Thanks @DrKels50 for providing opportunities to learn and create! @AldineISD

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Thanks @ngadc for hosting the Look Slowly, Think Artfully. A very beneficial professional development that I look forward to using with my students @AldineHS_AISD. Encorporating writing through art! #AldineArt

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Just recently introduced to Zarina—what an artist!

[Tate @Tate]

We're deeply saddened to hear that Zarina Hashmi (1937-2020) has passed away, an extraordinary artist whose work is embedded with loss and longing. Her magical lines will resonate on and on. 🖤 https://t.co/hDB028v8pQ

[Sarah Kersh @CoachKersh]

Can’t we do this all the time? Coffee chat about #ModernArt every Tuesday morning with some very inspiring women. Thanks @DrKels50
#AldineArt #AldineLearns #AldineAtHome #TerrificTuesday

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Congratulations to Ramon Rodriguez for submitting Glimpse of Hope for the CSBH Mental Health Art Showcase! #AldineArt ⁦@DrKels50⁩ ⁦@AldineHS_AISD⁩ https://t.co/wK7vtIl0y7

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

A whirlwind of color wheel fun—thanks @mslowpaz for teaching fun ways to use a variety of materials, color theory and artists for future lessons! It left me with more things to finish! Thanks @DrKels50 for offering meaningful PD! #AldineArt

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Ever the painter!!

[Laura Luna @arted300]

My PD data word is REFLECT w/⁦@DrKels50⁩ ⁦@mslowpaz⁩ ⁦@CuratorCreative⁩ @ArtExplorations⁩ and the other 7!!

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Finished my visual data represenation of my favorite objects—abstracted and a word that would describe me! #AldineArt thanks @DrKels50 for hosting a creating opportunity!!!

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Visual data representation shown in the various sizes of my objects in the drawing. Continuing professional development with @DrKels50 #AldineArt

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Less rhetoric and more action! Well said @DonAustin_PAUSD #ifnotusthenwho

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

Learning about the role I play in the inequalities of education and being challenged to take steps towards being brave in conversation #ifnotusthenwho Thanks @drgoffney for representing @AldineISD

[Monica Thayer @ArtExplorations]

#WeAreAldine Learned an awesome visual way to collect data from my students! Excited to have time to think about how and when to use in the classroom! Thanks @DrKels50 #AldineArt