Maria Di Gaetano

Artist and Educator resident in UK.
MA and PGCE
Co-founder of BAC
Thinker
Lover
Member of Camb Open Studios, VAA,The Oscar Wilde Society UK,FAH.

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

I'm thrilled to have two of my charcoals, published on the September Issue 37, of the Visual Art Magazine 🎨

To read the Magazine please go to Issue #37, September 2025 – Visual Art Journal – Art Magazine following this link 💋 https://t.co/IAWy4sMDIf

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

Hello everyone,
I hope you are all well

I'm sharing a project and and event I have just created. It is about art and wellbeing.
I would appreciate your help

Thank you

M

https://t.co/B6epUFLTMs

[Rock Photography @Photomusicrock]

RIP Ozzy Osbourne, one last MIRACLE by the Prince of Darkness!

[Ozzy Osbourne @OzzyOsbourne]

It is with more sadness than mere words can convey that we have to report that our beloved Ozzy Osbourne has passed away this morning. He was with his family and surrounded by love.

We ask everyone to respect our family privacy at this time.

Sharon, Jack, Kelly, Aimee and Louis

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

It's been a hectic few months so far, full of sorrow,unbearable pain, as well as wonderful things and lots of love.

This is the first of a series of square charcoal landscapes

Charcoal on Seawhite paper.
30x30cm
2025

#mariadigaetano #charcoaldrawing #charcoal #landscape

[Rod @rodjnaquin]

As I return to classroom teaching this fall, I've been revisiting Barak Rosenshine's "Principles of Instruction" for practical, research-backed teaching strategies. His approach cuts through the noise with clear, actionable guidance about what actually works in classrooms - like starting each class with a quick 5-minute review, breaking complex tasks into small steps, and checking understanding with specific questions rather than just asking "Does everyone get it?"

For my high school English classes, I'm particularly drawn to his emphasis on modeling and guided practice. Rather than just assigning essays and hoping for the best, Rosenshine's research suggests thinking aloud while I analyze a passage or draft a paragraph, showing students exactly how experienced readers and writers work. Then students try these same strategies with immediate feedback - practicing thesis statements together, working through text analysis in pairs, and getting real-time corrections and encouragement.

The research strongly supports scaffolding complex tasks like literary analysis or argumentative writing. This means providing concrete supports - like sentence starters for analysis, structured paragraph templates, or revision checklists - while students are learning, then gradually removing these supports as students gain confidence. Rosenshine advocates for maintaining a high success rate (around 80%) during practice, ensuring students master each step before moving on to independent work. https://t.co/MK149S3QLY

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

Wildflowers commission is finished!
Oil on linen
100x80cm
2024

#painting #oiloncanvas #oilonlinen #commissionsoopen #mariadigaetano #art #love

[Tom Sherrington @teacherhead]

"Thriving in Teaching: Mentorship and Inclusion with Yamina Bibi, Ep.84 (S4,E21)" by Mind the Gap:
Delighted to wrap up Season 4 with the wonderful @msybibi. A superb advocate for all that is good in our profession. @Emma_Turner75 and I loved this.
https://t.co/7DT4RpHJgx

[Walkthrus @WALKTHRUs_5]

Coming soon over the summer. Slides for our Learning Walkthrus including the absolutely brilliant Reading and Writing section by @Suchmo83 and @FunkyPedagogy

[Tate Research @TateResearch]

The British Art Network has released the first episode of its #podcast series ‘#Art After #Devolution’. Hosted by curator and art historian @marcusfjack, it will offer a polyvocal account of the burdensome inheritance, present challenges and possible futures of decentralisation.

[The Courtauld Research Forum @CourtauldRes]

"It is no coincidence that culture wars parallel and intersect with other projects of curtailment, containment, exclusion, and erasure."

written as part of @lucybradnock's 'Working Carefully' in
Art History, Volume 47, Issue 1, February 2024, Pages 8–12, https://t.co/QaNz7Xelyl

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

I am refusing to believe how anyone could be so against their own rights, against their own freedom,against their own ethics and against the safety of their own country.

I'm astonished.

#USAElection2024 #ThoughtForTheDay #Election2024

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

Hi everybody

This is my fundraising page to help Palestinians in Gaza.
If you would like to help, please follow the link

Thank you
M

#help #medicalaidforpalestinians
#Fundraiser #uk #JustGiving

https://t.co/4QvS0kb8ts

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

Commissions are open again

In the meantime, I added another layer to this linen,before going ahead with the final one in a week or so. Praying for it to dry fast!

#mariadigaetano #art #oilonlinen #Commission #painting #oiloncanvas #cambridgeshire #uk #love

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

Hi everybody

This is my fundraising page to help Palestinians in Gaza.
If you would like to help, please follow the link

Thank you
M

#help #medicalaidforpalestinians
#Fundraiser #uk #JustGiving

https://t.co/4QvS0kb8ts

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

Portrait finished and delivered after 5 months.
Very pleased with it! :)
So lucky to have painted this wonderful woman ❤️

Oil on linen
100x80cm

#friends #love #oilpainting #oilinlinen #happiness #commission #birthday #present #Cambridge #painting #cambridgeshire #uk

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

The ball started rolling again with the Bookmark Artists Collective 🎨
We finally begun our collaborative journey with the artist Amanda Mears and her Leaving Earth Project.

We will work on a piece all together and ship this to each other ❤️
#art #live #love #Sustainability

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

When you come home after work and find books and letter from The Oscar Wilde Society. The joy is inexplicable 😭❤️

#oscarwildesociety #love #literature #wit

[Maria Di Gaetano @MariaD_Artdrops]

Gracefully stated.
#cannes2024

[Keir Starmer @Keir_Starmer]

My changed Labour Party is for anyone who loves this country, aspires for themselves and their family, and knows we can do better than this.

We will turn the page on this decade of Tory decline and give Britain the future it deserves.

https://t.co/s3x9waUDk7