Ashley D. Dopson #ashleydpaints

I just wanted to share my 2nd graders garden and hardcape designs. They are not yet completed, but I'm really excited to see where they will go. Systems + texture + design + edible items. There is no doubt we might have some future landscape designers and landscape architects. :)

Conversations with Ashley Dopson - voyageatl.com/interview/conv…

Our Bolton Owls are World Cup ready.

Mural club is prepping for our big finale art show! We’re on the way to painting something BEAUTIFUL!!!

If you had to rebrand your school’s mascot how would you do it??? Mural club is putting their own personal touch on what they think Hooty should look like. Hooty’s getting an artistic upgrade that represents our school spirit!

We made it to the finish line. Smile. Untitled right now but I’m super proud of my art kiddos. Working together using mindfulness and collaboration and FOCUS. Honing in on the details but stepping back to assess their work on the big picture. 😉

Hooty’s got all the love!!! Each one of my students created 10 emoji hearts and painted hearts and words on our graffiti love wall… we’ve been learning about Basquiat and how he challenged the art industry to think out of the box!

instagram.com/reel/DUWxYkwAL… koi fish mural/ installation Bolton Academy

These silly little paper mache fish are still in progress but soooo cute! Hats off to the Bolton Art/mural club kids!!!

If you’re an AP art teacher or adjunct I’d recommend you and your students watching Secret Mall Apartment. It was really good! I miss these discussions I used to have with my high schoolers

"Be an artist at whatever you do. Even if you are a street sweeper, be the Michelangelo of street sweepers". -Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

My cutters kept cutting my painters kept painting and my mosaicers kept mosaicing. It makes me so proud to see my kids create community art in a day in time when everyone is so concerned with “self” I saw so many of my kids today really respond to a higher call today. #apsarts

So I met Mary Beth Scoville at the GAEA conference this fall. My session was about mural making. After I was done I met Mary and several other teachers who were interested or in the middle of murals. Found some real cool tools that kids can use for murals and had to share! #gaea

#christmasbreakjoy #disney #dancetoyourownbeat #gratefulartist

One more day until winter break we’ve had a ball creating our winter/holiday themed art! I can see the new year from here!!! 😃 #atlantapublicschools #boltonart

You’re a mean one Mr. Grinch…..