Art Room Organization, Routines, and Procedures!

I frequently have teachers ask me about how I organize and lay out my room.... so rather than frantically scrolling through my phone, and showing tiny pictures on a tiny screen, I figured why not do a little Classroom 101 post!  So here goes! 
 

Above is an overall view from my desk, it looks a little crazy because I did the Panoramic view with my iphone to capture this shot.  I find it a blessing and a curse to have those red cabinets and counters around two sides of my classroom.  I love them for laying out all supplies, but I hate them because they would be more space for students to work if they werent there.  You can see on the counter, each supply has it's spot and there are always 6 containers of each supply ready to go.  This makes it easy for students to get supplies they need and put them back.  This has stayed the same the past three years, and I found that really helps students know the routine.  Theres a small carpet area along the right side of the room for Early Childhood Classes.

Here's the rest of the room, the painting center and all it's supplies are on the left.  The board partially hidden behind the door is where I now have emergency sub plans, seating charts, district standards, and project learning targets available at all times.   Organization is key!

I've found that posting school norms, and our daily learning targets are key for students to succeed.  I constantly refer back to our voice level chart, and learning targets to help students check in with how they're doing.  Each table is a color for early childhood classes to help teach colors, and direct students to their seats.  Finally, there's my wish list bulletin board.  The lower right has an art room volunteer sign up sheet which has been great for recruiting parent volunteers this year!!
 

You may have noticed on my bulletin board with voice levels and learning targets, I have a poster of our visual timer.  I bought this used GraLab 360 on ebay, and it helps students budget their time. Yellow means lesson, Green is independent work, Orange is a clean-up warning, and Red means Clean up Now!!  Students use this to track their time in the room and I find they are cleaning up without being reminded by the third or fourth week of school!

Hopefully this gives a look into the art room at Bancroft and hopefully there's some useful ideas, tips, and tricks in there others can use for their classrooms!