Lori Stevens teaches in the art department of Orland High School, a small high school of 600 students in Orland, California. Her program includes Art 1, Studio Art, and Advanced Placement all in one room, with one budget, and one teacher. She has been teaching art in this setting for twenty years. This article features a color photo of her class room as well as numerous ways to engage student interest, and keep them eagerly coming into class each day asking "What are we doing today?" She describes a vibrant, stimulating art room as a creative space where teachers care more about kids staying after class to work on their art than how clean the sink is, or the teacher's grade book as being stuffed with sticky notes signed by students who have checked out books and supplies. She further describes her own class room as having a clothesline with socks, scarves, and a hamper full of potential still-life objects, and an inexpensive CD player with CD's of jazz, blues, classical, Celtic, oldies, folk, and Peruvian flute music. Many of the ideas shared in this article, could easily be adapted to add excitement and creative energy to any art class room while keeping budget limitations in mind.