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Through metaphor prompts and an interview with a novice art teacher, who graduated from a university art teacher preparation program in the Midwest United States, this study addresses the teacher’s metaphorical concepts about the roles of art teachers and definitions of meaningful art lessons. The study aims to show how metaphor analysis provides researchers with systematic interpretation of qualitative data, which leads to a conceptual understanding of a novice art teacher’s view of her teaching roles. Some research questions of particular interest are: How does a novice teacher address her roles and meaningful art lessons metaphorically? How are properties of the source domain/secondary subject/metaphor vehicle to be mapped onto the target domain/primary subject/topic? Is there any consistency or commonality between two sets of metaphor prompts about art teacher identity and meaningful art lessons and the interview transcription? The data sources in the study consist of an interview and two sets of metaphor. For data analysis, I employed metaphor analysis, an effective meaning-making tactic, to construct a good sense of connotations and denotations among the topic, the vehicle, and ground. Conceptual themes can be associated with both constructivism and student-centered perspectives. However, analysis of the interview transcription relates more to didacticism and teacher-centered perspectives.