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The Transformation Issue, November 2025

Art teachers explore the theme of transformation, guiding students to shift perspectives and reimagine materials as new works of art. Young students collaborate on a school-wide clay mosaic inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar, elementary students breathe new life into cardboard with landscape-inspired low-reliefs, middle-schoolers transform recycled materials into wearable art, high-school students turn disassembled machine parts into futuristic inventions, and more.

Interdisciplinary Connections

The Connections Issue, September 2025

While teaching students about new artists, processes, and techniques, art teachers also prioritize building relationships and strong foundations. Young students transform the hallway bulletin board into a giant sheet music mural promoting kindness, elementary students develop fantastical illustrations, middle-school students embrace imperfections while making stained glass jewelry, high-school students work with limited materials to create balanced compositions, and more.

Choice-Based

The Student Voice and Choice Issue, October 2025

Art teachers foster student voice and choice, guiding them to be thoughtful artists and critical thinkers. Young students engage in a three-part insect-drawing unit that blends science and imagination. Elementary students design 3D miniature studios inspired by artist research. Middle-schoolers use mapping to craft conceptual self-portraits reflecting identity. High-schoolers study Naum Gabo’s Constructivist sculptures, then build original works tied to personal interests.

Classroom Practice

The Innovation Issue, Summer 2025

Art teachers share new and exciting art-making experiences in and outside the art room. Young students collaborate to paint a hanging cardboard butterfly installation, elementary students use everyday objects to create illuminating bookshelf dioramas, middle-school students use 3D-scanning technology to print lifelike portraits, high-school students address contemporary issues while creating in an outdoor classroom, and more.

Classroom Practice

The Process Issue, May 2025

Art teachers use a process-based approach to engage students in art-making. Young students apply color-mixing to create vibrant watercolor paintings, elementary students are introduced to the unique process of paper quilling, middle-school students use critical thinking and ideation skills while drawing meaningful self-portraits, high-school students use fused glass techniques to create functional works of art, and more.

Contemporary Art

The Contemporary Art Issue, April 2025

This issue focuses on various interpretations of contemporary art and what art means for students today. Young students connect to the natural world and print with leaves, elementary students combine elements from historical and contemporary artworks to create a new work of art, middle-school students explore the large-scale sculptures of Claes Oldenburg and Coosje van Bruggen, high-school students channel contemporary themes into a self-portrait photo composite, and more.

Advocacy

The Advocacy Issue, March 2025

This issue introduces various ways to address advocacy through different lenses, ranging from cultural perspectives to embracing mistakes and self-expression. Young students use creative thinking skills to connect with themselves and the world around them, elementary students turn mistakes into works of art, middle-school students make clay puzzle pieces with symbolic objects representing their interests, high-school students create detailed fabric portraits, and more.

Collaboration

The Collaboration Issue, January/February 2025

This issue highlights several ways in which art teachers have integrated collaboration into their teaching practice, such as providing students with opportunities to problem-solve and work together throughout the year, learning about the Sustainable Development Goals and creating a tile installation symbolizing them, inviting a local florist to teach an art lesson, collaborating with an artist to create an outdoor installation, and more.

Highlights

Dreams Take Flight

Young students collaborate on a school-wide clay mosaic inspired by The Very Hungry Caterpillar and its transformation.

1 November 2025

Recycled Wearables

Middle-school students transform recycled materials into wearable art, demonstrating their understanding of contrast and balance.

1 November 2025

Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, and Reimagine

Elementary students breathe new life into recycled cardboard by creating layered low-reliefs inspired by landscapes.

1 November 2025

Transforming Ideas into Animated Stories

Middle-school students become stop-motion animators and storytellers while exploring CTE and audio-visual concepts.

1 November 2025

Editor's Letter: Transformation

Frank Juárez, SchoolArts editor-in-chief, explores how creativity and collaboration can transform artists, educators, and students.

1 November 2025

Contemporary Art in Context: Christopher Sweet

Contemporary painter Christopher Sweet channels his Ho-Chunk heritage and vibrant color to celebrate Native American identity, resilience, and healing.

1 November 2025

Media Arts

Transforming Ideas into Animated Stories

Middle-school students become stop-motion animators and storytellers while exploring CTE and audio-visual concepts.

Media Arts, 1 November 2025

Peace Without Limits

Middle-school students make connections between the environment, artificial intelligence, and watercolor painting while participating in an art contest.

Media Arts, 1 August 2025

Woven Optical Illusions

Middle-school students take ownership over their learning while gaining familiarity with digital tools and creating a woven optical illusion.

Media Arts, 1 June 2025

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Media Arts, 1 June 2025