
Middle-school students design and sculpt mini-golf holes using clay, focusing on artistic design and functional structure.

Natalie C. Jones highlights how museums connect students, teachers, and preservice educators to hands-on arts experiences that foster advocacy.

Young students create assemblages using at least five types of recycled materials and apply a monochromatic color scheme.

Dr. Jane B. Montero shares how middle-school students showcase their artwork in local businesses through the annual ArtWalk, along with arts advocacy tips.
SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez shares four advocacy practices that have shaped his career and highlights this issue’s articles.

Young students explore community-centered art-making as they create a mandala display that fosters positivity and intergenerational connection.

Students design and build functional mugs using slab-building and sculptural techniques.
Students research, draw, and embroider constellations onto painted mixed-media backgrounds.
Students use simple lines and shapes to create expressive floral compositions.

Young students shape clay and imprint textures using various objects to create fossil designs.
High-school students step out of their comfort zones to create themed nonobjective compositions inspired by two contemporary artists.

Art educators engage in a hands-on printmaking workshop with artist Steve A. Prince, exploring monoprinting techniques to use in their classrooms.