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.

Middle-school students create illustrated dictionary pages to share with the community, exercising their literacy, language, and communication skills.

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

High-school students in Amanda Tutor’s photography club advocate for a full class, gaining skills and recognition far beyond the classroom.

Middle-school students use chalk and oil pastels to capture colorful, textured desserts in the playful spirit of Wayne Thiebaud.

An artist and educator discusses how students engage more deeply with contemporary art when it reflects their shared time, place, and community.

Students design and build functional mugs using slab-building and sculptural techniques.

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.

Interdisciplinary artist Jeffrey Gibson creates vibrant works that fuse Indigenous cultural traditions with contemporary global practices.

High-school students step out of their comfort zones to create themed nonobjective compositions inspired by two contemporary artists.