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Contemporary Art in Context | Ryan Adams

Painter and muralist Ryan Adams creates large-scale community works using a signature “gem style” to break down words and phrases.

27 May 2026Contemporary Art
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Yesterdays with Yarn: “Painting” Childhood Memories

High-school students discover the yarn paintings of artist Annie Lucille Greene and choose a positive childhood memory to illustrate with yarn.

27 May 2026High School
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Fantastical Digital Gardens: Integrating Science into Art and Design

Middle-school students use Google Drawings to create unique secret gardens—imagined places filled with insects, flowers, animals, and more.

27 May 2026Middle School
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Vacation Destination Printmaking: Exploring Gel Plates and Linocut

High-school students embrace two methods of printmaking to design their ideal vacation spots and an accompanying postcard.

27 May 2026High School
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Leaving a Legacy: An Eighth-Grade Mosaic Mural

Middle-school students leave their mark before graduating by installing a permanent mosaic mural in an overlooked space near the school’s entrance.

27 May 2026Middle School
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Contemporary Art in Context | Rachel Gloria Adams

Multidisciplinary artist Rachel Gloria Adams shares her uninhibited approach to patterns and dynamic color combinations in paintings, prints, quilts, and more.

2 May 2026Contemporary Art
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Museum Musings | Walking It Through: Collaboration and Planning

A gallery educator team uses a collaborative process to develop a writing tour for fourth-grade students.

2 May 2026Collaboration
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Managing the Art Room | Cultivating a Reflective Practice: A Process for Art Educators

Mikaela Bachmann presents a framework for fostering accessible, equitable learning through a cyclical process of reflection and action.

2 May 2026Managing The Art Room
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Steamroller Printmaking: Collaboration in Action

High-school students and staff work together in a community steamroller printmaking event, creating large-scale relief prints.

2 May 2026High School
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Beyond the Frame: Pushing the Limits of Conventional Composition

Middle-school students create habitat-inspired artwork that extends beyond the frame, promoting innovation and visual storytelling.

2 May 2026Middle School
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High School ClipCard | Plant-Based Dyes

High-school students investigate how everyday plant-based materials can produce natural dyes.

1 May 2026High School
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Middle School ClipCard | Seasons in Bas Relief

Middle-school students create layered clay bas reliefs depicting the change of the seasons.

1 May 2026Middle School