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Young students work together on a variety of projects throughout the school year, cultivating a community of compassion and tolerance.
Middle-school students learn about narrative art and folk art, then create a woodblock painting depicting a significant family memory.
Elementary students build their problem-solving, social-emotional, and exploratory learning skills as they collaborate.
Elementary students learn about the origins of their food from local farmers and create a mural based on local food systems.
Elementary students create visual responses that evoke empathy for those experiencing weather-related catastrophes.
Six Turtle Island ambassadors travel to South Africa to share their indigenous teachings with a group of local high-school students.
Elementary students trace their countries of origin and share their discoveries in self-portrait photo compositions.
Young students discuss emotions and facial expressions while collaging paper dogs and doghouses.
Young students learn about preferences, self-expression, and appreciation of others while designing paper shoes.
An art teacher shares her students’ experiences participating in the Memory Project and its profound impact on developing compassion and empathy.
Young students thoughtfully design a hat with a friend while considering their friend’s preferences.
This therapy dog–centered approach to SEL and art is creating a more supportive classroom environment while connecting students with the art-making process and their peers.
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