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Elementary ClipCard | Bouquet Collage

Elementary students cut and paste overlapping shapes to create a hand holding a bouquet of flowers.

27 May 2026Elementary
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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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Into the Jungle: Drawing on Imagination

Elementary students learn that artist Henri Rousseau reimagined a place he never visited (the jungle) and sketch their own imaginative jungle scenes.

27 May 2026Elementary
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Early Childhood ClipCard | Return of the Dinosaurs

Young students draw cityscapes and incorporate cut-paper dinosaurs, using at least three types of lines and shapes.

27 May 2026Early Childhood
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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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The Freedom of Collage and Abstraction: Faces Inspired by Tyree Guyton

Elementary students learn how artist Tyree Guyton was influenced by his Detroit neighborhood and create abstract face collages inspired by his work.

27 May 2026Elementary
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Focus In: Rochester Art Center

Discover a dynamic space for contemporary art that offers personalized, meaningful experiences for students.

27 May 2026Contemporary Art
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Editor's Letter | Place

SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez emphasizes that places and spaces provide opportunities for people to connect.

27 May 2026Place
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A Cherry Blossom Tree Study: Kinesthetic Learning with Children and Parents

Young students connect their own growth to changes around them, observing cherry blossoms blooming outside the classroom.

27 May 2026Early Childhood
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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