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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez looks back on his favorite collaborative lessons and shares some of this issue’s offerings.

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

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

Guest editor Melody Weintraub reflects on the power of art advocacy and how meaningful creative experiences can impact classrooms and communities.