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Middle School ClipCard | Beauty in Brokenness: Kintsugi-Inspired Pottery

Middle-school students learn about the Japanese art of Kintsugi and create inspired pieces by repairing broken pottery with gold materials.

27 May 2026Middle School
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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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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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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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Managing the Art Room | Choose Your ArtVenture: Motivating Middle Schoolers

An art teacher implements a system for middle-schoolers that transforms the classroom into a place that supports both independence and guidance.

27 May 2026Managing The Art Room
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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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Advocacy | Artivism: Art and Advocacy

Students upcycle materials into art with a message, inspiring change in their school and local community.

27 May 2026Elementary
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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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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