

High-school students draw human figures and then transform them through simplification and abstraction.

Elementary students investigate quilt design, pattern, and composition by creating nine-square flower quilt blocks.

Middle-school students create illustrated dictionary pages to share with the community, exercising their literacy, language, and communication skills.

Young students explore community-centered art-making as they create a mandala display that fosters positivity and intergenerational connection.
Middle-school students use chalk and oil pastels to capture colorful, textured desserts in the playful spirit of Wayne Thiebaud.
Students research, draw, and embroider constellations onto painted mixed-media backgrounds.
Students use simple lines and shapes to create expressive floral compositions.

Elementary students explore color, texture, and shape through a nature-based lesson inspired by contemporary artist Melissa Scherrer Paré.

Young students collaborate on a large-scale painting of an imaginary heroine, adding nontraditional materials to bring their ideas to life.
Middle-school students use storytelling to connect personal experiences and create symbolic, relief-printed interpretations of monsters.

Young students create polar bears from basic shapes and add them to mixed-media backgrounds with oil pastel resist.

High-school Digital Design and Illustration students collaborate with Fashion Design students to develop original custom garments.