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Painting

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Meeting Individual Needs: Buddy Crafts: Making Inclusion the Focus

An art educator designs an inclusive curriculum where students with disabilities and their non-disabled peers collaborate as equals.

1 March 2026Meeting Individual Needs
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Middle School ClipCard: Mixed-Media Constellations

Students research, draw, and embroider constellations onto painted mixed-media backgrounds.

1 March 2026Middle School
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Contemporary Art in Context: Jeffrey Gibson

Interdisciplinary artist Jeffrey Gibson creates vibrant works that fuse Indigenous cultural traditions with contemporary global practices.

1 March 2026Contemporary Art
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Advocacy: The Art of Selling

High-school students sell their work at art markets, gaining experience in branding, marketing, financial responsibility, and more.

1 March 2026Advocacy
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Inspired by Nature

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

1 March 2026Elementary
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Even Bigger Than Us: Imaginary Portraiture Inspired by Mickalene Thomas

Young students collaborate on a large-scale painting of an imaginary heroine, adding nontraditional materials to bring their ideas to life.

1 March 2026Early Childhood
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ClipCard: Winter Polar Bears

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

2 January 2026Early Childhood
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Contemporary Art in Context: Momo Pixel

Multidisciplinary artist and game designer Momo Pixel uses vibrant color and storytelling to celebrate the shared experiences of Black women.

1 January 2026Contemporary Art
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Painting Like Pollock

Elementary students learn fundamental art concepts through experimental abstract designs inspired by Jackson Pollock.

1 December 2025Elementary
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Managing the Art Room: Art Doesn’t Have To Be Perfect

An art teacher inspires a second-grade student to turn perceived mistakes into something new, creating a ripple effect of joy in the art room.

1 December 2025Managing The Art Room
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ClipCard: Patterned Leaves

Elementary students use a variety of media to draw and paint patterned leaves.

1 November 2025Elementary
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Contemporary Art in Context: Christopher Sweet

Contemporary painter Christopher Sweet channels his Ho-Chunk heritage and vibrant color to celebrate Native American identity, resilience, and healing.

1 November 2025Contemporary Art