High-school students express what democracy means to them through symbolism and printmaking.

Multidisciplinary artist Jennifer Halli shares abstract and site-specific works that explore themes of travel, growth, and loss.

Elementary students express solutions to local and global issues via stenciled, silkscreened posters.

Printmaking seems like a magical art form to elementary students. They watch with fascination as they pull back their stamp to see a design transferred to paper. In this project, fourth-grade students make their own stamp, use it to create a patterned background, and then use the stamp again to create a print with a space invader as the subject. This project requires lots of repetition, pattern, and planning.

What methods can we use to create community through art? Students will create a mixed-media reduction relief print inspired by someone they look up to.

How does color help to tell a story? Students will use color to complement an illustration. Color can be used symbolically, to induce an emotion, or as character code.

The best mindfulness projects are the ones that impact the culture in a meaningful way; the Gratitude Project is one such project. A few years ago, my school district implemented a social-emotional learning program that had a direct influence on my teaching. One aspect of the program focused on the importance of gratitude and how being in touch with what and who we are grateful for keeps us in a positive mindset.

Printmaker, painter, and educator Dan Welden presents an environmentally friendly alternative to traditional etching in this month’s feature.

Middle-school students learn about radial balance in different cultures and the connection to mindfulness and meditation. Students then create their own radially balanced designs with block printing.

Early Childhood Lesson: What is architecture? What role do blueprints play in an architectʼs process? How do artists experiment with line and shape to design a building? Students will print lines and shapes to design an architectural structure or building.