Middle-school students learn about the power of words and visuals, and they create yard signs with positive messages to place around the school.

Multidisciplinary artist Katherine Duclos transforms LEGO bricks into abstract compositions that reflect her experiences as a neurodivergent woman and mother.

An art teacher shares strategies for cultivating a creative, art-centered community, including outdoor art projects and collaborations with artists.

Elementary students collaborate with an artist and community volunteers to create a memorial commemorating loved ones.

High-school students collaborate with artist Bryant Holsenbeck to create an outdoor jellyfish installation from sustainable materials.

Artist Nnenna Okore addresses ecological concerns through sustainably made sculptures and installations.

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

Jacob Ginga is an art educator, painter, printmaker, and street artist. His passion for art and desire to connect with others are vital components of his practice. His works, even when completely nonobjective abstractions, such as Brackish Waters (p. 51), employ diverse visual languages that invite viewers to contemplate the narratives Ginga believes are inherent in all of his work, though he rarely delivers definitive statements.

High school students begin with a project on poster design and then researched information on the intersection of environmental action and art which evolved into a mural project and then into paintings around storm drains in the community.

The Arts in Alley community event was part of a larger endeavor to establish a strong visual art program by generating student interest in exhibiting artwork.

Middle-school students collaborate to maintain a public space by creating paper bulletin board murals.

High-school students design a word sculpture inspired by a memory or scenario that motivated them to take positive action.