SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez explores how connecting with students and nurturing curiosity can lead to unexpected discoveries.

Middle-school students render still-life drawings of popcorn, focusing on shape, value, texture, and form.

Sculptor and installation artist Lynn Simmons combines found objects and natural materials to create works that invite viewers to contemplate the narratives they evoke.

An art teacher treats curriculum design as a creative process, developing lessons that build skills over time and connect learning across grade levels.

Middle-school students create and exchange artist trading cards in a project that grows into a schoolwide experience connecting students and staff.

Middle-school students integrate music, history, math, science, and language arts as they paint visual interpretations of songs on vinyl records.

Dr. Mark Graham discusses how advocacy happens in many forms – through policy, opportunities for students, visibility, connection, and more.

A Wisconsin-based arts nonprofit brings dynamic youth programs to rural communities to build stronger, healthier, and more connected lives.

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

Painter and muralist Ryan Adams creates large-scale community works using a signature “gem style” to break down words and phrases.

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

Middle-school students use Google Drawings to create unique secret gardens—imagined places filled with insects, flowers, animals, and more.