Natalie C. Jones highlights how museums connect students, teachers, and preservice educators to hands-on arts experiences that foster advocacy.

Young students shape clay and imprint textures using various objects to create fossil designs.

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

Elementary students upcycle various materials and use found objects to create unique mini worlds inside glass jars.

Jane E. Dalton, professor and author, guides students through mindful walking and careful observation to create radial designs in nature.

High-school students embark on a meaningful project to challenge censorship, uplift women’s voices, and use art as a vehicle for social change.

High-school students create a felted landscape painting by exploring composition, color blending, and texture.

Elementary students design a unique, functional candlestick holder and a complementary beeswax candle.

High-school students develop environmental awareness and tackle contemporary issues while interacting with nature.

Origami artist Saya Okayama blends Japanese tradition and Western decorative aesthetics to create beautiful works from natural materials.

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

Taiwanese artist Cheng-Tsung Feng incorporates a modern design aesthetic into the ancient form of bamboo arts.