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Middle School ClipCard | Beauty in Brokenness: Kintsugi-Inspired Pottery

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

27 May 2026Middle School
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Advocacy | Artivism: Art and Advocacy

Students upcycle materials into art with a message, inspiring change in their school and local community.

27 May 2026Elementary
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Vacation Destination Printmaking: Exploring Gel Plates and Linocut

High-school students embrace two methods of printmaking to design their ideal vacation spots and an accompanying postcard.

27 May 2026High School
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Contemporary Art in Context | Rachel Gloria Adams

Multidisciplinary artist Rachel Gloria Adams shares her uninhibited approach to patterns and dynamic color combinations in paintings, prints, quilts, and more.

2 May 2026Contemporary Art
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Elementary ClipCard | String Line Drawings

Elementary students transform pre-glued yarn lines into complete drawings that fill the page.

1 May 2026Elementary
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Advocacy in Focus: Picturing the Impact on Student Engagement

High-school students in Amanda Tutor’s photography club advocate for a full class, gaining skills and recognition far beyond the classroom.

1 April 2026High School
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High School ClipCard: Not Your Average Mug

Students design and build functional mugs using slab-building and sculptural techniques.

1 March 2026High School
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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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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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Reverse Realities

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

1 March 2026Elementary
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ClipCard: Imaginative Foil Vehicles

Middle-school students explore the relationship between form and function by designing and sculpting imaginative vehicles.

1 February 2026Middle School