

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

Megan Bye demonstrates how students of all abilities can fully engage in art when provided accessible tools and supportive spaces.
A high-school educator offers practical strategies for using student art to advocate for programs and inspire meaningful connections.

Young students explore community-centered art-making as they create a mandala display that fosters positivity and intergenerational connection.

Young students shape clay and imprint textures using various objects to create fossil designs.
High-school students sell their work at art markets, gaining experience in branding, marketing, financial responsibility, and more.

Art educators engage in a hands-on printmaking workshop with artist Steve A. Prince, exploring monoprinting techniques to use in their classrooms.
Middle-school students use storytelling to connect personal experiences and create symbolic, relief-printed interpretations of monsters.

A visual arts educator shares how to support students by integrating technology alongside traditional hands-on methods.

High-school students design quilt squares inspired by a historical figure, ancestor, or community.

Middle-school students use writing, drawing, and mapping to create conceptual self-portraits that express their identities.

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