Frank Juárez, SchoolArts editor-in-chief, reflects on how contemporary art informs teaching and curriculum while deepening student engagement.

AMACO (American Art Clay Company, Inc.) continues to be a leader and innovator for ceramics in the areas of art, technology, and education. Get ideas and inspiration for your next Lesson Plan project.

Boost your career with a Master's degree in the arts. Azusa Pacific University offers three innovative programs in the arts perfect for working professionals.

Art educators engage in a hands-on printmaking workshop with artist Steve A. Prince, exploring monoprinting techniques to use in their classrooms.

An art educator designs an inclusive curriculum where students with disabilities and their non-disabled peers collaborate as equals.

The new Media Arts Essentials program bundles Davis’s media arts resources with resources on how to facilitate successful implementation. Get sixteen hours of professional development with a wealth of lessons and support for educators across grades K–12.

High-school students sell their work at art markets, gaining experience in branding, marketing, financial responsibility, and more.

An artist and educator discusses how students engage more deeply with contemporary art when it reflects their shared time, place, and community.

Bailey ceramic supplies and pottery equipment.

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

Students use simple lines and shapes to create expressive floral compositions.

Students research, draw, and embroider constellations onto painted mixed-media backgrounds.

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

This book is filled with lessons that will encourage your students to learn about, respond to, and create contemporary art. Organized into chapters on Identity, Social and Emotional Issues, and Collaboration, you’ll find studio lessons based on concepts and essential questions. Engage students in projects that are meaningful and discover what their voices add to the contemporary conversation.

Interdisciplinary artist Jeffrey Gibson creates vibrant works that fuse Indigenous cultural traditions with contemporary global practices.

Middle-school students use storytelling to connect personal experiences and create symbolic, relief-printed interpretations of monsters.

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

As a leading art supply company, we provide artists, educators, students, and our associates with the tools, assistance, and training needed to grow, innovate, and reach their creative potential. BLICK Art Materials is family-owned and serving artists since 1911.

Frank Juárez, SchoolArts editor-in-chief, talks murals and more with one of NAEA26’s Artist Series speakers.

High-school students transform traditional portraits into imaginative compositions inspired by surrealism and contemporary art.

Mayco Colors has been helping art educators inspire creativity in the classroom since 1954. We provide high-quality ceramic products, along with ready-to-use lesson plans and educational resources designed specifically for the classroom.

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

High-school students step out of their comfort zones to create themed nonobjective compositions inspired by two contemporary artists.

NAEA is thrilled to introduce its Curated Collections, a dynamic new resource designed to provide members with easy access to topic-specific resources. Through Curated Collections, educators can explore relevant materials, best practices, and tools organized around key themes in art education.

Elementary students explore color, texture, and shape through a nature-based lesson inspired by contemporary artist Melissa Scherrer Paré.

Middle-school students use chalk and oil pastels to capture colorful, textured desserts in the playful spirit of Wayne Thiebaud.

The #1 kiln used in schools. Kids Need Clay helps schools start and sustain ceramics programs with full support.

An arts organization connects arts educators nationwide, strengthening teaching through professional learning communities.

The Visual Experience is the leading visual art curriculum in the country, with more images of student artwork, art by women artists, and contemporary and multicultural art than any comparable high-school art curriculum.

Products, educational opportunities, and more!