Experience Art

Instructional materials that build knowledge, skills, and learner agency put students on a path of inquiry that matters, and Experience Art has been created to do just that! A wide range of dynamic studio activities emphasizing issues and ideas that are relevant to middle schoolers provide hands-on learning filled with choice.

Exciting contemporary art, a huge array of student art, dynamic studio activities, and exemplary resources that support educators make Experience Art the most relatable and relevant curriculum available for middle school!

• Theme-based learning with units such as Messages and Identity to underscore the relevance of art in students’ lives.
• Lessons organized around Essential Questions to provide students with opportunities to connect what they learn to the real world.
• Process-based studios that emphasize the importance of thinking, planning, and reflection in creating original artworks.

• Dynamic artmaking opportunities designed to empower students to take ownership and become active participants in their learning.
• Choice-based methods that empower students to make choices about what they create and build critical thinking skills.
• Structure that supports flexibility. Use lessons independently or take advantage of the spiraling content to scaffold students’ knowledge and skills.