

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

Elementary students cut and paste overlapping shapes to create a hand holding a bouquet of flowers.

High-school students discover the yarn paintings of artist Annie Lucille Greene and choose a positive childhood memory to illustrate with yarn.
Elementary students learn that artist Henri Rousseau reimagined a place he never visited (the jungle) and sketch their own imaginative jungle scenes.

An art teacher implements a system for middle-schoolers that transforms the classroom into a place that supports both independence and guidance.

Young students draw cityscapes and incorporate cut-paper dinosaurs, using at least three types of lines and shapes.

Middle-school students use Google Drawings to create unique secret gardens—imagined places filled with insects, flowers, animals, and more.

Students experiment and learn to take creative risks during a ripped self-portrait photography assignment.

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

A gallery educator team uses a collaborative process to develop a writing tour for fourth-grade students.
SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez looks back on his favorite collaborative lessons and shares some of this issue’s offerings.

Mikaela Bachmann presents a framework for fostering accessible, equitable learning through a cyclical process of reflection and action.