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Early Childhood

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Meeting Individual Needs: Buddy Crafts: Making Inclusion the Focus

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

1 March 2026Meeting Individual Needs
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Point of View: The MOST Contemporary Art

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

1 March 2026Contemporary Art
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Early Childhood ClipCard: Clay Fossils

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

1 March 2026Early Childhood
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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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Media Arts Essentials from Davis

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.

1 March 2026Advertisement
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Damon Lamar Reed: Inspiring Hope through Art

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

1 March 2026Contemporary Art
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Focus In: Connected Arts Networks: From Local Networks to National Impact

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

1 March 2026Professional Development
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Advocacy: The Art of Selling

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

1 March 2026Advocacy
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Managing the Art Room: Prints and Their Makers

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

1 March 2026Managing The Art Room
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Editor's Letter: Contemporary Art

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

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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Co-Editor's Letter: Media Arts

Dr. Jane B. Montero defines media arts, shares how it fosters twenty-first century skills, and imagines where it could take us next.

2 January 2026Media Arts