SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez reflects on storytelling as a way to encourage student agency and strengthen classroom connections.

High-school students explore their cultural identities and celebrate the San Fernando community through personalized 3D lowrider cars.

Middle-school students take inspiration from Shel Silverstein's The Giving Tree and transform a painted cube into a meaningful gift through reflective writing.

Middle-school students draw an animal and incorporate it into the foreground or middle ground of a painted jungle.

An art teacher draws from her own experiences and classroom practices to help students explore their identities and personal stories through art.

Elementary students apply personification by designing and sculpting a character with clay inspired by an everyday object.

Upper-school students investigate interior design before choosing a real or imagined space to construct as a miniature room.

Elementary students create grayscale paintings that go beyond a lesson in value as they become invested in the endangered species they portray.

High-school students use reverse shading, composition, and mark-making to create visual narratives inspired by phobias.

High-school students experiment with line, mark making, and watercolor to create a textured composition.

Young students create torn-paper collages using at least three warm or cool colors.

Young students practice foundational art skills, such as creating shapes, while drawing and painting a scene inspired by an Eric Carle picture book.