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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.