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Advocacy: Speed Chatting with an Artist

High-school students build their interpersonal skills while learning about the myriad of art careers from professionals in the field.

15 December 2024Advocacy
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Managing the Art Room: Finding Inspiration

Students use prompt cards, mind mapping, and layering text and images to tell their stories through art.

15 December 2024Middle School
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Coolaboration

Young students work together on a variety of projects throughout the school year, cultivating a community of compassion and tolerance.

15 December 2024Early Childhood
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Collaboration in the Clay Room

An art teacher shares successful collaborative teaching experiences that took place in her school’s makerspaces and ceramics studio.

15 November 2024Elementary
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OK Go Sandbox Animation

High-school students create short six- to ten-second animations and combine them into one longer collaborative work.

15 November 2024High School
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Eighth-Grade Docents

Middle-school students embark on a year-long research project in which they learn about the life of an artist and emulate their work.

15 November 2024Middle School
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Editor's Letter: Storytelling

SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez discusses various ways in which this issue’s contributors harness the power of storytelling.

15 November 2024Stories
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Advocacy: Collaboration, Pride, and Community

Two art teachers share how they collaborate with their local communities to create a sense of pride among their students.

14 November 2024Advocacy
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The Illustration Game

Art educator Rama Hughes shares a fun and reliable activity in which students illustrate scenes from passages of text.

14 November 2024Elementary
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Driven by Story

High-school art student Jorge Guifarro shares how he uses storytelling to portray life as a contemporary teen.

14 November 2024Collage
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Contemporary Art in Context: Ryan Gardell

Ryan Gardell, Artifakt Studio's creative director and mixed-media artist, shares his large-scale, uplifting community projects.

14 November 2024Contemporary Art
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Cellphones and Comic Books: Keys to Visual Storytelling

High-school students use their cellphones to take photos from various angles and create their own hand-drawn comic books.

14 November 2024High School