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

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

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

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

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.

Young students create polar bears from basic shapes and add them to mixed-media backgrounds with oil pastel resist.

High-school Digital Design and Illustration students collaborate with Fashion Design students to develop original custom garments.

High-school students arrange and draw a still-life composition that communicates a self-portrait through symbolism.

An art teacher inspires a second-grade student to turn perceived mistakes into something new, creating a ripple effect of joy in the art room.

Elementary students examine patterns on handwoven textiles from India, then weave with paper strips, incorporating motifs for patterned designs.

Young students apply self- and social-awareness concepts by identifying, depicting, and responding to the emotions they see on their classmates’ faces.