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Painting

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Chicano Lowrider Art: Cultural Identity and Artistic Expression

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

28 September 2026High School
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The Gift of Giving: From Perspective Drawings to Personal Gifts

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

28 September 2026Middle School
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Middle School ClipCard | Jungle Gems

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

28 September 2026Middle School
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When Students Realize Art Can Speak: Painting Endangered Species

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

28 September 2026Elementary
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High School ClipCard | The Journey of Line: Continuous Line and Watercolor Mark-Making

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

28 September 2026High School
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Stars, Moon, and Ladders: Inspiration from a Classic Children’s Book

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

28 September 2026Early Childhood
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Early Childhood ClipCard | Growing Abstractly

Young students use painting and printing techniques to create abstract representations of growing plants and trees.

18 August 2026Early Childhood
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The Beat Goes On: Creating Connections with Altered Albums

Middle-school students integrate music, history, math, science, and language arts as they paint visual interpretations of songs on vinyl records.

18 August 2026Middle School
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Contemporary Art in Context | Ryan Adams

Painter and muralist Ryan Adams creates large-scale community works using a signature “gem style” to break down words and phrases.

27 May 2026Contemporary Art
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Yesterdays with Yarn: “Painting” Childhood Memories

High-school students discover the yarn paintings of artist Annie Lucille Greene and choose a positive childhood memory to illustrate with yarn.

27 May 2026High School
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Into the Jungle: Drawing on Imagination

Elementary students learn that artist Henri Rousseau reimagined a place he never visited (the jungle) and sketch their own imaginative jungle scenes.

27 May 2026Elementary
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A Cherry Blossom Tree Study: Kinesthetic Learning with Children and Parents

Young students connect their own growth to changes around them, observing cherry blossoms blooming outside the classroom.

27 May 2026Early Childhood