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

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.

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

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

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

Young students develop skills in digital media and emotional awareness as they create stop-motion animations.

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