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High-school students collaborate with artist Bryant Holsenbeck to create an outdoor jellyfish installation from sustainable materials.
Elementary students build their problem-solving, social-emotional, and exploratory learning skills as they collaborate.
High-school students reuse and repurpose found materials to create beautiful works of art.
Middle- and high-school students celebrate the stories of individuals who have impacted our world for the better.
In this issue, high-school art teacher Kathleen Sneed Petka shares her Trash to Treasure challenge, an activity to inspire students to reuse materials and to find the beauty in everyday items.
Artist Nnenna Okore addresses ecological concerns through sustainably made sculptures and installations.
Middle-school students explore rug-making through two unique assignments after taking a boat tour of the local waterways.
Young students use rubbing plates, watercolors, and found objects to make a textured collage.
How can we collaborate to create a large-scale artwork? Students will work together to create a 3D imaginary creature from paper.
How can students repurpose materials to make a collaborative sculpture? Students will work collaboratively to create animal sculptures using recycled materials.
Elementary students participate in an art challenge in which they utilize discarded works to create something new.
The Washed Ashore organization builds and exhibits aesthetically powerful art to educate a global audience about plastic pollution in the ocean and waterways and to spark positive changes in consumer habits. Learn how the Washed Ashore project served as a catalyst for students to use plastic trash to create works of art.
SchoolArts Magazine
A national art education magazine committed to promoting excellence, advocacy, and professional support for educators in the visual arts.