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

Students upcycle materials into art with a message, inspiring change in their school and local community.

SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez emphasizes that places and spaces provide opportunities for people to connect.

Middle-school students leave their mark before graduating by installing a permanent mosaic mural in an overlooked space near the school’s entrance.

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

Multidisciplinary artist Rachel Gloria Adams shares her uninhibited approach to patterns and dynamic color combinations in paintings, prints, quilts, and more.

A gallery educator team uses a collaborative process to develop a writing tour for fourth-grade students.

SchoolArts editor-in-chief Frank Juárez looks back on his favorite collaborative lessons and shares some of this issue’s offerings.

Mikaela Bachmann presents a framework for fostering accessible, equitable learning through a cyclical process of reflection and action.

High-school students and staff work together in a community steamroller printmaking event, creating large-scale relief prints.

Young students work together on a symbolic mural fostering creativity, connection, and a commitment to kindness.

Elementary students join forces across grades to create large-scale art projects that inspire joy and community.