Environmental artist Aurora Robson creates sculptures and installations that encourage viewers to reconsider plastic as an artistic material while raising awareness about plastic waste.

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

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

Young students create torn-paper collages using at least three warm or cool colors.

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

Sculptor and installation artist Lynn Simmons combines found objects and natural materials to create works that invite viewers to contemplate the narratives they evoke.

Elementary students cut and paste overlapping shapes to create a hand holding a bouquet of flowers.

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

Middle-school students use Google Drawings to create unique secret gardens—imagined places filled with insects, flowers, animals, and more.

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.