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.

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.

Middle-school students create habitat-inspired artwork that extends beyond the frame, promoting innovation and visual storytelling.

High-school students investigate how everyday plant-based materials can produce natural dyes.