Middle-school students design and sculpt mini-golf holes using clay, focusing on artistic design and functional structure.

Elementary students investigate quilt design, pattern, and composition by creating nine-square flower quilt blocks.

Young students create assemblages using at least five types of recycled materials and apply a monochromatic color scheme.

Contemporary sculptor Tina Yu blends mythology, nature, and a playful “cute and creepy” aesthetic to create richly detailed fantasy sculptures.

Elementary students collaborate with a local artist to construct papier-mâché houses, engaging deeply in hands-on learning and problem solving.

Students research, draw, and embroider constellations onto painted mixed-media backgrounds.

Young students shape clay and imprint textures using various objects to create fossil designs.

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.