SUMMER 2025
INNOVATION
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EARLY CHILDHOOD
ANNA HENDERSON
Inspired by the monarch butterfly.
ELEMENTARY
LEIGH DRAKE
Enchanting bookshelf installations.
MEERA RAMANATHAN
Uniquely designed 3D-printed chess pieces.
MIDDLE SCHOOL
ANNEMARIE BALDAUF
A new medium for portraiture.
INGRID FAKE
A self-paced digital design lesson.
HIGH SCHOOL
GREGG STEVENS
An innovative nature-first art curriculum.
KELLY M. GROSS and EVA V. COKER
The power of visual puns.
CONTEMPORARY ART IN CONTEXT
KARL COLE
Line, Identity, and Perception
DEPARTMENTS
Editor’s Letter
Managing the Art Room
ClipCards
Meeting Individual Needs
Advocacy
Contemporary Art in Context
Focus In
THE SHOP
Inspiring Creativity Since 1901.
Volume 124, Number 9, Summer 2025
SchoolArts is a national magazine committed to promoting excellence, advocacy, and professional support for the community of educators in the visual arts.
Editor-in-Chief, Frank Juárez, Sheboygan North High School, Sheboygan, WI, FJuarez@schoolartsmagazine.com
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Joni Boyd Acuff, Associate Professor of Arts Administration, Education and Policy, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, acuff.12@osu.edu
Nicole Brisco, Pleasant Grove High School, Texarkana, TX, nbrisco@pgisd.net
Leigh Drake, Old Donation School, Virginia Beach, VA, leigh.drake@vbschools.com
Eric Gibbons, Vernon Malone College and Career Academy, Raleigh, NC, lovsart@gmail.com
Rama Hughes, Founder and Instructor of Art School of the Future, Los Angeles, CA, rama@artschoolofthefuture.com
Sue Liedke, Settlement Music School, Philadelphia, PA, susanliedke@gmail.com
Kasmira Mohanty, Huntington High School, Huntington, NY, kasmiramohanty@gmail.com
James Rees, Provo High School, Provo, UT, james@jamesreesart.com
Marilyn Stewart, Professor Emerita of Art Education, Kutztown University, Kutztown, PA, mstewart@ptd.net
Rachel Wintemberg, Perth Amboy High School, Perth Amboy, NJ, rachwintemberg@paps.net
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