The Play Issue, Summer 2023

Published on 1 June 2023

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Play and process-based art abound in the summer issue! Art teachers share lessons in which students can take risks and experiment with materials in a stress-free environment. Students create artful sound sticks to express emotions, assemble 3D hats inspired by art careers, collaborate or work solo to engineer mixed-media parade floats, draw colorful portraits with exaggerated expressions, and more.

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The Play Issue, Summer 2023

Experience Art from Davis

Filled with opportunities to build critical thinking skills and choice, this brand-new middle school art curriculum for grades 7–8 is designed to help students express their ideas and feelings through meaningful art-making and see themselves as part of the learning process.

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Editor's Letter: Play

Nancy Walkup, SchoolArts editor-in-chief, shares a variety of perspectives from our contributing editors about play.

Professional Development from Davis

Davis provides learning that is relevant to contemporary approaches and issues. Presented on-demand, virtually, or in-person by master teachers who are experts in the most current classroom pedagogy and the practical, discipline-specific, targeted application of research-backed content. Learn from educators who are recognized leaders with a plethora of applicable classroom successes.

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The Play Issue, Summer 2023

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Point of View: The Drop-in Art Studio

An after-school open studio program provides opportunities for choice, play, and social interaction in an informal classroom setting.

ClipCard: Geometric Totes

Early childhood students create a balanced design inspired by the De Stijl art movement, celebrating simplicity and abstraction.

ClipCard: Watercolor Fruit Studies

Elementary students create a still-life drawing of fruit(s) using an interesting compositional layout.

ClipCard: Food Sculptures

Middle school students layer air-dry modeling clay to create small food sculptures.

ClipCard: Identity Masks

High-school students express themselves through a mixed-media mask.

Choice-Based Art Education: TAB and the Studio Thinking Framework

Explore the approach of choice-based art education through the TAB and Studio Thinking framework. Learn how these methods empower students to pursue original, interdisciplinary ideas and develop essential skills.

Advocacy: Art for Peace

Explore how the arts can serve as a powerful tool for advocacy and emotional support amidst global crises, like the war in Ukraine. Learn about Hilton Head Island High School's impactful project.

Get Published in SchoolArts!

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The SchoolArts Collection: Contemporary Art

Contemporary Art, is filled with lessons that will encourage your students to learn about, respond to, and create contemporary art. Organized into chapters on Identity, Social and Emotional Issues, and Collaboration, you’ll find studio lessons based on concepts and essential questions. Engage students in projects that are meaningful and discover what their voices add to the contemporary conversation.

There's Nothing Like a Parade

Middle-school students work independently or in groups to design and engineer miniature mixed-media parade floats.

Sensational Sound Sticks

Young students discover the sound experiments of artist Susan Philipsz and create artful sound sticks to express emotions.

Action Rabbits

Elementary students turned plastic waste into art to create an awareness of our unrestrained use of plastic.

Contorted Portraits

High-school students choose a color scheme and use oil pastels to draw bright, playful portraits with exaggerated expressions.

Contemporary Art in Context: Anne Eder

Uncover hidden narratives within the nature-based sculptures of interdisciplinary artist Anne Eder in this month’s feature.

Hold On to Your Hats

Elementary students investigate art-related careers and assemble three-dimensional hats inspired by their research.

Shuffled Compositions

Discover how a choice-based high school art lesson encourages students to become more adventurous art-makers. Students explore composition, layering, and color through playful and spontaneous art-making.

Go Play with Your Toys!

Middle school students use photography to create a sense of realism by making small toys fit into life-sized settings.

Focus In: Sunflowers for Ukraine

Discover how students create ceramic pins to support Ukraine. This nonprofit organization art activism project brings communities together and raises funds through creative endeavors.

Art Education in Practice Series from Davis

The Art Education in Practice Series is the single most comprehensive source for superior content in teacher education and professional development. Each contributor to this series is a nationally known expert on theory and practice in art education.

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The Visual Experience from Davis

The Visual Experience is the leading visual art curriculum in the country, with more images of student artwork, art by women artists, and contemporary and multicultural art than any comparable high-school art curriculum.

Tape Art Showcase

Student artwork examples using Piktotape™. Get a box of PiktoTape™ and find lesson plans and more resources at DavisArt.com/PiktoTape.

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Q&A with Ms. Tang a.k.a Madam Thang on RuPaul's Drag Race

Explore Ms. Tang's journey from art educator to drag queen on RuPaul's Drag Race. Discover how self-expression in art empowers students.

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