Art teachers help students learn about structure in both abstract and concrete systems, on both a small and large scale. Elementary students create free-form art brut sculptures inspired by Jean Dubuffet; middle-school students create sculptural towers from recycled materials; an art teacher provides a contemporary twist on Egyptian canopic jars; and more.
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Art teachers encourage students to reflect on, revisit, and refine their work to improve their artistic skills. Elementary students use clay in a mini-modeling lesson on scale and proportion; middle-school students grid, cut, and sculpt 3D paper reliefs; an art teacher develops a ceramics assignment to address body image issues; and more.
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Art teachers help their increasingly technology-dependent students find joy and appreciation in the natural world. Young students draw detailed images of insects after observing specimens; middle-school students create handmade paper from plant fiber; high-school students develop artworks to spotlight global and environmental issues; and more.
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Set the foundation for a successful school year for your students and your art program. In this issue, young students celebrate Dot Day and paint their own colorful dots; elementary students use the Elements of Art to create abstract compositions; a middle-school teachers begins the year with a photography lesson on texture; and more.
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Our inaugural summer issue is devoted to the theme of recharge, renew, and refresh. Students research ecological aspects of fashion and create environmentally friendly flip-flops; make dramatic black-and-white monoprints with stuffed animals; draw whimsical landscapes inspired by abstract painter Justin Vining; and more.
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Art teachers provide a variety of creative challenges that use recycled, upcycled, and sustainable materials. Elementary students collage with plastic to show a world without recycling; middle-school students use a variety of materials to create cross-section reliefs of a modern landfill; high-school students use recycled cardboard as an alternative surface for creating; and more.
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Art teachers use contemporary art and technology to explore current events, issues, and concerns of present-day life. Elementary students create found-object assemblages inspired by Louise Nevelson; high-school students paint themselves in an Alexa Meade-inspired photography lesson; middle-school students think about their hopes and dreams and create clay time capsules; and more.
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Art teachers encourage a sense of curiosity in their students to promote engagement, learning, and self-motivation. In this issue, students create playful wooden sculptures; install imaginative mini-worlds in their school lockers; practice Japanese calligraphy and paint cherry blossom trees; illustrate jungle scenes; and more.
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Art teachers create an environment where students have the freedom to express their individuality. Elementary students make connections between art and jazz and paint monochromatic instruments; middle-school students integrate selfies into drawings of Surrealistic environments; high-school students address current social issues and create metaphorical candy still-lifes; and more.
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The examples of collaboration featured in this issue will encourage you to explore collaborative group projects in your art room. Elementary students inspire school pride with gridded portraits of faculty members; multiple grade levels collaborate to illustrate and bring clay germs to life; students, teachers, and community members work together on a large-scale pushpin portrait; and more.
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