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Artivism: Art and Advocacy

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Christine Lakatos

To help my young artists understand the world around them, I introduce them to the idea of becoming “artivists”—people who use their art to make change. In my elementary art room, I ...

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The idea of place can conjure a variety of meanings, interpretations, and responses. For me, the first image that comes to mind is a table. This inanimate object has deeper relevance because it provid ...

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A Cherry Blossom Tree Study: Kinesthetic Learning with Children and Parents

Thursday, May 28, 2026 | Aileen Pugliese Castro

Spring invites us to notice growth both indoors and out. In an Art with Mommy early childhood class (ages two to three), we observed the trees and flowers changing just beyond our classroom—espe ...

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Editor's Letter: Collaboration

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | Frank Juárez

The key to a successful collaboration is synergy, high engagement, common ground, accountability, and of course, patience. Extending the opportunity to engage and include others in what it means to cr ...

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Creative Collaborations Across the Campus

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | Meera Ramanathan

My fifth graders leave their positive mark on the school by creating a legacy mural at the end of each school year. I choose a theme, and each student creates an artwork—digitally or on paper&md ...

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Turning Data into Action in Art Education

Tuesday, May 5, 2026 | Dr. Lucy Chen

We witness daily how the arts strengthen academic achievement, build confidence, and nurture social awareness and emotional well-being. Yet despite decades of research, arts education is still treated ...

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Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Frank Juárez

When I started teaching in 2001, I was told by fellow art educators that advocacy is an important part of art education. I wasn’t sure what they meant or what it looked like. What does it mean t ...

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Small-Town Advocacy

Wednesday, April 1, 2026 | Dr. Jane B. Montero

Promoting music programs, sports teams, and academic achievement is commonplace in education. I often say, “Art is quiet, music is loud, sports are thunderous.” In art education, we don&rs ...

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Co-Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Wednesday, March 25, 2026 | Melody Weintraub

Some of you may not realize the impact you have on your communities and on the future of art education by donning your superhero cape, showing up, making your students’ art learning visible, and ...

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Editor's Letter: Contemporary Art

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | Frank Juárez

Embedding contemporary practices into our teaching, classroom culture, and curriculum opens the door to unlimited opportunities to engage our students in their learning, building relationships, and co ...

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Reverse Realities

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | Leigh Drake

I love having students experiment with everyday items they can find in and outside the art room. Encouraging them to look at something and ask, “What can I turn this into? Can this be art?&rdquo ...

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Buddy Crafts: Making Inclusion the Focus

Tuesday, March 3, 2026 | Karen Rosenburg

As an art teacher, I always seek to make my classes inclusive for students with disabilities through research, presentations, and conversations with other educators about best practices. Many of these ...

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Design and Stitch

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | Kasmira Mohanty

One of the most rewarding aspects of the project was how it mirrored the workflow of professional design studios. Students gained firsthand experience in creative communication, timeline management, a ...

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Co-Editor's Letter: Media Arts

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | Dr. Jane B. Montero

This SchoolArts issue features a wide variety of media arts projects representing early childhood through high school. Each author brings something new to the media arts equation, offering practical c ...

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Editor's Letter: Media Arts

Tuesday, January 13, 2026 | Frank Juárez

Media arts opens the door to endless creative possibilities and offers another way to engage students in learning while building conceptual and technical skills, adaptability to new technologies, visu ...

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Editor's Letter: Mindfulness

Wednesday, December 10, 2025 | Frank Juárez

Mindfulness is essential to our well-being. Whether we are walking through nature, turning off our phones, making a creative mess in the studio, and trusting our hand to make a mark on paper, we find ...

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Artivism: Art and Advocacy

Editor's Letter: Place

A Cherry Blossom Tree Study: Kinesthetic Learning with Children and Parents

Editor's Letter: Collaboration

Creative Collaborations Across the Campus

Turning Data into Action in Art Education

Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Small-Town Advocacy

Co-Editor's Letter: Advocacy

Editor's Letter: Contemporary Art

Reverse Realities

Buddy Crafts: Making Inclusion the Focus

Design and Stitch

Co-Editor's Letter: Media Arts

Editor's Letter: Media Arts

Editor's Letter: Mindfulness

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